Jocelyne Bourassa

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Jocelyne Bourassa (born May 30, 1947 in Shawinigan, Quebec) is a former Canadian golf amateur and LPGA Tour player. She studied Physical Education at the University of Montreal where she was a member of the volleyball, basketball, skiing and |track and field teams.

In 1963, '64 and '65, Jocelyn Bourassa won the Quebec junior golf championship and that year captured the Canadian Women's Amateur Golf Championship. She repeated as the national amateur champion in 1971 then turned professional in 1972, earing LPGA Rookie of the Year honors. The following year she won the first-ever Canadian Women's Open golf championship.

In 1996, Jocelyne Bourassa was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.