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WEBVTT LISA: TUSCALOOSA ACADEMY’S GOLF TEAM MAY HAVE THE YOUNGEST STUDENT-ATHLETE TO EVER PLAY VARSITY SPORTS IN ALABAMA. GUY: �������� 13’S KYLE BURGER HIT PTHE LINKS WITH A THIRD-GRADE SUPERSTAR. >> JUST WATCH HER HIT IT AND THAT IMMEDIATELY CATCHES YOUR ATTENTION. >> AND HOW OLD ARE YOU? >> I’M NINE. >> NINE-YEARS-OLD. KYLE: ANNA BEEKER IS IN THE THIRD GRADE AND PLAYS THE GAME ON THE LEVEL OF YOUR AVERAGE VARSITY HIGH SCHOOL GOLF. MAYBE EVEN A HOLE LOT BETTER. >> IT MAKES A SOUND YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT COMING OFF A CLUB HEAD OF A NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY OR GIRL. KYLE: AND THE REACTIONS FROM THE COMPETITON? >> WOW, YOU’RE IN THIRD GRADE? KYLE: TUSCALOOSA ACADEMY COMPETES IN THE ALABAMA INDEPENTENT SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, WHICH ARE ARE NO AGE RESTRICTIONS. SHE CAN DRIVE THE BALL 180 YARDS, AND HER SCORES OFTEN BREAK 100. AFTER ALL, SHE HAS BEEN PLAYING GOLF FOR OVER HALF HER LIFE. >> MY BROTHER AND MY DAD WOULD ALWAYS GO, ME AND MY MOM WOULD STAY AT THE HOUSE. AFTER A WHILE, IT WAS LIKE, CAN I GO WITH YOU? PLEASE? KYLE: COACH TAYLOR FIRST NOTICED ANNA OUT HERE ON THE PUTTING GREEEN WHEN SHE WAS A SECOND GRADER. THAT’S WHEN HE TOLD HER PARENTS AS SOON AS SHE ENROLLS AT TUSCALOOSA ACADEMY, SHE HAS A SPOT ON THE VARSITY TEAM. >> I WATCHED HER HIT IT AND SAID YOU NEED TO PLAY. KYLE: IN TUSCALOOSA,