Biography

Cathy Sherk

An inspiration to female golfers throughout Canada, Cathy Sherk has complemented her impressive amateur and professional career with a dedication to teaching the game to up-and-coming young amateurs. As an amateur, Sherk captured her second Canadian Amateur, the U.S. Amateur and medallist honors at the World Amateur in 1978, leading Golf Digest to name her the world’s #1 Women’s Amateur. Since retiring from the LPGA Tour, Sherk has worked closely with the CLGA junior program 

Cathy Sherk has an unbelievable passion for teaching which lead to her being voted Ontario P.G.A. Teaching Professional of the Year in 2002. Cathy turned Professional in December of 1978 and qualified to play on the LPGA Tour January 1979. She played the Professional Tour in the United States and around the World for 5 years as a regular.

Some of the Cathy’s more notable successes and Championships are:

1977 Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Champion
1978 Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Champion
1978 North South Women’s Amateur Champion
1978 United States Women’s Amateur Champion
1978 Ranked #1 Woman Amateur in the World by Golf Digest
1978 Ontario Amateur Athlete of the Year
1986 & 1987 Women’s CPGA Champion
1988 & 1989 Runner Up Women’s CPGA Champion
1990 Women’s CPGA Champion
2000 Ontario Women’s PGA Champion

Cathy has been teaching for 16 years during which time she ran the Ontario Junior Girls Golf Camp and was National Coach of the CLGA from 1995-1999.

One of Cathy’s proudest moments was when she was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame on May 4, 1995. Cathy was coached by the late Gordon McInnis Sr. of Lookout Point Golf club and attributes much of her success to the fundamentals and foundations laid by Mr. McInnis.

Reference:

http://www.rcga.org/english/HallOfFame/hall_ofFamers.asp?ID=47
http://www.wsgtour.com/Biographies/Sherk.htm