Written by-Pete Wallner who covers sports for MLive/Grand Rapids Press. Email him at pwallner@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

Legendary former U.S. Olympic speed skater Dan Jansen is a big fan of the LPGA for more reasons than one.

“I love to watch the ladies play because they don’t necessarily overpower a golf course,” he said Tuesday while playing in the Meijer LPGA Classic pro-am at Egypt Valley Country Club. “They get all of their power in their swing and they are very efficient.”

Jansen has been passionate about golf since he retired from speed skating more than 20 years ago. But he fell in love with the sport with good reason a little more than 15 years ago after he met his future wife, Karen Palacios,  one of the top LPGA golf instructors in the country.

Palacios-Jansen, the 2008 LPGA National Teacher of the Year, has worked with hundreds of men and women including PGA and LPGA pros.  She devised Cardiogolf, a method to improve swing mechanics and fitness levels.

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