Stephanie Sparks

Mary Stephanie Sparks (July 18, 1973 – April 13, 2024) was an American golfer and on-air personality at The Golf Channel.In fact, the very first time Sparks appeared in front of a camera was in the 2004 film, Bobby Jones: A Stroke of Genius.In the movie, Sparks played Alexa Stirling, the winner of three consecutive United States Women's Amateur Golf Championships and a close friend of the legendary golfer.To try out for the part, Sparks went to an open audition during a lunch break in Orlando, where The Golf Channel's studios are located.Though Jones and Stirling were considered great golfers in their day, the big contrast between Sparks and the film's star, Jim Caviezel, who played Bobby Jones, was that Sparks was once a great player with much promise, though it was never completely fulfilled, and Caviezel had never picked up a golf club in his life.
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