Kay has been linked to the LPGA since she was learning to walk. Her mother, Kathy Cornelius, competed on the LPGA Tour for almost 30 years. Kay walked hundreds of golf holes behind the ropes (and sometimes inside the ropes!) on the LPGA Tour as a young child. She started to forge her own way in golf early on when she was the youngest winner of the U.S. Girlsʼ Junior Championship in 1981 at the age of 14. From 1979 to 1987, Kay competed in 19 USGA Championships.  She earned NCAA All-American honors as a collegiate player at Stanford University. After graduating from Stanford, she turned pro and competed on the Ladies’ Asia Golf Circuit and Ladies’ European Tour. Her attention turned to teaching during the late 1990s when she joined the LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals. During her 25 year teaching career, Kay has received numerous teaching honors including, 2004 and 2007 LPGA Section Teacher of the Year, 2012 LPGA National Junior Golf Leadership Award, 2014 US Kids’ Golf Top 50 Mast