Lisa Walters
{{short description|Canadian professional golfer}}
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| fullname = Lisa Young Walters
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|1|9}}
| birth_place = Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
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| nationality = {{CAN}}
| residence = Tampa, Florida, U.S.
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| college = Florida State University
| status = Professional
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| extour = LPGA Tour (1984-1998)
| prowins = 3
| lpgawins = 3
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| majorwins =
| nabisco = T17: 1987
| lpga = 5th: 1984
| wusopen = T19: 1998
| dumaurier = T31: 1994
| wbritopen = CUT: 2005
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| award1 = Canadian Golf Hall of Fame
| year1 = 2008
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Lisa Walters (born January 9, 1960) is a Canadian professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She competed under her maiden name Lisa Young until 1988.
Young was born in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. she won several amateur tournaments in British Columbia including three straight British Columbia Ladies' Championships. She played college golf at Florida State University where she was an All-American in 1981.
Walters joined the LPGA Tour in 1984 and won three times[http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf LPGA All-Time Winners List] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229053926/http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf |date=2010-12-29 }} between 1992 and 1998.[http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-99] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920192212/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf |date=2007-09-20 }}
Walters was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 2008.[https://heritage.golfcanada.ca/hall-of-fame-members/lisa-walters/ Canadian Golf Hall of Fame profile]
Amateur wins
- 1977 British Columbia Junior Championship
- 1979 British Columbia Ladies' Championship
- 1980 British Columbia Ladies' Championship
- 1981 British Columbia Ladies' Championship
Professional wins
=LPGA Tour wins (3)=
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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of |
1
|Feb 22, 1992 |–8 (72-71-65=208) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} Kristi Albers |
2
|Feb 20, 1993 |–6 (68-68-74=210) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Lopez |
3
|Jun 14, 1998 |–23 (67-67-65-66=265) |6 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Donna Andrews |
References
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Category:Canadian female golfers
Category:Florida State Seminoles women's golfers
Category:Canadian expatriate golfers in the United States
Category:Golfing people from British Columbia
Category:Golfers from Tampa, Florida
Category:People from Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen
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