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Kim Alexis (second from left) joins Women’s Golf Day founder Elisa Gaudet (second from right) with Rachel Carter (left) and Sarah Bennett for a panel in January at the PGA Show in Orlando, Florida. Women's Golf Day photo
Before supermodel Kim Alexis ever appeared on more than 500 magazine covers worldwide, with a record six Sports Illustrated swimsuit covers, she appeared on the golf stage at Lockport, New York.
Before she set sales and adoration afire worldwide, she set the practice range and golf course on fire at Lockport Town and Country Club north of Buffalo.
“I grew up loving, practicing and playing golf. I was 16 years old and my parents said, “You need to learn to play golf because your husband will want to play and you’ll need to know as well,” she said.
Before she would become a cover model, movie star and international fashion-runway regular, she was junior golfer Kim Alexis.
But as many golfers have found out, sometimes life gets in the way.

Her career arc is the stuff of fashion-modeling legend.  At age 17, she was disco...