Kane earns induction into Canadian golf hall

She was the fresh face of Canadian women’s golf a year before Brooke Henderson was born.

Now Lorie Kane, who at 51 is making her 26th straight appearance at the Canadian Open, is being inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.

“I’m very honoured to be able to say I’m going into the hall, but at the same time I’ve always thought of the hall of fame as something that happens at the end of your career,” Kane told reporters Tuesday.

“The day that Mike Weir accepted the invitation to the hall of fame was the day that I said if they come to me while I’m still playing, I will welcome it.”

Kane will tie the record for most consecutive starts at the Canadian Open with Hollis Stacy when she tees off Thursday at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club, southwest of Calgary.

The Charlottetown native began her career on the LPGA Tour in 1996 at the age of 29 and earned four career Tour victories.

“I’m proud of myself. I’ve accomplished some things that I never thought would have been possible. To think in 20 years what I have achieved . . . the four wins? It took me a long time to win the first one and then the next three came pretty quickly after that,” she said with a chuckle.

She recorded three Tour wins in 2000, becoming the second Canadian to win multiple events in a season.