Kathy Bounds, a Hoke County native, is the head teaching pro at Raleigh’s Dona Lerner Golf Academy. She graduated from NC State and was credited with successfully organizing the first Women’s Basketball Club at NC State, which ultimately transitioned into the NCAA Team coached by Kay Yow. She was the Assistant Women’s Intramural Director and played on the first NC State Women’s Golf team for Coach Sykes.
Bounds and all the women from her Southeast Team won the LPGA Professionals Beck-Stellman Cup at Bethpage Black Golf Course defeating a team from the Northeast. Kathy is the daughter of Hoke County’s CD and Dot Bounds.
