Lesley Copeman

LESLIE COPEMAN

Club: Parkview Golf Club

Area: Johannesburg
Province: GAUTENG

Golfing Achievements:

Represented South Africa 1983 & 1984

Won the South African Amateur Championships 1983

Turned Pro 1984

Founded the Women’s Professional Golf Association 1986

Qualified as Teaching Pro in 1988

2006 – Qualified as a PGA professional – AAA Grading

Other Awards & Acheivements

Awarded honorary membership at Randpark Golf Club for exceptional achievements 1983

President of the WPGA 1988,1989, 1992 and 1997, 2006, 2007 and 2008

Founded the Women’s Professional Golf Association 1986

Awarded honorary membership of the WPGA in 1990

Published 101 Golf Tips – 1992

2000 – Co-Author (with Elsabe Hefer) WPGA Teaching Course Manua

Former owner and Chief Operating Officer of  Women’s World Cup of Golf from 2004 - 2007

2004 Regional Business Achiever Award – Winner in the Start-Up Category (Business Women’s Association)

2004 - awarded “Coach of the Year” at Women’s Golf Awards

2005 - Technical advisor and editor on The Fairway – A book aimed at beginner Golfers and published by Struik

2005 – Winner Shoprite/Checkers Woman of the Year (Sports Category)

2005 – Received Award from Golf Digest for Contribution To Golf

2006 – Awarded “contribution to Golf” at Compleat Golfer Awards Dinner

2007 - 2010 contributing writer to SA Woman Golfer Magazine

2007 – G-Sport Woman of the Year

Editor SA Women's Golf 2008

Past Board Member SA Golf Development Board

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