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s impressive as Earl Cooper the golfer is, Earl Cooper the person has an even better handicap.
As an athlete, the 27-year-old Wilmington native has been a Delaware Junior Amateur champion, co-captain of Morehouse College’s national championship golf team, and a Top-25 finisher in the Delaware Open. He also won dozens of golf- related and academic awards during his school years.
In November, Cooper garnered his highest professional honor when Golf Digest named him one of the Best Young Teachers in America. (He was the youngest recipient.) According to the publication, Cooper’s dynamic teaching style helped one of his stu- dents earn the opportunity to compete in the First Tee Open at Pebble Beach in California.
But with all his talent and success, Cooper has turned his greatness into gratefulness. He makes sure to give back for the opportunities and fund- ing he was afforded along the way. “I have seen the sacrifices my family had
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