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PERSONAL PROFILE
Lisa "Longball" Vlooswyk, B.Ed., B.A.
Lisa resides in her birthplace, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Before finding her passion for golf Lisa competed on the Canadian National Trampoline and Tumbling Team, was an internationally certified Tumbling Judge and was a varsity Track and Field athlete for the University of Calgary. Lisa entered the world of Long Drive in 2001 and has since won five consecutive National Long Drive Championship titles and is the reigning Canadian Champion, a LDA Tour Champion and is a Nike sponsored athlete. Lisa's top finish at the World Long Drive Championship is 3rd place and she holds the Canadian Women's Long Drive record at 350 yards, 2 feet, 2 inches. In addition to hitting the "long ball" Lisa is committed to improving her whole golf game and in 2005 played in her first professional golf event on the Canadian Women's Tour. When not teeing in up, Lisa writes a bi-weekly golf column for The Calgary Herald, is a journalist for Inside Golf Magazine, has been a sports broadcaster for the Canadian Long Drive Series and uses her background as a school teacher to be a successful motivational speaker and corporate/charity golf tournament entertainer.
GOLF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Reigning 5-Time Canadian Long Drive Champion
• Longest Drive in Competition: 350 yards, 2 feet, 2 inches
• Top Finish at World Championships - 3rd Place
• 2007 – 2001 World Championship Long Drive Finalist
• 2006 – First Pregnant Athlete to Compete at World Championships
• (placed top 12)
• 2004 LDA Tour Champion
• 2004, 2003 & 2002 Team Canada Captain at the North American Cup
• 2004 Runner-up for Player of the Year
• 2004 LDA Des Moines Tour Event Winner by 16 yards
• 2008 – 2001 Calgary Herald Golf Weekly Columnist
• 2005, 2004, 2002, 2001 & 2000 Club Champion at Lynx Ridge Golf Course
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