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Helen Aitken
Article – Aitken gains semis on 20-hole victory
Article – Aitken, Schnoll lead in WMGA Better-Ball
Article – WMGA finishes 2d in Griscom Cup golf
Article – Aitken, Noble reach semis
Article – McGowans tie Aitkens for 2nd
Article – Aitken, Young, Probert gain
Article – Durkin Wins Women’s ‘Met’; Mrs. Probert Low Qualifier
Article – Aitken team wins WMGA best ball
Article – Aitken wins golf tourney
Article – Sweep gives Aitken 3rd Championship
Article – Aitken defeats Waters in final
Article – A sigh of relief for Aitken
Tee Talk Article – Match Play Championship
Article – Montclair’s Aitken does it her way
Article – Montclair’s Aitken reaches Met semis
Article – Montclair’s Aitken keeps title in sight
Article – Aitken, D’Alessio surge into championship round
Article – Club Crier (Montclair)
Article – NJ Stars in Women’s Metropolitan Event
Photo of 1972 Match Play Championship – Aitken & Cooperstein
Photo of 1988 Match Play Championship – Aitken & Whitman
Photo of 1989 Match Play Championship – Hawes & Aitken
Photo of 1989 Match Play Championship – Eichhorn & Aitken
Photo of 1990 Stroke Play Championship – Aitken & Algiero
Photo of 1990 Match Play Championship – Sage & Aitken
Photo of 1990 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1990 French American Challenge
Photo of 1990 French American Challenge “Fred Joaillier”
Photo of 1991 Match Play – Aitken & Probert
Photo of 1991 Women’s Met Open
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – Aitken & Young
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – Aitken & Hawes
Photo of 1992 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1992 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1992 Match Play Championship – Aitken & Thirl
Photo of 1994 Match Play Champion
Photo of 1995 – Aitken & Marchok
Photo of 1995 Winning Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1995 Match Play Runner-up
Photo of 1997 Match Play Championship – Aitken & Rogers
Photo of 1997 Match Play Championship – Aitken & Agran
Photo of 1997 Montclair Interdistrict Team with Founders Cup
Photo of 1997 Match Play Sanford Cup Final – Aitken & Healy
Photo of 1997 Match Play Sanford Cup Champion
Photo of 1998 Better Ball Championship – Aitken & Eichhorn
Photo of 1998 Match Play Championship – Aitken & Torgan
Photo of 1998 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of Aitken & Eichhorn in raingear in 1998
Photo of 1999 Better Ball Championship – Aitken & Eichhorn
Photo of 1999 Sis Choate – Aitken & Eichhorn
Photo of 2000 Mackie Memorial Tournament – Aitken & Eichhorn with Peggy Mackie
Over three decades before she left the Met Area, Helen from Montclair GC was the model of consistency as she played in team matches, Golf Illustrated Matches, Griscom Cup Matches, the French American Challenge and WMGA and Garden State individual and partner tournaments. She won the 1980 Brother-Sister Championship, the 1993 Match Play Championship, the 1997 Sanford Cup Championship, the 1996 and 1997 Senior Championship, the 1994, 1998 and 1999 Better Ball Championship, the 2000 and 2001 Mackie and the 1999 and 2003 Sis Choate. In addition, she served on the WMGA Board for multiple years as the Intercity/Interdistrict Chair and Course Rating Chair.
Cynthia Alexandre Foshay (Mrs. DeWitt Alexandre)
Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Alexandre
Article – Mrs. DeWitt Alexandre No Stranger to Jersey Golfers
NY Times Article – Mrs. Hart’s Team Captures Rain-Curtailed Golf Tourney
Cynthia honored with MGA Distinguished Service Award
Cynthia Alexandre Foshay (Mrs. DeWitt Alexandre) – member of Somerset Hills and WMGA Honorary Member (1979). Cynnie, as she was known, won her share of WMGA tournaments in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, including the Mother-Daughter with both her daughters, the Husband-Wife, and the Better Ball A. However, it was her dedication to the game of golf, including terms as WMGA president, vice-president and tournament chair, that is most memorable.
Laura Algiero
Article – Junior Girls’ Championship
Article – Women golfers finish last in field
Article – Algieros continue golfing togetherness
Article – Algiero team (88) wins mom-daughter
Article – Imburgias take husband-wife golf tourney
Article – Imburgias Win Women’s MGA
Article – Mother-Daughter Championship
Article – Algiero wins One-Day tourney
Article – 1996 Mother-Daughter Championship
Article – Better Ball A Championship
Article – Algiero triumphs at 28th Stroke Play Championship
Article – 19th Sis Choate Pinehurst Tournament
Article – 31st Stroke Play Championship
Article – 69th John B. Mackie Memorial Tournament
Article – 21st Sis Choate Pinehurst Tournament
Article – Algiero Wins the Stroke Play Championship
Article – Algiero Prevails at the Met Amateur
Article – Better Ball A Takes Place at The Ridge
Article – Algiero Wins Met Am in Playoff
Article – The Tradition of the Griscom Cup
Article – First Time Champions at the Seniors’ A & B
Article – Better Ball A Tournament
Article – Algiero Wins 2nd Consecutive A Tournament
Article – 2014 Player of the Year
Article – 2015 Sis Choate Pinehurst Tournament
Article – 55th Better Ball A Championship
Photo of 1976 Junior Inter-City – Algiero & Bodnar
Photo of 1977 Junior Inter-City Team
Photo of 1990 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1990 Stroke Play Championship – Algiero & Aitken
Photo of 1992 Match Play Championship – Algiero & Tyler
Photo of 1993 Stroke Play Championship – Algiero & Enstine
Photo of Sister-Brother Championship – Laura & Nick Algiero
Photo of 2000 Golf Illustrated Westchester Team
Petite but mighty is Laura, who played out of Bonnie Briar, Westchester Hills and Whippoorwill for the four decades that she played golf in the Met Area. As a junior she competed on two Junior Intercity teams and that team play continued as she played on and captained Griscom Cup Teams and Westchester/CT teams for the Sports Illustrated Cup. Golf was always a family affair for the Algieros, so it’s no surprise that she won the Mother-Daughter three times with her mom Claire and the Brother-Sister twice with brother Nick. And then there are four Better Ball Championships, one Mackie title, three Met Am titles, two Senior Championships, three Sis Choate titles, three Stroke Player Championships and Player of the Year honors in 2014! Of note, Laura was racking up wins in the TriCounty Golf Association’s tournaments, too. Laura’s best showing in the USGA’s Senior Women’s Amateur was reaching the quarterfinals in 2012. Her love for the game also extended to volunteering, so Laura served as the WMGA’s Team Competition Chair, as well as the President of Tri-County. There’s no doubt that golf, in some form, will always be a key component of Laura’s life.
