Calgary’s Shagannappi Golf Club at a
junior tournament from the ladies red
tees. She also won the U-12 Manitoba
provincial golf championships -- for
the past 3 years. She won the provincial
bantam championship last summer.
She was ranked No. 3 in Canada in
the CJGA as of May of 2015, with her
ranking falling off due to the fact
she just doesn’t have enough time to
participate in more golf tournaments.
She has won several US kids golf
tournaments in Tampa, including the
Tampa Bay Junior golf championship
for the past two years in a row. And just
the other night, she and her partner
won a match play event at Elmhurst
where she fired an 82.
Already she has more than 120
trophies for tennis and golf.
“I just love tennis,” she said bluntly.
“I don’t know what I’d do without it.
But I play golf and I enjoy that, too. If
I was ever forced to make a choice, it
would be a pretty tough choice. I think
that I’d like to grow up to be a tennis
pro and a golf pro.”
Reece trains in Florida, Manitoba
and often travels to B.C. to train at the
National Training Centre. She tours
to BC and Alberta frequently to play
tournaments and, in March, won the
Alberta girls U-14 event in a draw with
64 other competitors.
“I just love competing,” she said.
“I also like travelling to tournaments
and making new friends at the various
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