Christina Lecuyer
Conway, Ark.
Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Birthdate: 10/8/82
College: University of Central Arkansas
Home Golf Course: Blackhawk Golf Club,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Interests: Running, cooking, travel, sports
Family: Single
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In some cases, inexperience merely means that you don’t know that you’re not supposed to be able to do something. Christina Lecuyer is a great example. In her first year as a professional, Lecuyer found herself in the finals of the LPGA Tour Qualifying tournament and a contestant on Big Break Ka’anapali.
You might say she grew into the game more than taking it up. While Lecuyer worked in her dad’s golf shop growing up in Edmonton, Alberta, she never really picked up a club until she was 18, which was about the same time she graduated from high school and decided to backpack in New Zealand and Fiji for six months. “I never knew what I wanted to do when I was in high school. So after I finished, I traveled,” she said. “It was an adventure. I bungee jumped, sky dived, I did it all.”
Upon returning, Lecuyer’s adventure continued as she spent the next few years bartending in Edmonton. While “getting partying out of my system,” Lecuyer started competing as an amateur and won her first three tournaments. They were small amateur events, but wins nonetheless that inspired her towards golf. Her goal of earning a golf scholarship to a college worked when, at 21, she headed off to the University of Central Arkansas. Lecuyer posted five wins while in college that lead to thoughts of playing golf for a living after school.
After graduating last May, she turned professional and has competed in more than 15 mini-tour events, nine of which have been on the Cactus tour. In her first Cactus tour event, Lecuyer finished runner-up, and added another second place finish later to go along with six other top-10 finishes.
“Even though I had never played in a professional tournament, I immediately started beating girls who had played on the Duramed FUTURES Tour and the LPGA,” said Lecuyer. “Since I started playing golf late, people always think I shouldn’t be able to do things, but then I go out and do it anyway.”
Should Lecuyer one day make the LPGA Tour, she wouldn’t be the first in her family to be in the spotlight. Her uncle played for five different teams in an NHL career that spanned from 1978-83. His brush with fame was a fight with hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, one of only two fights Gretzky was ever involved with in his Hall-of-Fame career.
It runs in the family. Her uncle wasn’t afraid to mix it up with “the Great One,” and while there will be no blows exchanged, don’t expect Lecuyer to shy away from grabbing her Big Break.
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| Club | Name | ||
| Driver: | McGregor Mactec Stiff 9.5° | ||
| Woods: | Ping G5 | ||
| Irons: | Ping 13 & Ping 5-U wedge |
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| Wedges: | Cleveland Tour Action 900 58° & 60° |
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| Putter: | Taylor Made Monza Corza Center Shaft | ||
| Ball: | Prov 1 |