Polly Andrews (Mrs. Jonathan Thorne)
Article – Mrs. Thorne’s 83 Takes Golf Medal
NYT Article – Mrs. Jonathan Thorne Honored
Article – 1936 Griscom Cup Recap
Article – Mrs. Thorne’s 81 Gains Golf Award
Article – Mrs. Johnathan Thorne 1935 Championship
Article – Winner Takes Crown in Her First Attempt
Polly Andrews (Mrs. Jonathan Thorne) – Dubbed the “First Lady of Golf,” by a local reporter, Polly, of Innis Arden, won the Match Play Championship in her first title quest in 1935. Her victory ensured her a spot on NY’s Griscom Cup team the next year, and though she won her matches, the Cup was claimed by Mass Golf that year.
Sylvia Annenberg (Mrs. Leo G. Federman/Mrs. Charles Leichner)
Photo with the two Babes and John Montague
Article – Golf Prize is won by Mrs. Federman
Article – One Day Golf Won by Mrs. Federman
Article – Mrs. Federman Wins in Jersey Shore Golf Title
NYT Article – Mr. and Mrs. Federman Card 84 to Win Husband-Wife Golf Title
Photo – Mrs. Leo Federman and Mrs. Marion Turpie Lake
Photo – Miss Sylvia Annenberg on Links
Article – Golf Tourney Won by Mrs. Federman
Photo – Victim of LI Golf Upset and Two Victors
Article – Miss Annenberg Wins with an 84
Article – Miss Annenberg’s 79 Leads Field in Initial Metropolitan Tourney
Sylvia Annenberg (Mrs. Leo G. Federman/Mrs. Charles Leichner) – Dubbed the “Fair Woman of the Fairways,” Sylvia was a multiple winner throughout the 1930s and 1940s, representing Lakeville, Glen Oaks and Fresh Meadow Country Club. While her name is engraved on the Match Play and Stroke Play trophies, she truly made the headlines when she played in a 1937 Charity Match with the two “Babes,” Ruth and Didrickson, and a golf hustler out of Hollywood, John Montague. Over 10,000 spectators followed the match down the fairways of Fresh Meadow, and the crowd forced the players to quit after nine holes, with Annenberg and Montague down two to the Babes.
Maura (Waters) Ballard
Article – Father-Daughter Championship
Article – Waters jars Probert in WMGA play
Article – Noble, Waters, Young, Hawes gain semifinal
Article – Noble, Waters set for Match Play final
Article – Noble tops Waters for Met Golf crown
Article – Golfers seeking Met title
Article – 36th Hole Better Ball A
Article – No troubled Waters in women’s qualifying
Article – Waters outduels Young in Women’s Amateur
Article – Wojnas, Waters to duel for title
Article – Waters wins N.J. Amateur
Article – 36-Hole Better Ball A Championship
Article – Match Play Championship
Article – Waters drives into final
Article – Wojnas captures WMGA qualifier medal with 79
Article – 1996 Golf Illustrated
Article – 1996 Interclub Team Matches
Article – 71st Golf Illustrated Matches
Article – Club Crier (Montclair)
Article – Montclair 1 Repeats as Interdistrict Winners
Photo – Father-Daughter Championship
Photo of 1988 Match Play – Waters & Noble
Photo of 1988 Match Play – Waters & Vogel
Photo of Waters & Caddie in 1988
Photo of Waters during 1988 Match Play Final
Photo of 1988 Match Play Runner-up
Photo of 1991 Better Ball Championship
Photo of 1992 French-American Challenge – Waters & Griffin
Photo of 1992 French American Challenge Team
Photo of 1994 Match Play Championship – Waters & Aitken
Photo of 1994 Match Play Qualifier
Photo of 1997 Montclair Interdistrict Winning Team
Playing out of Raritan Valley, Maura and her dad Don won Low Net in the Father-Daughter Championship at the same time that she was setting records on the Rutgers Golf Team. In 1988, she was runner-up to Karen Noble in the Match Play Championship and then tried the Futures Tour but the touring life was not for her. Maura returned and won the WMGA’s Better Ball Championship twice, played on the French American Challenge Team, the NJ team for the Golf Illustrated Trophy, and, as a member of Montclair GC for a few years, shared in the team’s celebration as they claimed consecutive Interdistrict Titles in ‘96 and ‘97. Maura moved on to coach college golf, first at Rutgers for 21 years and then at Drew University for six years.
Joanne Barr
Article – Miss Barr Golf Winner
Article – Broken Arm Helps Golfer
Article – Mrs. Tracy Takes Medal With 75 in Metropolitan Title Golf Event
Photo – Joanne loses to Cookie Swift
Article – Mrs. Tracy’s 76 Wins Golf Prize
Article – Tracys, with a 76, Capture Met Title
Joanne Barr (Mrs. William Tracy) – Her golf pro dad wanted her to play golf, so Joanne did and won the WMGA’s Junior Girls’ title in 1942. However, Joanne liked strapping on her ice skates, so for a short time she actually toured with the Ice Follies. Yet, she continued to play golf and over the course of four decades, Joanne’s name was engraved on nearly every trophy in the WMGA collection. As a member of Glen Ridge and then Essex Fells, Joanne won 6 Shore Titles and after many close calls, finally won the Match Play in 1971. She continued to coach skaters, and, in fact, credits a broken arm that she sustained during a coaching session with curing her hook!
