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While attending USD, Coralee Jorgensen participated in the women’s golf program for Coach Dwayne Clodfelter from 1978-81, serving as team captain from 1979-81. She helped lead USD to the South Dakota championship in the AIAW. She was also the AIAW regional medalist in 1980. Originally of Irene, S.D., she was inducted into the Irene High School Hall of Fame in 1990. While in high school, she was the Class B Girls State Golf Medalist in 1978 and also finished runner-up at state in 1977. A Class A PGA golf pro with 24 years of experience, Jorgensen of Sioux Falls, S.D., has been responsible for rebuilding successful women’s, couples and junior golf programs. Since 2001, Jorgensen has served as head PGA golf professional at the Westward Ho Country Club. She received a B.S. degree in education in 1982 from USD and later attended the PGA Business School in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and finished in the top five percent of her class at the PGA Business School II in Kansas City, Mo., in 1986. Over the years, she has been identified as the “Best Teacher in South Dakota” by Golf Digest (2000) and named as one of the best teachers in the state in 2003-04 by Golf Digest. She was elected into the President’s Council for the PGA of America in 2002-06.
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