She won the 1978 Canadian women's championship playing lead for Cathy Pidzarko.

She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics when curling was a demonstration sport.

The Canadian women's team won the gold medal, defeating Sweden in the final.

Patti Vandekerckhove was inducted into the Canadian Curling Hall of Fame in 1986.

[5] She is married to well-known Canadian ice maker Hans Wuthrich.