Jean Bartholomew
Article – Bartholomew cards 83 to win junior tourney
Article – Bartholomew gains WMGA quarterfinal
Article – Batholomew WMGA champ
Article – Local Golfer Wins Tourney
Article – Thiel, Bartholomew advance in WMGA Match Play Tournament
Article – Bartholomew outlasts Thiel to win WMGA Match Play
Article – Bartholomew captures Stroke Play Championship
Article – As Jean Bartholomew says, playing other sports is great for golfers
Article – LI’er Bartholomew has no regrets about golf career
Article – Batholomew tops qualifiers with 4-over 77
Article – 1983 Junior Sudden Death Playoff
Photo of Jean 1988 Stroke Play
Photo of Jean – Stroke Play Win 1988
Photo of Jean with Mary McCurdy – 1986
Photo of Jean 2020 Women’s Met Open
Photo of Jean 2020 at Engineers
Jean Bartholomew – Jean, playing out of Garden City, competed in WMGA junior events in the early 80’s and won the Maureen Orcutt in 1983, the same year she made it through the 2nd round of match play for the USGA Junior Girls’ title. While playing collegiate golf at Duke, she won the WMGA Match Play title in 1986 and the Stroke Play title in 1988. Jean turned pro in 1990, played on the LPGA tour for 15 years, plays on the Legends Tour and is currently a teaching professional at Engineers Country Club. She has also won the Met PGA’s Women’s Open three times, most recently in 2020 at Engineers.
Ann Beard
Service with a Smile – Ann Beard Distinguished Service Award Article
WMGA Honorary Member Ann Beard
Ann Beard – Judy Bell Award Recipient
Ann Beard – member of Essex Fells and WMGA Honorary Member (1992). From the time she moved to the Met area in the 1960’s and joined the WMGA, Ann played in many local events, as well as nine USGA championships. Her two wins were with her daughter Kendra: the Better Ball A in 1982 and the Mother-Daughter in 1985. While she did win the Essex Fells club championship over 20 times, as well as the NJ Senior Amateur title, Ann’s greatest accomplishments revolved around her dedication to the game. Beyond serving on the WMGA board, including one term as president, Ann is an expert on the Rules of Golf and served as the Chair of the USGA Women’s Committee. In 1991, she was honored with the MGA’s Distinguished Service Award, and her expertise in golf administration was further recognized when she was named the first recipient of the Judy Bell Award in 1998. The award was created to honor individuals who have made a significant contribution to women’s and/or junior girls’ golf in the metropolitan area.
Kendra Beard Graham
Article – Junior Girls’ Inter-City Team Matches Won By Philadelphia
Article – Junior Girls’ Inter-City Team Matches Won By Boston
Article – Beards 2-3 behind Miller at Colonia
Article – Kendra Beard 1981 Junior Champion
Article – Beard rallies to take Met Women’s junior
Article – Beard tandem wins Better-Ball by one
Article – Beard captures women’s event
Article – 80 by Beards captures Mother-Daughter title
Article – Beard tops WMGA field
Photo of Beard and Wahl in 1976
Photo of 1978 Junior Inter-City Team
Photo of 1979 Junior Inter-City Team
Photo of 1979 Maureen Orcutt Tournament – Beard, Gilmartin, Grassey, & Cabriele
Photo of 1980 Father-Daughter Championship
Photo of 1981 Junior Girls’ Championship
Photo of Beard preparing for 1983 Match
Photo of 1984 Match Play Championship
Photo of 1985 Match Play Medalist
Photo of 2002 Interdistrict Match
Photo of 2002 Somerset Hills Team
When your family is a golfing family at Essex Fells CC, there’s a good chance you’ll be playing at a young age. Beginning in 1976, Kendra competed in WMGA and other local tournaments. She was on three Junior Intercity teams and won the WMGA Junior Championship in 1981. She also had her name engraved on the Father-Daughter Championship Trophy in 1980 and the Mother-Daughter Championship Trophy in 1985. In addition, when Kendra was a freshman at Wake Forest, she partnered with her mom, Ann, to win the 1982 Better Ball “A” Championship. Kendra was the Director of Women’s Competition for the USGA for 16 years, was a USGA Rules Seminar Instructor and officiated at Women and Men’s US Opens, the Masters and the British Open. In 2018 she was elected to the USGA’s Executive Committee, and while no longer in the Met area, Kendra’s golf connection remains strong.
Colleen Binkiewicz
Photo of Binkiewicz with Trophy (1979)
Photo of Slivinsky and Binkiewicz with Trophy
Photo – Colleen Wins Her Second Double Crown
Article – Colleen Outlasts Paula
Article – Binkiewicz 162 claims Women’s Met by two
Article – Binkiewicz up by 2 in stroke-play event
Article – Binkiewicz wins Met Stroke Play
Article – Slivinsky, Binkiewicz reach final
Article – Binkiewicz medalist on 78 in WMGA play
Article – Binkiewicz Junior Tournament Debut
Article – Amateur Binkiewicz sets lofty goal past WMGA match play championship
Article – Binkiewicz tops Probert in semis
Article – Binkiewicz surges to WMGA title
Article – Binkiewicz captures WMGA title, 7 and 6
Colleen Binkiewicz – Playing out of the Forest Hill Field Club, Colleen was a double crown winner of the Match Play and Stroke Play Championships in 1979 and 1983. The 1979 championships were noted for the surge of “youngsters” trying to topple the likes of “B” Bower and Judy Cooperstein. Following her winning 1983 season, Colleen went to Tulsa and played on the mini tour for a while, and she is currently a therapist who works with children who are on the spectrum and have special needs.
Miss Georgianna M. Bishop
Click Here for NY Times Article – Georgianna Bishop leads Women’s Golf
Click Here for NY Times Article – Mrs. Gavin Loses to Miss Bishop
Click Here for USGA Article – Georgianna Bishop wins Merion’s first USGA Championship
A member of Brookhaven, Georgianna won the Match Play Championship in 1907 and 1908. Earlier, in 1904, she won the Women’s Amateur at Merion.
