Full name:  Dakoda Flowie Dowd

Birthday:  April 3, 1993

Height:  5’ 5’

Eyes: blue

Hometown:  Clearwater, FL

Parents: Mike and Kelly Jo Dowd

Pets:  Tiger, a black and brown Pomeranian

Coach:  Matt Mitchell

Favorite music:  80s, heavy metal, rap, rock, Christian rock, any music that catches my ear

Favorite artist:  I like Good Charlotte, but my favorite band is The Used

What’s on your iPod?:  There are a lot of Eminem songs on that I like… Blink 182, Sting, Good Charlotte, Norah Jones…

Favorite TV shows:  “Degrassi: The Next Generation” is my favorite show, and “American Idol,” of course.

Favorite movies:  I like romance movies, but my favorites are “Million Dollar Baby,” “Elizabethtown” and “Last Holiday”

Favorite book:  Silver Dollar Girl by Katherine Ayres

Favorite food: egg custard

Favorite color: pink

Favorite golfers:  Annika Sorenstam, Paula Creamer and Morgan Pressel

Other than golf, favorite sport:  racquetball and football with my friends

Sport you’d like to try?: I want to try snowboarding.  A bunch of my friends have done it and said it’s fun.

Favorite city/country you’d like to visit (if you haven’t already): New York, NY: It’s up to speed. It’s really fast.  I love all the street fashion and how you can wear anything you want, and it’s okay.

Favorite school subject:  Math; I like the challenge. Dealing with numbers is cool.  I can use it on the course, like yardages, factoring in a bunch of stuff.

Least favorite school subject:  English

Celebrity crush:  Leonardo DiCaprio

Clothes style preferred:  pink punk

Article of clothing you can’t live without:  my jeans and my Converse sneakers

What do you look for in a friend:  Honesty. Someone who can make me laugh and bring out the kid in me, which is pretty easy to do.

Hobbies: I play guitar in a band called the Falling Walls with my friend Jordan.  We named it the Falling Walls because we were watching a commercial and the walls were falling, going into a new chapter of every person’s life, and we thought it was cool.

Inspiration:  My mother because she’s so strong. She doesn’t give up -- no matter what.


Koda with her coach Matt Mitchell