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Jaclyn Lee has spent plenty of winter afternoons honing her game at Golf Canada Calgary Centre.

Day after day, she sent ball after ball straight and long out over the snow-covered canvas of the outdoor facility.

Practising to become a star junior on the local links …

Swinging to become a mighty amateur on the city, provincial and national golf scene …

And gearing up to be a successful student-athlete with the NCAA’s Ohio State Buckeyes.

But these past few weeks spent at the outdoor range or inside Golf Dome Calgary are preparing the Calgarian for a much different animal.

Lee’s turned pro — as in LPGA Tour pro.

“It’s a goal I probably had when I was about 12 or 13,” said the smiling 21-year-old just a few days before joining the world’s top women’s golf circuit state-side on its return from overseas. “I started playing golf when I was about 10. A lot of people know that I didn’t like the game when I first started — I actually hated golf but eventually fell in love with it.