Carolyn Cassidy Cudone (Mrs. Phillip Cudone)
Photo of Carolyn winning WMGA Championship Trophy
NY Times Article – Mrs. Cudone, on 236, Wins U.S. Senior Women’s Golf
Carolyn Cudone – WMGA Judy Bell Award Recipient
There’s a Rabbit’s Foot Waiting for You – Curtis Cup Article authored by Carolyn Cudone
Carolyn Cassidy Cudone (Mrs. Philip Cudone) – member of Crestmont, The Knoll, Montclair, and Forest Hill and WMGA Honorary Member (1973). Carolyn’s first win as a WMGA member was at the 1938 Windle Challenge. She and her mother won four Mother-Daughter Championships and she had her name engraved on the Match Play trophy five times between 1955 and 1965. However, it was after she turned 50 that she forever etched her name in golf history by winning the USGA’s Senior Women’s Amateur for five consecutive years from 1968-72. She is remembered as a “gracious winner and a cheerful loser who loved to laugh.”
Marion "Sis Choate" (Mrs. Allison Choate)
NY Times Article – Mrs. Choate Wins Senior Golf Title
WMGA Honorary Member – Sis Choate
NY Times Article – Mrs. Choate, at 157, Wins U.S. Senior Women’s Golf
Marion “Sis” Choate (Mrs. Allison Choate) – member of Apawamis and WMGA Honorary Member (1984). Sis competed in WMGA tournaments from the 1950’s through the 1970’s. She won her club championship at Apawamis 22 times, the USGA’s Senior Women’s Amateur in 1963, and was the Captain of the US Curtis Cup Team in 1974. When the inaugural WMGA Kirkland Pinehurst was held in 1969, she and her partner, Maureen Orcutt, were the winners. In 1989, the Pinehurst was renamed in her honor; a fitting tribute since she won the event four times.
Mrs. DeWitt Cochrane
Click Here for NY Times Article – Mrs. Cochrane Champion (1897)
Click Here for Photo of Mrs. DeWitt Cochrane at Ardsley
A WMGA founder and member of Ardsley Golf Club. First treasurer of the WMGA (1899-1993), Mrs. Dewitt-Cochrane was a club champion at Ardsley, and like the other 4 founders, competed in the 1899 Women’s Amateur.
Diana D'Alessio
Article – D’Alessio late start in golf
Article – D’Alessio Wins 1995 Match Play Championship
Article – D’Alessio defending Match Play
Article – D’Alessio captures Met crown
Article – D’Alessio tops Aitken for match-play title
Article – Busy time for defending WMGA
Article – D’Alessio wins golf championship
Article – Newton’s D’Alessio wins championship
Article – D’Alessio 73 wins WMGA ‘A’ Tournament
Article – 1994 Stroke Play Championship
Highlight – Diana wins Maureen Orcutt Tournament
Photo of Diana Match Play Champion
Photo of Diana Match Play with President and Chair
Photo of Griffin, Doniger, D’Alessio, Flanagan
Diana D’Alessio – Diana decided to give up horseback riding for golf and never looked back. The Newton GC golfer would win the Orcutt title three times and was the Junior Girls Champion once. Then, while playing collegiate golf at Furman, Diana won the WMGA’s Stroke Play Championship in 1994 and captured consecutive Match Play titles in 1995 and 1996. She was also the first time recipient of the WMGA’s Player of the Year award in 1995, and she claimed the honor again in 1996. Fulfilling a decision she made after attending a golf tournament with her dad, Diana turned pro in 1999 and spent 12 years on the LPGA tour before joining the Ladies European Tour (LET). Diana has since retired from professional golf.
Pam Darmstadt
Article – Junior Mixed Pinehurst Tournament
Article – 4 teens gain match play semis
Article – Stroke Play Championship
Article – Junior Mixer Pinehurst Tournament
Article – Darmstadt 78 leads warmup for Met girls
Article – 2 LIers Qualify for WMGA
Article – Darmstadt, Bower battle for WMGA championship
Article – Bower captures 4th WMGA title
Article – New York WMGA cops Griscom Cup
Article – Cardiac Kids to club it out
Article – Probert 79 shares Women’s Met lead
Article – Mrs. Bower Gains Final in Met. Golf
Article – Darmstadt nips Bower
Article – Father-Daughter Winners
Photo of 1977 Sister-Brother Championship
Photo of 1978 Junior Girls’ Championship
Photo of 1979 Maureen Orcutt – Darmstadt & Cabriele
Photo of 1979 Junior Intercity Team
Photo of 1979 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1979 Match Play Championship – Darmstadt & Cici
Photo of 1979 Match Play Championship – Darmstadt & Slivinsky
Photo of 1980 Match Play Championship – Darmstadt & Bower
Photo 1980 Match Play Championship – Darmstadt & Slivinsky
Photo of 1980 Match Play Championship – Darmstadt & Bower
Pam, who played out of Winged Foot GC, was an outstanding junior golfer in the late 1970s. She earned the title “Cardiac Kid,” along with Paula Slivinsky, from the local press as she went up against other young rising stars, as well as the seasoned players of the time, such as Bea Bower and Ann Probert. Pam played on the Inter-City Girls Team for the WMGA, as well as competed in the Griscom Cup Matches. She won the Junior Girls Mixed Pinehurst in 1978 and 1979, captured Low Net Honors in the 1979 Stroke Play Championship and won the 1981 and 1982 Father-Daughter Championship. Pam segued from golf to breeding horses, including the 1994 Derby winner, Go For Gin!
