Dawn Coe
| Dawn Coe-Jones | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
October 19, 1960 Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada |
| Died | November 12, 2016 (aged 56) Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Nationality |
 Canada
|
| Spouse | Jimmy Jones |
| Children | 1 son |
| Career | |
| College | Lamar University |
| Turned professional | 1983 |
| Retired | 2008 |
| Former tour(s) |
LPGA Tour (1984–2008) Legends Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
|
| ANA Inspiration | T5: 1993 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | 3rd: 1990 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 5th: 1992 |
| du Maurier Classic | 3rd: 1993 |
| Women's British Open | DNP |
Dawn Coe-Jones (October 19, 1960 – November 12, 2016) was a Canadian professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour, and a member of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame. She was the first female Canadian golfer to surpass $1million in career earnings, announcing the arrival of Canadian female golfers upon the world stage in the 1990s.
Coe-Jones was born in Campbell River, British Columbia. Growing up in Lake Cowichan on Vancouver Island, she worked as a teenager at March Meadows Golf Course in Honeymoon Bay.
She had an outstanding amateur career, scoring back-to-back wins in the B.C. Junior tournament in 1978 and 1979 and the B.C. Amateur in 1982 and 1983. She capped her 1983 season with the Canadian Women's Amateur title and won NCAA all-American honours at Lamar University. She won a scholarship in her sophomore year and graduated in 1983 with a degree in elementary education.
Her first LPGA win came at the Women's Kemper Open in 1992. Coe-Jones was accompanied by caddie and childhood friend Kelly Feltrin, who was on her bag when she won the Kemper. She went on to claim the 1994 LPGA Palm Beach Classic and 1995 Tournament of Champions. Her best score ever was 63 at the Safeco Classic in 1998.
Coe-Jones played on the LPGA Tour from 1984 to 2008, winning three tournaments, and over $3 million in career earnings. She competed in over 20 Canadian Women's Opens. Her best chance to win her national open was in 1993, when she was third behind Brandie Burton and Betsy King at London Hunt. She tied for fourth with Canadian Gail Graham in 1998 in Windsor, Ontario.
Coe-Jones made her farewell appearance at the CN Canadian Open in 2008, finishing 14-over after two rounds and missing the cut.
She competed under her maiden name, Dawn Coe, until her marriage to Jimmy Jones in November 1992. She moved to Tampa from Texas in 1992 to be near the man she would marry that year, Jimmy Jones, and friends from the tour. Their son James was born three years later.
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