BALLSTON SPA — For the first time ever, LPGA trailblazer and CBS golf broadcaster Dottie Pepper will appear at the Ballston Spa Public Library on Nov. 6 at 11 a.m. to meet fans, present a reading, and sign copies of her newly released book, Letters to a Future Champion: My Time with Mr. Pulver.
A Saratoga Springs native, Dottie Pepper has risen to fame over her nearly 40-year career as a 17-time LPGA tour champion, serving on the PGA of America Board of Directors from 2012-2015 and her induction to the New York State Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2018. She is now the lead walking reporter for CBS Sports’ covering all levels of televised golf, including the PGA Tour, Master, and PGA Championship.
Now taking her career to the next level as a bestselling author, Dottie’s book acts as a loving tribute to the power a mentor can have in an athlete’s career. Through years of handwritten correspondence, Dottie traces the influence her mentor, George J. Pulver Sr., a golf great in his own right, had on her skills, as well as her character.
“It is a blueprint for honoring the history and traditions of the game of golf,” said Dottie. “It is also about mentorship, fundamental beliefs, curiosity, grit, grace, dreams, disappointment, success, and the value of education.”
“To host celebrity golfer Dottie Pepper, close to her hometown of Saratoga Springs, is a real treat for the library and the Village of Ballston Spa,” said Andrea Simons, Library Director, Ballston Spa Public Library. “The messages in this book will not only inspire golf lovers but present powerful life lessons for all ages and interests and we are looking forward to a great event.”
Books will be available for purchase and signing at this free event. Books are also available online in three editions – hardcover, softcover, and the leather-bound collector’s edition – at www.dottiepepper.net