Charlotte De Cozen
Article – Charlotte De Cozen Cops WMGA Crown at Shore
Article – Ms. Orcutt Met Victor Over Charlotte De Cozen
Article – Jersey Shore Golf Lead Taken by Miss De Cozen
Article – Mrs. Tracy, Charlotte De Cozen Take Medal With 70 at Leewood
Article – The Baldwins & De Cozens Sweep Golf
Article – Miss De Cozen Duo Gains Semi-Finals
Article – Miss De Cozen Gets 78
Article – N.J. Women Gain Met. Golf Semis
Article – Miss De Cozen, With an 80, Is Leader In Shore Golf
Article – WCC ladies win Intersectional
Photo of De Cozen & Lowenstein at Cherry Valley
Photo of De Cozen under an umbrella at White Beeches
Photo of De Cozen & brother-in-law Baldwin
Photo of De Cozen, Cudone, Sinclair & Tracy
Photo of 1960 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1960 Griscom Cup Matches
Photo of 1960 Match Play Semi-Finalists – Orcutt, Mason, Cudone & De Cozen
Photo of 1965 Match Play – De Cozen, Tracy, Roesler, & Gordon
Photo of 1969 Match Play – De Cozen, Gordon, Cooperstein
Photo of 1974 Westchester Team at Interdistrict
Photo of 1977 Westchester Team
While Charlotte Glutting dominated during the 1930s, it was Charlotte De Cozen who moved into the limelight during the 1950s-70s. Referred to originally as the Longhitting Lass from Parsippany, Charlotte was a member of Montclair GC, Baltusrol GC and Westchester CC. Her breakthrough win was the 1951 Shore Cup Championship. She was in the running many times over two decades for the Match Play title but could never claim it. However, partnering with Joanne Barr Tracy, Charlotte won the Better Ball “A” twice, and thanks to liberal genealogy, Charlotte and her brother-in-law David Baldwin claimed the Sister-Brother Championship in 1955 and 1958. Charlotte was also lucky enough to play on Griscom Cup teams, as well as the WCC team when it won the Interdistrict Championship in 1977.
Phoebe (Mrs. Thorne) Dempsey
Article – Mrs. Dempsey Hits a Pitch That Makes Birdie Sing
Article – Dempsey Gives Gals Golf Lesson
Photo of Mrs. Dempsey from 1982
Article – Met. Golfers Reach Semis
Photo – 1971 Winning Griscom Cup Team
Photo – 1969 Dempsey cuts WMGA cake
Article – Mrs. Dempsey Reaches Final in Golf by Ousting Miss Orcutt
Article – Mrs. Dempsey Set to Defend Crown
Article – Putter and Irons Click for Dempsey
Article – Phoebe Dempsey Victor in Golf
Phoebe (Mrs. Thorne) Dempsey – Phoebe, who played in many WMGA tournaments from the 1960’s through the ‘80’s, was a member of St. George’s, Meadow Brook and Piping Rock. She won the Match Play title in 1969 and credited her lessons with PGA teaching and playing pro Henry Picard, who Ben Hogan called the greatest teacher. Phoebe also played on the 1971 Griscom Cup team, won the Senior title in 1972, as well as a variety of other team events.
Valerie DePiro
Article – 1983 Junior Girls’ Inter-city
Article – 1992 Mackie Memorial
Article – Eichhorn, Weise lead N.J. to WMGA crown
Article – Montclair Ladies Set WMGA Record…
Article – 1996 Club Crier (Montclair)
Article – Eichhorn, DePiro earn title victory
Photo of 1983 Junior Inter-city Matches
Photo of 1989 Match Play Championship – DePiro & Eichhorn
Photo of 1991 Committee Members – Louise DePiro
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – DePiro & Noble
Photo of 1992 Mackie Memorial- DePiro & Eichhorn
Photo of 1995 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1997 Montclair Founders Cup Winning Team
Photo of 1997 Montclair Winning Team
Photo of 1999 Better Ball Championship – DePiro, VanEtten, Eichhorn, & O’Connor
Photo of 2011 Montclair Founders Cup Winning Team
Photo of 2015 Griscom Cup Winning Team
Photo of 2018 French-American Challenge – Ganne, Relyea, Ruiz, & DePiro
Photo of 2022 Interdistrict Matches – Brayman, DePiro, & Smykle
Photo of 2022 Sis Choate – Honan, DePiro, Walden, & Mock
Val’s name first appeared in the WMGA archives in 1983 when she was a member of the Junior Intercity team. Since that time, this Montclair GC member has crafted her own “Tiny Tale.” The redhead can be spotted throughout the years on the many Montclair teams lifting the Founders Cup, as well as having her name engraved on the 1992 Mackie Championship and 1997 Sis Choate Championship trophies. Her dedication to golf is evident in the time that she spent as WMGA Met Rep, Team Captain, Treasurer, and President, and she is the current Foundation Chair. Obviously her mom, Louise, who was Tournament Chair, set a great example! Val was there to hoist the Griscom Cup as President in 2015 and serve as Captain of the American Team in the French American Challenge in 2018 and, indubitably, she will continue to be a part of WMGA history.
Marianne Doctor (Mrs. Kenneth Springer)
Article – Girl Golfer Group Gets Going
Article – Springers Win WMGA Title (1981)
Article – Springers Defend Title (1982)
Article – Springers Crowned in WMGA Tourny (1984)
Photo – Mother-Daughter Team Win
Photo – Present and Future Champions
Photo – Springer and Fisher 1984 Better Ball Champions
Photo – 1960 Juniors at Old Oaks
Article – Miss Doctor’s 85 Wins Junior Golf
Article – Two Share Medal in Girl’s Tourny
Article – Mary Doctor’s 237 Nets Met Golf Title
Article – Doctor Vying for Golf Digest’s Most Beautiful Golfer
Article – Miss Doctor’s 80 Wins Orcutt Golf
Article – Doctor, with 86, Wins Metropolitan Junior Golf Title (1960)
Article – Mrs. Springer Wins Jersey Shore Golf
Marianne Doctor (Mrs. Kenneth Springer) – For over 50 years, Marianne played in WMGA events. She won the Junior Girls and Maureen Orcutt tournaments twice. In 1960, her dad, a golf pro, submitted her name and photo to Golf Digest, and Marianne, was one of the finalists in their yearly feature, “Most Beautiful Golfer.” While she did not ultimately win that title, she certainly has earned a bonanza of titles over the years. As a member of White Beeches, Cedar Brook, Ridgeway and Brae Burn, Marianne has won 2 Shore titles, the Mother-Daughter title, 3 Better Ball titles and an amazing 12 Husband-Wife titles!
