Three-time Canadian Girls’s Newbie champion would be the 86th inductee into the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame
Meldrum to obtain the best honour in Canadian golf as a part of RBC Corridor of Fame Day in Might through the 2024 RBC Canadian Open
The Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame introduced in the present day that achieved newbie {and professional} participant and present PGA of Canada member Lisa Meldrum has been chosen for 2024 induction into the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame.
Meldrum, 41, from Montréal, Que. will probably be inducted into the participant class, and turns into the 86th honoured member of the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame.
“Lisa Meldrum’s aggressive taking part in document courting again to junior, newbie golf, after which into skilled ranks was excellent,” stated Ted Fletcher, Chair of the Corridor of Fame’s Choice Committee. “Successful the 2000 Canadian Junior then three consecutive Girls’s Newbie titles from 2001 to 2003 – a feat not achieved because the legendary Marlene Streit in in 1956 – introduced Lisa early renown as one in every of Canada’s high feminine newbie golfers and that success continued as a younger skilled. The Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame Choice Committee unanimously endorsed Lisa’s nomination for induction into The Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame!”
Meldrum, a Class A member of the PGA of Canada, bought her begin in golf as a 10-year-old at The Royal Montreal Golf Membership the place she now works as its Head Educating Skilled.
“I’m extraordinarily honoured to be inducted into the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame and be a part of the esteemed legends of golf on this nation,” stated Meldrum. “Within the pursuit of excellence within the sport of golf, to have my achievements acknowledged, is really a humbling expertise. I’m so grateful for the unwavering help of my household, mates, and supporters. The way forward for golf on this nation is brilliant and I look ahead to persevering with to contribute to the game via participant improvement and high-performance teaching.”
Meldrum will formally be a part of the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame throughout an induction ceremony going down on Tuesday, Might 28 through the RBC Corridor of Fame Day as a part of the 2024 RBC Canadian Open at Hamilton Golf & Nation Membership.
LISA MELDRUMLisa Meldrum loved an achieved junior and newbie profession, having gained 12 championships between 1997 and 2003.
Her profitable aggressive run was highlighted by successful the Canadian Girls’s Newbie Championship three consecutive years in a row from 2001 to 2003. Throughout that point SCOREGolf acknowledged her because the Finest Feminine Newbie Golfer in Canada all three years. Previous to the Canadian Girls’s Newbie three-peat, Meldrum gained the 1998 Canadian Juvenile Ladies Championship and the 2000 Canadian Junior Ladies Championship, later incomes SCOREGolf’s Finest Feminine Junior Golfer recognition in 2000.
Provincially, the Montréal native loved nice success successful eight provincial championships together with the Quebec Junior Ladies Championship, three consecutive years from 1997 to 1999, the Quebec Girls’s Newbie Championship in 2000 and 2002, in addition to three Quebec Match Play Championships (Junior 2000, Newbie 1998 & 2001). She additionally gained honours as girls membership champion (The Royal Montreal Golf Membership), Montréal Area Champion and was a member of each the Quebec Junior Group and the Quebec Elite Group.
Meldrum attended the College of Oklahoma the place she earned a bachelor’s diploma in sociology and a minor in enterprise. A member of the ladies’s golf crew from 2000-2004, Meldrum was named Huge 12 Freshman Golfer of the Yr for 2000-2001, gained three collegiate tournaments, earned All-American honours and 25 top-ten finishes in 4 seasons with the Sooners.
She turned skilled in 2004 and gained the 2006 Canadian Tour Championship and was named the Canadian Tour Participant of the Yr. She competed on the Duramed Futures Tour (now Epson Tour) between 2006 and 2009, went on to compete on the LPGA Tour for 2 seasons (2010-2011) and later the Symetra Tour (now Epson Tour) from 2012-2015. She has competed within the AIG Girls’s Open, LPGA Championship, in addition to a number of CPKC Girls’s Open’s.
Meldrum works because the Head Educating Skilled at Lisa Meldrum Golf Efficiency and The Royal Montreal Golf Membership. She performs an instrumental function within the membership’s grownup and junior improvement packages for golfers of all ability ranges and teaches year-round in Montréal. She is a “Class A” member of the PGA of Canada and makes a speciality of instructing and training, which she has completed since 2016. As well as, Meldrum is TPI licensed and a Degree 2 ELDOA practitioner.
Throughout her profession, Meldrum additionally represented Canada on the 2002 World Newbie Group Championship and was victorious on the 2003 Copas de las Americas Championship. Meldrum has additionally acquired awards from the Canadian Tour Order of Advantage (2006), Jocelyne Bourassa Participant of the Yr (2009) and was inducted into the Quebec Golf Corridor of Fame within the participant class in 2023.
ABOUT THE CANADIAN GOLF HALL OF FAME & MUSEUMThe Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame celebrates the excellent people of Canadian golf from gamers, each newbie {and professional}, to the builders, architects and others who’ve been elementary to the evolution of the sport on this nation. Operated by Golf Canada, the Corridor of Fame, museum, and library are open to guests to find extra concerning the sport and the inductees. For extra info, please go to heritage.golfcanada.ca/hall-of-fame-members/.
CANADIAN GOLF HALL OF FAME NOMINATION & SELECTION PROCESSHonoured Members of the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame have been inducted since its inception in 1971. Honoured Members and representatives from the media, the PGA of Canada, in addition to the golf trade comprise the ten-member Choice Committee.
The committee is liable for reviewing all nominations and deciding on inductees. To be thought-about for election to the Corridor of Fame, a nominee should have made a unprecedented nationwide or worldwide contribution to the sport of golf in Canada. These achievements could embody, however aren’t restricted to, {golfing} accomplishments, illustrious golf-related careers, or different distinctive contributions to the game. People could not nominate themselves and each nomination submitted to the Choice Committee have to be seconded. Inductees to the Canadian Golf Corridor of Fame should obtain a minimal of eight of 10 votes. People who obtain a minimal of three votes will probably be carried ahead; ones who fail to take action will probably be faraway from the nomination course of. Further info relating to the nomination and election course of is obtainable right here. Nominations have to be acquired no later than July 31 to be eligible for choice the next 12 months.
