Jennifer Wyatt
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Jennifer Noel Wyatt (born December 10, 1965) is a female Canadian golfer who formerly toured on the LPGA women's golf tour. She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and starting playing golf at an early age in Richmond, British Columbia out of the Quichena Golf & Country Club. In 1983 she was the medalist at the 1983 Women’s Western Junior Golf Championship and in 1984 she was the British Columbia Junior champion and ranked as the 2nd best junior golfer in Canada. From 1985-1987, she was the number one ranked player in Canada. In 1987 she was a member of the gold-medal winning team at the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. She attended Lamar University on a full scholarship and played on the Lamar golf team in the NCAA for five years before graduating in 1988 with a degree in Graphic Design. She joined the LPGA tour in 1988 after qualifying on her first try, and played on tour until 1998. During her 10 years on tour she won one tournament, made $372,471 USD dollars, and was the ranked the 7th best putter in 1996 and the 4th best in sand saves in the same year. She also holds the tournament record of 65 at Ko Olina Golf Club in Kapolei, Hawaii.
In the off season, she competed on the ALPG (Australian Ladies Professional Golf) tour from 1988 to 1995. She had one win on the ALPG tour and 9 top-10 finishes in her 8 seasons on the tour.
She has worked as a broadcast commentator for both CBC Sports and CTV Sports during televised golf events.
In 2003, the finished in first place in the 2003 BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Tour Order of Merit.
[edit] LPGA and ALPG wins
[edit] Other wins
- 2006 - BCPGA - BC PGA Women's Championship (won by 15 strokes)
- 2005 - BCPGA - BC PGA Women's Championship
- 2004 - BCPGA - BC PGA Women's Championship
- 2003 - RCGA - BMO Financial Group Women's Tour at Wolf Creek, Ponoka, Alberta
- 2002 - BCPGA - BC PGA Women's Championship
- 2001 - BCPGA - BC PGA Women's Championship