Deborah Doniger
Article – Doniger gets A in history and title
Article – Peak loses playoff in Women’s Met
Article – Doniger wins Women’s Met Golf crown pg. 1
Article – Doniger wins Women’s Met Golf crown pg. 2
Article – Maureen Orcutt Trophy Won by Debbie Doniger
Article – 1986 Junior Girls’ Championship
Article – 1993 WMGA Stroke Play Championship pg. 1
Article – 1993 WMGA Stroke Play Championship pg. 2
Highlight – Doniger takes title
Photo of Debbie, Maureen Orcutt Champion (1985)
Photo of Debbie Junior Champion (1985)
Photo of Debbie with Ann Probert (1992)
Debbie Doniger – As a junior golfer, Debbie Doniger played out of Fairview CC, was on the WMGA’s Intercity Girls Team and won the Maureen Orcutt in 1985 and 1987 and the Junior Girls Championship in 1986 and 1987. Debbie played on the UNC golf team, which she captained for three years, and won the ACC Individual title. When home, she competed in WMGA tournaments and captured the WMGA Match Play title in 1992 and was the 1993 Stroke Play Champion. Debbie would go on to compete professionally on the European Tour, as well as mini tours. These days, in addition to being the Director of Instruction at GlenArbor GC, Debbie contributes to Golf Magazine, Golf Digest and can be heard on Sirius XMPGATour radio’s live tournament coverage.
Bobby Doubilet (Mrs. Henry)
Article – Mrs. Henry (Bobby) Doubilet Dedicated to Junior Girls Golf
Article – 2nd Place Is Head By Mrs. Doubilet
Article – Mrs. Doubilet Wins by Stroke In Senior Golf With 81 for 165
Photo of Mrs. Doubilet with 1967 Junior Intercity Team
Photo of Winning 1967 Junior Intercity Team
Photo of Doubilet with 1968 Junior Intercity Team
Photo of Doubilet with Senior Trophy in 1970
Photo of 1974 Winning Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1975 Winning Golf Illustrated Team
Bobby started playing golf during WWII and was a member of Hollywood GC, where she won multiple club championships. While playing golf was important to Bobby, so was volunteering, so it’s no surprise that she served on the WMGA Board as the Junior Girls Chair in the 1960s. Then in 1970, a week after she took the USGA’s Group B prize for 55-60 year olds, Bobby won the WMGA Senior Championship.
Karen Durkin
Article – Met golfers take four-match lead
Article – American golfers prepare to avenge loss to French
Article – Durkin rallies to win Met golf
Article – Doniger defeats Young, meets Durkin in final
Article – Met golfers humble French amateurs
Article – French American Challenge
Article – After Words (Rochester Review)
Photo of 1990 Stroke Play Championship Ace – Durkin & Platt
Photo of 1990 Stroke Play Championship – Durkin & Platt
Photo of 1990 Stroke Play Championship Low Net
Photo of 1990 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – Durkin & Doniger
Photo of 1991 French American Challenge – Durkin & Young
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – Durkin chip
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – Durkin drive
Photo of 1991 Match Play Champion
Photo of 1991 French American Team
Photo of 1991 Stroke Play Championship – Durkin & Flanagan
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – Durkin & Doniger
While Karen’s association with the WMGA only lasted a few years, the golfer from Westchester CC certainly packed those years with excitement. Playing with Margaret Platt during the Stroke Play Championship in 1990, Karen aced the 17th hole and won the Low Net Trophy. The next year, she dueled and won the Match Play Championship. She played on two Griscom Cup teams, and she was also undefeated in her matches during the French American Challenge when the Americans won. She took a job in PR the next year and could not defend her title, but she certainly has been a presence in sports ever since, including the LPGA and the NHL, with her marketing expertise.
Katie Allison Dyer
Article – Biancas capture Pinehurst
Article – Allison’s first hole-in-one helps her beat Eichhorn
Article – Finals of 97th Match Play Championship
Article – “Three-peat” for the WMGA in Griscom Cup Competition
Article – Past champions fall at WMGA match play
Article – 2001 Match Play Championship
Article – Inaugural Women’s Metropolitan Amateur Championship (2002)
Article – 75th Mother-Daughter Pinehurst Championship
Article – 76th Mother-Daughter Pinehurst Championship
Article – Mother-Daughter Championship
Photo of 1998 Father-Daughter Championship
Photo of 1999 Match Play Championship
Photo of 2000 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 2000 Match Play Championship – Allison & Posillico
Photo of 2000 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 2000 Mother-Daughter Championship
Photo of 2000 Hole-In-One – Allison & Reporter
As a young golfer out of Tuxedo GC, Allison played in WMGA tournaments, including Family Day championships with her mom and dad. She went on to play golf at Winthrop University and spent the summer competing in golf events on the local and national level. Over the span of four years, Allison won three Mother Daughter Championships with her mom, Linda, the Match Play Championship in 2001, the Inaugural Met Amateur in 2002, and the Stroke Play Championship in 2004. During those years, she also won the NJ Amateur and qualified for three US Women’s Amateur Championships. Allison then went on to play professionally from 2004-2009 on the LPGA and LPGA Futures Tour. These days she is a teaching pro at the Dyer Golf Academy in South Carolina.
