Lori Van Sickle

Lori Lynn Van Sickle ( Ludvigson; born ) is an American golfer. She was the head professional and director of golf at the DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware, and competed at the U.S. Women's Amateur twice. Before her golf career, Van Sickle played college softball for the Ohio Bobcats and Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens and was an all-state player in high school. She was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in 2012.

Biography Van Sickle is from Wilmington, Delaware. She grew up playing several sports and competed in field hockey and basketball at Springer Junior High School. Afterwards, she attended Brandywine High School, where she participated in softball, basketball, and volleyball, collecting the maximum of nine varsity letters while being an All-State performer. After high school, Van Sickle enrolled at Ohio University, where she received one of the school's two softball scholarships and played at third base. She began playing golf at age 21. A member of the DuPont Country Club, where she worked starting in 1986 as a pro shop employee, she was described in The News Journal as "the hottest golfer in Delaware" in 1988. From 1986 to 1989, she won the DuPont club championship each year. Van Sickle later became the assistant golf professional at DuPont before being named head pro in 1994. She became the only woman to be head pro of an LPGA Tour site nationally. In 2001, she received the highest rank, certified master professional, from PGA of America, and was the first person to earn it. In 2012, Van Sickle was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame. They have two daughters, including Caitlin Van Sickle, a field hockey player who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.