Lisa Walters, better known as Lisa Young around these parts back in the seventies and eighties, is set to add to her list of achievements in Canadian golf this year.
The former Rupertite who learned her craft on Moe Hay’s Centennial golf Course links is due to be honoured by the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.
Ms. Walters will be feted in Ottawa during the Canadian Women’s Open in August. Joining a select group of Canadian Women golfers, as she is enshrined in Canada's Golf’s Hall of Fame at Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ontario .
The former Rupertite who learned her craft on Moe Hay’s Centennial golf Course links is due to be honoured by the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.
Ms. Walters will be feted in Ottawa during the Canadian Women’s Open in August. Joining a select group of Canadian Women golfers, as she is enshrined in Canada's Golf’s Hall of Fame at Glen Abbey in Oakville, Ontario .
During her time on the links, Walters carved out a pretty decent career for herself on the LPGA tour over the years, but saw it cut short to an incredible number of injuries that sidelined her far too soon.
She won three competitions during her time on the tour and was considered one of the more popular players among her peers of the day.
She began her drive to success while in high school in Prince Rupert and spent many a day rainy or not on the links at the Golf Course which now features her name on the driveway into the course. While she played and practiced in BC she won three consecutive B.C. Amateur Championships, a feat which more than helped launch her on the national and international stage.
From her Rupert days, she moved on to Florida state where golf took her through her university days and onto the pro tour in 1984, her victories came in 1992 and 1993 when she won back to back Hawaiian opens and then again in 1998 when she won the Oldsmobile Classic. She was forced to retire after three tournaments of the 2000 season, when her numerous injuries finally took their final toll on her career.
Now 48, she still resides in Florida, where she works in the construction business, trading in her memorable golf swing for the swing of a hammer and the drive of a drill.
She joins Canada’s shrine to Golf in August, when she will gather once again with a number of her old friends from the tour, to receive her honours during the CN Canadian Women's Open in Ottawa on August 14th.
With the announcement of her new place in the national Hall of Fame came a number remembrances of a fine career, one which got its first tee shot at the Centennial Golf Course.
Canadian Press--Former LPGA player Walters, golf historian Barclay to enter Canadian Hall
She won three competitions during her time on the tour and was considered one of the more popular players among her peers of the day.
She began her drive to success while in high school in Prince Rupert and spent many a day rainy or not on the links at the Golf Course which now features her name on the driveway into the course. While she played and practiced in BC she won three consecutive B.C. Amateur Championships, a feat which more than helped launch her on the national and international stage.
From her Rupert days, she moved on to Florida state where golf took her through her university days and onto the pro tour in 1984, her victories came in 1992 and 1993 when she won back to back Hawaiian opens and then again in 1998 when she won the Oldsmobile Classic. She was forced to retire after three tournaments of the 2000 season, when her numerous injuries finally took their final toll on her career.
Now 48, she still resides in Florida, where she works in the construction business, trading in her memorable golf swing for the swing of a hammer and the drive of a drill.
She joins Canada’s shrine to Golf in August, when she will gather once again with a number of her old friends from the tour, to receive her honours during the CN Canadian Women's Open in Ottawa on August 14th.
With the announcement of her new place in the national Hall of Fame came a number remembrances of a fine career, one which got its first tee shot at the Centennial Golf Course.
Canadian Press--Former LPGA player Walters, golf historian Barclay to enter Canadian Hall
Sportsnet--Golf HOF gets it right
Vancouver Sun--Paid her dues, and then some
Toronto Sun--It's Walters' time for Hall
.Picture from Vancouver Sun website
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