Mary Eichhorn
Article – Eichhorn team wins Best-of-4
Article – Eichhorn-Hansen 78 wins Better-Ball title
Article – Eichhorn defeats Hawes
Article – Noble faces Eichhorn in WMGA final today
Article – Noble tops Eichhorn, 5 and 4, faces Hawes in today’s final
Article – Eichhorn, DePiro (79) with Scotch foursomes
Article – Eichhorn advances in women’s match play event
Article – Eichhorn, Young share first
Article – Eichhorn, Weise lead N.J. to WMGA crown
Article – Eichhorn, DePiro earn title victory
Article – 1998 NY captures Griscom Cup
Article – Sister-Sister Championships
Article – Allison’s first hole-in-one helps her beat Eichhorn
Article – 2001 Mackie Memorial Tournament
Article – 2003 Sis Choate Pinehurst Tournament
Article – 103rd Match Play Championship
Article – 68th Mackie Memorial Tournament
Photo of 1988 Match Play Championship – Eichhorn & Perrotty
Photo of 1989 Match Play Championship – Eichhorn & Noble
Photo of 1989 Match Play Championship – Eichhorn & Aitken
Photo of 1989 Match Play Championship – Eichhorn & Noble Trophy Presentation
Photo of 1990 Match Play Championship – Eichhorn & Probert
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – Eichhorn & Young
Photo of 1992 Match Play Championship – Eichhorn & Probert
Photo of 1992 Mackie – Eichhorn & DePiro
Photo of 1992 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1992 Stroke Play Championship – Eichhorn & Sweedler
Photo of 1993 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1992 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1994 Mackie – Eichhorn & Wojnas
Photo of 1995 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1995 Match Play Championship – Eichhorn & Sala
Photo of 1996 Mackie – Eichhorn & Budden
Photo of 1997 Sister-Sister Championship – Eichhorn & Rodgers
Photo of 1997 French American Team
Photo of 1997 Match Play Championship – Eichhorn & Podvey
Photo of 1998 Match Play Championship – Eichhorn & Bruckner
Photo of 1998 Better Ball Championship – Eichhorn & Aitken
Photo of 1998 Sister-Sister Championship – Eichhorn & Rodgers
Photo of 1998 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1998 French American Team
Photo of 1999 Sis Choate – Eichhorn & Aitken
Photo of 1999 Senior Championship – Eichhorn & Aitken
Photo of 1999 Better Ball Championship – Eichhorn & Aitken
Photo of 1999 BBof4 Tournament
Photo of 1999 USGA State Team Championship
Photo of 1999 NJ State Amateur Championship
Photo of 2000 Mackie – Eichhorn & Aitken
Photo of 2000 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 2000 Golf Illustrated Match
Photo of 2000 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 2000 Match Play Championship – Eichhorn & Gacos
Photo of 2000 French American Challenge
Photo of 2000 Lann Trophy Winner
Photo of 2000 Griscom Cup Matches
For 29 years Mary was Spring Lake GC’s Club Champion, a two-time NJ State Women’s Am champion, and she won many trophies and titles playing in NJ and WMGA tournaments. In partner events, Mary won the Better Ball Championship four times, the Mackie six times, the Sis Choate four times and the Sister-Sister Championship five times. Mary was a frequent member of Griscom Cup, Golf Illustrated and French American Challenge teams, and she vied for the Match Play and Stroke Play titles for over two decades against some of the best players in the Met Area. Mary finally had her name engraved on the Sanford Cup in 2006, and the left-hander’s smile and steady, gritty golf play will long be remembered.
Lisa Evans and Grace McGrath
Article – Piping Rock Duo Cards 70 For 144
Article – Two Teams at 147 in Women’s Golf
Article – 1982 Interclub Team Results
Article – WMGA Mother-Daughter Championship
Article – WMGA John B. Mackie Memorial Tournament
Article – 1987 Mackie Memorial Results
Article – WMGA Mother-Daughter Championship
Article – Evans, McGrath champs of MGA Mother/Daughter
Article – 71st Mother-Daughter Championship
Photo of 1973 Match Play Championship – McGrath & Perrotty
Photo of 1974 Better Ball Championship – McGrath & Cushing
Photo of 1974 Match Play Championship – McGrath & Jones
Photo of 1990 Match Play Championship – McGrath & Connors
Photo of 1992 Mother-Daughter Championship – McGrath & Evans
Photo of 1992 Piping Rock Team with Founders Trophy
Photo of 1995 Golf Illustrated – Evans
Photo of 1998 Mother-Daughter Championship – McGrath & Evans
Photo of 2000 Meadowbrook Team with Founders Cup
Photo of 2000 Golf Illustrated – Evans
Photo of 2002 Meadowbrook Team with Founders Cup
One of the greatest winning combinations is a Mother-Daughter team, and that was certainly the case of Grace McGrath of Piping Rock and Lisa Evans of Meadowbrook as they combined for a record nine Mother-Daughter titles from 1974-1998, with seven of those wins in the 90’s! Grace and Lisa were also on winning teams for the Interclub Founders Trophy for multiple years. In addition, Grace won the Better Ball “A” Championship twice and the Mackie Championship five times; the last win with her daughter Lisa in 1990.
Cindy Ferro
Article – Ferro captures women’s golf
Article – Ferros capture Met Father-Daughter golf
Article – Ferros triumph in Sister-Brother
Article – Cindy discusses her time on LPGA Tour
Article – Ferro Retains Metropolitan Golf Crown (1977)
Article – Ferros make it seven in a row (Father-Daughter)
Article – Ferro leads Met with 76
Article – Ferros golf to Met Father-Daughter win
Photo of 1968 Junior Intercity Team (Enos Cup)
Photo of Cindy from 1976 Shore Win
Photo of Cindy and her Dad (1973)
Photo of Cindy and her Brother – Win Title 1974
Photo of Cindy and her Dad with Trophy (1974)
Photo of Cindy and her Brother 1975
Cindy Ferro – Cindy was one of the WMGA’s outstanding juniors, winning the Junior Girls’ title twice and the Maureen Orcutt title once, as a member of the Forest Hill Field Club. After playing on the Intercity Girls Team, Cindy won the Shore Cup 3 times, the Sister-Brother 6 times, and the Father-Daughter a record 9 times, before turning pro in 1979. When she left the LPGA, Cindy was a teaching pro at Baltusrol for 30 years, and she is currently teaching during the winter at the Lost Tree Club in Florida.
