Canada's Dawn Coe-Jones, right, on the first day of a Women's World Cup Of Golf at The Links at Fancourt Country Club in George, South Africa on Feb. 11, 2005. Canadian golfer Dawn Coe-Jones has died. She was 56. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Obed Zilwa

Canadian golfer Dawn Coe-Jones dies of cancer at 56

Canadian golfer Dawn Coe-Jones has died of cancer. She was 56.

Coe-Jones played on the LPGA Tour from 1984-2008 and had three Tour wins from 1992-1995.

The Lake Cowichan, B.C., native was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.

Coe-Jones won the British Columbia Amateur title in 1982-83 and the 1983 Canadian Amateur title.

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