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Joyce Kazmierski

Joyce Kazmierski established a legacy of success in sports back in high school where she received letters for golf, field hockey, basketball, and tennis. She also won the City girls golf title several times. She continued playing sports in college, and in 1964 earned runner-up in the Women’s National Collegiate Championship held at Michigan State University. Two years later, in 1966, Joyce won the Women’s National Collegiate Championship held that year at Ohio State University. Also in 1966, she won the Michigan Women’s Amateur Championship, a title she would regain in 1968.

Joyce was further honored by being inducted into the National Collegiate Golf Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Michigan State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994.

Joyce joined the LPGA in 1986. As a professional, Joyce contributed to the organization of the sport, not just the competitive play. In 1983, she was Vice President of the LPGA Player Council and the following year became President of the LPGA Tour Division.

During her 17 years as a touring pro, Joyce recorded ten 2nd place finishes. When leaving the Tour in 1986, she was among the top 50 all-time money winners on the LPGA Tour.

Joyce actively promotes golf through education and recreation. Currently, she is a teaching professional at Eagle Creek Golf Course in Indianapolis, IN. She provides free golf lessons to six charity groups as promotional items for raffles. In addition, she conducts free golf clinics at golf shows and appears on local TV and radio in promotional spots for golf.

Joyce promotes the recreational aspects of golf as well as the competitive sport. As co-owner of Sun Spirit Golf Tours, she organizes golf trips domestically and to Scotland and Ireland. She has also been a financial contributor to Michigan State University Women’s Golf for 30 years.

She holds memberships in the Golf Collectors Society, Keepers of the Green Society (based in St. Andrews, Scotland), and is a Class A member of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Division.