BUTLER TWP — Summit Township resident Paige Scott’s five-day stay at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh was brightened by a card filled with well-wishes from members of Symetra Tour.

Rachel Rohanna, who is a member of the developmental tour for the Ladies Professional Golf Association, organized the note after Scott was diagnosed with diabetes last May.

Rohanna, a 24-year-old Waynesburg native who played golf at Ohio State University, has served as a mentor for Scott.

“It was a keep your head up card,” Rohanna said. “Her dad said she was feeling down. I told some of the players on the tour and they were genuinely concerned and interested in her. A couple of weeks after that they were still asking how she was doing.”

Having Rohanna’s guidance has helped Scott, 11, who qualified for the U.S. Kids Golf Foundation World Championships for the second consecutive year.

At the U.S. Kids Pennsylvania State Invitational last week, Scott shot a 5-over 149 (74-75) in two rounds at Penn State University’s Blue Golf Course to place third.

Last year, Scott finished 46-over par.

“I really didn’t know that I was 46 over (last year) until the car ride home,” Scott said. “I was so happy I shot a 74, I was texting my mom on the way home and she was looking up my scores from last year and she said I was 46 over.”

Rohanna had Scott use a range finder to get distances for her during a U.S. Open qualifier.

When Rohanna picked up her first tour win, at the Guardian Retirement Championship April 26, she donated part of her winnings to diabetes research in Scott’s name.

Rohanna is sixth on the Symetra Tour money list and is in position to earn a LPGA Tour Card for 2016.

The top 10 on the money list earn tour cards.

“It’s amazing,” Scott said about Rohanna’s support. “She had me help her with a practice round and I caddied for her. Rachel has really helped me.”

The relationship developed when Scott was hitting balls at the RMU Island Sports Complex about four years ago. Rohanna approached Paige’s father, Gene.

“I felt a tap on my shoulder and Rachel had just graduated from OSU,” Gene Scott said. “She said ‘I’m Rachel Rohanna and I’m turning pro if you ever need any help here’s my number and e-mail, feel free to call.’”

Rohanna decided to approach the Scotts because she was impressed by Paige. Also, she remembers what it was like coming through the junior ranks.

While she received a lot of support from a golf-crazed family, Rohanna said when she was coming up there weren’t a lot of women in Western Pennsylvania interested in golf.

“She had a natural swing and you don’t see too many kids that stay on plane and swing it hard,” Rohanna said. “She could hit the ball consistently, and she was only 8 at the time. There were a whole bunch of junior players there and it was cool to see a tiny, little girl swing the club as hard as she can.”

Paige has always had a knack for swinging hard. She’s done it since the first time she accidentally wielded a club.

“When I was 3, my dad had a club in the garage he was working on,” Paige said. “I didn’t know any better and I took it out and started swinging it. My dad made me a little club and saw I had a swing, so we took it from there.”

Paige improved and qualified for Worlds last season. She was diagnosed with diabetes before the tournament and now wears an insulin pump.

In the second round, her blood sugar dropped after the fifth hole. Paige did manage to finish the round.

“I didn’t know my sugar was going to drop beforehand because I didn’t have my Dexcom (glucose monitor) yet,” Paige said. “I missed the putt because I felt lazy.”

She finished the event at the Longleaf Golf and Country Club in Pinehurst, N.C., with a 66-over par 282 (97-97-88) to place 77th in the girls 10-year-old age group. When Paige came back to Pennsylvania, she had to correct her swing, which is typical after a big tournament said Elaine Carson, who coaches Paige at The Perfect Swing.

“It’s always ebbing and flowing for sure,” Carson said. “With Paige, she can (correct her swing) in five minutes. She’s done it before so we’re just going back to where she was.”

With her diabetes under control and improved performance at the Pennsylvania tournament, Paige is excited to take on the world tournament again.

She enjoys the advanced competition and meeting new people. Until then, Paige plans to keep following Rohanna’s career.

“I look on the website and see how (Rachel) did and I can text her,” Paige said. “I tell her good job and everything. She watches how I do and we can go back and forth.”