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WENDY (SWIFT) MURRAY
Wendy Murray; the daughter of Earl and
Gwen Swift, was born and raised in Lloydminster. She attended school here,
graduating with Honors from Lloydminster Comprehensive High School in
1980. She then went on to attend college in Midland, Texas, followed by
university at San Diego, California.
Wendy's rapid climb in
the game of golf was due largely to her keen desire to play and play well.
She spent hours a day at the local club, not only playing the course, but
spending time on the driving range and putting green. If she had trouble
with a particular kind of shot, she would practice that shot over and over again
until the difficulty was corrected.
Even in her first full year of
golfing, she was declared winner of the "Greatest Reduction in Handicap"
for a Junior Lady Golfer in Canada in 1976 (reduction from Handicap of 36 to 13
in one year).
Highlights of Wendy's
impressive list of accomplishments include:
- Saskatchewan Junior Ladies
Champion 1977 - 1979 and 1981
- Ranked tied 7th among Canadian
Juniors 1978 Lloydminster's Sportswoman of the Year 1978 and 1979
- Finished 13th at Canadian Amateur
Championship in St. John's, Nfld in 1979.
- Member bf the Canadian team to
attend Helen Lengteld International Team Matches at Pebble Beach in 1979 and
Vancouver in 1980
- Received a golf scholarship to
attend Midland Junior College in Midland Texas, U.S.A., 1980, graduating
with High Honors in 1982
- Named to Who's Who among students
in American Junior Colleges in 1981
- Tied for 2nd at the Canadian
Junior Championship 1981
- Ranked 3rd among Canadian Juniors
in 1981
- Saskatchewan Amateur Champion at
Prince Alberta 1982
- Received a golf scholarship to
attend the United States International University in San Diego in 1982,
graduating with High Honors with a B.Sc. in Business Administration in 1985
- Received a Canadian Golf
Foundation Scholarship in 1983
- Became a member of the
Saskatchewan Amateur team and competed in the Canadian Amateur Championships
in Montreal 1987
- Awarded the Government of Canada
Certificate of Merit in 1988
Wendy is married and has two
children. She and her husband run a family business, D. W. Picker Services
Ltd. In addition to the business the family runs a farm where Wendy does
the accounting for both the farming and business enterprises. She also
works with a number of clients,in addition to the family interests.
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