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Sunday, November 13, 2016

LPGA winner Dawn Coe-Jones, 56, dies from bone cancer : golfweek





according to golfweek

LPGA winner Dawn Coe-Jones, 56, dies from bone cancer

LPGA winner Dawn Coe-Jones, 56, dies from bone cancer
LPGA winner Dawn Coe-Jones, 56, dies from bone cancer
Dawn Coe-Jones, shown in 2005 (Getty Images)Canadian Hall of Fame member Dawn Coe-Jones, a three-time winner on the LPGA, died Saturday at age 56 after an eight-month battle with cancer.Coe-Jones, an All-American at Lamar, played on the LPGA from 1984 to 2008 and was a role model to many Canadian players, including Lorie Kane, who first watched Coe-Jones win the 1983 Canadian Women's Amateur."She treated everyone equally," said Kane."Being on tour and walking the fairways with 144 women each week, there's not many that you can say treats everyone the same.


moreover from timescolonist

Island golf trailblazer Dawn Coe-Jones succumbs to cancer

Island golf trailblazer Dawn Coe-Jones succumbs to cancer
Island golf trailblazer Dawn Coe-Jones succumbs to cancer
Dawn Coe-Jones, who was raised in Lake Cowichan and became one of the greatest golfers in Canadian history, has died of bone cancer at age 56 in Tampa, Florida."It is a huge loss.Dawn never forgot her Island roots, especially regarding March Meadows, where she started out," said Norm Jackson, head pro at the Cowichan Golf Club."She was a great ambassador for the game in Canada and was truly a pioneer."Coe-Jones, who was born Oct. 19, 1960, in Campbell River, began playing golf at age 12 at the nine-hole March Meadows course in Honeymoon Bay.


additionally ctvnews

Canadian golfer Dawn Coe-Jones dies after battle with cancer at 56

Canadian golfer Dawn Coe-Jones dies after battle with cancer at 56
Canadian golfer Dawn Coe-Jones dies after battle with cancer at 56
The Canadian PressAlena Sharp will be reminded of Dawn Coe-Jones every time she hits a golf ball next week.Coe-Jones, a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame who helped blaze a trail for Canadian women on the pro tour, has died of cancer at the age of 56.Golf Canada announced on Saturday that she died in hospice near her home in Tampa, Fla., after being diagnosed with bone cancer earlier this year.Sharp, of Hamilton, is ranked 44th in the LPGA and has had Coe-Jones's initials written on her golf balls since the CP Canadian Women's Open in late August as a way of honouring the Canadian golfing legend.


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