Introduction :

• Cassandra Meyer is a former American mini-tour professional and an emerging World Long Drive Championship Competitor. She had also pursued a career to gain a place in the LPGA tour.
• Being a fitness admirer, golf influencer, and golf fan, Meyer has built a sizeable fan following on Instagram. Following Cassandra on her course and gym adventures at Instagram can provide a pretty fair picture of what a great golf swing she has.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

• Cassandra was born in December 1990, in Rochester, New York City.
• Cassandra and her husband Brett Meyer resides in Orlando, Florida, with their adorable pitbull mix, Dakota.
• The lovebirds got happily married in Baraboo around 2018, according to the interview given by Cassandra to Wisconsin Golf on June 14, 2020.

Early Life and Education :

• Cassandra had an intense passion for sports, especially golf, since her childhood. Although she had played in local competitions for a long time, she decided to turn pro and pursue golf professionally at 18 (2008).
• As per Wisconsin Golf, Cassandra was recruited out of high school with strong recommendations. She had been offered fully funded scholarships from Georgia, Florida, Arizona, and Central Florida.

Career, Salary and Net Worth :

• Having played golf most of her life, Cassandra formally began her career in 1999 at the age of 9. In pursuit of self-improvement, she was always keen on entering national competitions while playing junior golf. She went head to head with the number one champion in a long drive in her second-ever competition.
• While being a member of the Junior Ryder Cup Team, Cassandra and her partner, Tony Finau, won the final match against Europeans back in 2006.
• Meyer decided to turn pro in golf at 18 years old in 2008 and gained valuable experience while spending quality time with Symetra Tour.
• Due to her petite and athletic build, Cassandra was well aware that she would need to source all of her motivation and hard efforts to pursue a career in a long drive after her golfing career reached its run. She participated in the World Long Drive competition held at her home course in Rochester.
• In 2019, Cassandra started intense training for Long Drive, taking some help from her husband and other best players in the world. Instantly, she fell in love with the sport when she entered her first competition in 2019.
• According to Krank Golf, Cassandra participated in five World Long Drive Tour events during 2019, was a runner-up at Atlantic City Broadwalk Bash, and finished three times among the top ten. She has a personal best of 323, and regular smashes drivers of 280 plus yards with a ball speed of 165 mph and clubhead speed of 110 mph.
• Cassandra has a Certified Personal Trainer license and has also worked for some time in the food and beverage industry.

Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :

• Besides golf, Meyer deems tennis as her favorite sport to play and hockey as her favorite sport to watch. Her favorite hockey team are the Hawks.
• Cassandra holds a strong interest in healthy cooking, photography, and dogs. Her affinity for dogs is evident from her Instagram and Facebook profiles. She shares a considerable amount of adorable dog photos, including one named Dakota
• While being interviewed by Gary D’AMATO for Wisconsin Golf (June 14, 2020), Cassandra disclosed that her speed/strength training and fast twitching muscle firing had been a massive part of her practice. These training routines help Cassandra to generate her impressive power.
• Cassandra typically likes to listen to the music during these pandemic times due to golf rounds being pretty chill. During the workout, Cassandra loves to listen to rock/metal; her favorite band is Chevelle. She also loves the 70’s and 80’s music. As per her Facebook, Cassandra’s favorite films and television shows are the dark knight trilogy, a documentary film named Jerry’s Last mission, and House, respectively. She loves the best-selling New York Times author, Ted Dekker, and sportswoman Rachel Connor.
• As per her Q & A Insta stories on Instagram in September 2020, Cassandra has a little weak mental game, which makes her insecure and not confident sometimes.
• Cassandra only lifts weights up to 185 lbs, but nothing heavier. She loves doing heavy hip thrusts and heavy squats, though.
• Cassandra’s secret to having her Nike shoes always clean is a fair-weather golf routine. Pebble beach is on her bucket list of golf courses. Whistling Straits is the only famous golf course she has ever played, though.
• In one of her Insta stories, Casandra advised parents to let children know that golf should remain fun in order to maintain their interest. It creates additional motivation for juniors if they have peers who also play golf and if parents let them do their own thing. Parents should be careful enough not to make the sport too serious or anything that feels pushed down to juniors.
• Ethnicity – Mixture of Irish, German, and Italian.

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