Lutz teenager Zoe Spanos high-fives PGA Tour professional Bryson DeChambeau during the 2019 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 15-year-old Spanos, who has cerebral palsy, was one of 22 patient ambassadors throughout the country to represent the health care system at the Oct. 2 through Oct. 6 golf tournament, where she served as a Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
standard bearer and pro-am participant. The avid youth golfer was only 10 days old when she developed encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain. The brain swelling resulted in two strokes and cerebral palsy. Spanos today has residual left-sided weakness, mostly in her foot, and some loss of muscle control.