Gail Flanagan
Photo of Gail and Amanda Presto (1981)
Photo of Gail with Ann Probert and Stroke Play Trophy (1991)
Photo of Gail with Trophy (1991)
Photo of Match Play Winner (1998)
Photo of Sister-Brother Champions (2010)
Photo of Sister-Brother Champions (2013)
Photo of Gail at Interdistrict Playoff (2021)
Photo of Westchester Interdistrict Team (2021)
Highlight – Players of the Month
Highlight – Gail Flanagan Player of the Year (2006)
Highlight – Match Play Championship (1998)
Highlight – WMGA Match-Play Championship
Article – Gail Flanagan captures Maureen Orcutt Tournament (1979)
Article – Presto and Flanagan enter WMGA semifinals
Article – Flanagan captures low gross honors
Article – Flanagan wins WMGA crown (1992)
Article – Steady Flanagan wins by 2 (1995)
Article – Flanagan reclaims WMGA crown (1995)
Article – Flanagan Triumphs (1997)
Article – 27th Stroke Play “A” Championship
Article – 43rd 2-Day Better Ball “A” Championship
Article – Better Ball “A” Championship
Article – John B. Mackie Memorial Tournament
Article – 2004 Player of the Year Gail Flanagan
Article – 2006 Met Golfer “On The Flip Side”
Gail Flanagan – Gail, a member of Westchester CC, has been an active participant in WMGA events since she won the Maureen Orcutt title in 1979. She has since gone on to claim one match play title, 5 stroke play titles and the Women’s Met Open in 2006. She has met with success in WMGA partner events: 5 consecutive Better Ball Championships with Lee Ann Lewis (saving her story for next year!), 4 Sister-Brother titles, and 4 Mackies. In addition, Gail was Player of the Year in 2004 and 2006. Beyond the WMGA, there have been NY State Am wins, Mixed Pinehurst titles and more. An intense competitor, Gail has been on nearly every team imaginable, including the Griscom Cup team and the French American team. Her story will continue as she balances her financial consultant career with helping her WCC team vie for a 4th consecutive Interdistrict Title this year!
Judy Frank
NY Times Gay Talese Article – Judy Is Many Things, Mostly Frank
NY Times Article – Judy Frank Takes Metropolitan Golf
NY Times Article – Judy Frank andMrs. Cudone Gain in Metropolitan Golf
Judy Frank – member of Aldercress (now Alpine) and Old Oaks Country Club. Judy was the 1951 and 1953 winner of the WMGA Junior Girls’ Tournament, and after graduating from Barnard, she continued to compete in WMGA tournaments. She won the Match Play championship three years in a row, as well as the Shore Tournament in the late 1950’s, before marrying and becoming an editor for Golf Magazine. She was the “dahling” of the local press as she was interviewed by Gay Talese for a feature article in The NY Times and her face graced the cover of the October 1958 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.
Caroline Fraser Manice (E.A. Manice)
Click Here for NY Times Article – Defeat for Mrs. Hecker, Mrs. Manice Triumphs Over the Champion
A member of Baltusrol, Caroline was a three-time winner of the Match Play Championship from 1902-04 and served as president of the WMGA in 1904. She was noted for her long game and won the driving competition at Ardsley in 1898, approximately 185 yards!
Barbara Frelinghuysen Israel
Article – New York Girls Triumph in Golf
Article – First Flight Champion
Photo of Barbara 1974 Match Play
Article from Tee Talk – 2008 7th Women’s Metropolitan Amateur Championship
Photo of Father-Daughter Championship
Article – Mrs. Frelinghuysen Wins
Article – Mother-Daughter Championship
Article – Medal for Mrs. Israel
Article from Tee Talk – Westchester/Connecticut Wins the Golf Illustrated Trophy
Photo of Barbara with 1975 Match Play Trophy
Article – Israel’s busy winning title in Met golf
Barbara Frelinghuysen Israel – Barbara’s first WMGA tournament was the Junior Girls when she was 15-years-old, and then two years later she was winning points for the WMGA team during the Intercity Girls Team Matches. As a member of Somerset Hills and then Century, Barbara has been competing and winning WMGA titles for over six decades, including 3 Mother-Daughter titles. Among her other titles, Barbara won the Match Play in the Sanford division in 1967, the Match Play Championship in 1975 and the Women’s Metropolitan Am in 2008. Barbara’s steady game continues to dominate her opponents and delight her playing partners and teammates.
Miss Charlotte Glutting
NY Times Article – Mid-South Title to Miss Glutting
Article – Triumph on the Links, Golf Tourny Won by Miss Glutting
Photo of Charlotte Glutting and Maureen Orcutt
Miss Glutting – WMGA Griscom Cup
Miss Charlotte Glutting – After giving up tennis for golf, Charlotte, a Baltusrol member, played in many tournaments throughout the 1930s, won the WMGA Shore Cup and was on three Curtis Cup teams. In addition, she wrote a column for Golf Illustrated called “Our Woman’s Page.”
Sue Gordon (Mrs. Murray)
Article – Mrs. Weinsier Victor
Article – Mrs. Weinsier Victor 1952 One Day
Article – Mrs. Weinsier Gets 83
Tee Talk Article – 1958 Husband-Wife
Article – Mrs. Freeman-Mrs. Weinsier Lead in Scotch Foursomes Golf
Article – Mrs. Gordon Duo Victor On Links
Article – Mrs. Gordon – Mrs. Lee Win
Article – Mrs. Gordon Takes Handicap Prize
Article – Mrs. Freeman, Mrs. Gordon Win Mackie Golf Prize With 84
Article – Will Law of Averages Help Mrs. Gordon?
Article – Mrs. Gordon Golf Victor
Article – Mrs. Cudone Retains Golf Title
Article – Mrs. Cudone Is Medalist In Met Golf
Article – Mrs. Gordon Heads Group She Began
Article – Mrs. Gordon WMGA Prexy
Photo of 1952 Match Play Qualifiers
Photo of 1953 Mother-Daughter Championship
Photo of Weinsier, Pesci & Orcutt in 1956
Photo of 1956 Match Play Semi-Finalists
Photo of 1961 WMGA Westchester Board Members
Photo of 1963 Mackie Winners – Gordon & Freeman
Photo of 1965 Match Play Championship
Photo of 1969 Match Play Sanford Cup
Photo of 1969 Match Play – De Cozen, Gordon, Cooperstein
Photo of 1971 Winning Griscom Cup Team
The former Sue Weinsier of Fresh Meadows was called Baby Bear on the course for her relentless play and deadly short game. Later a member of Elmwood and Harbor Hills, Sue was the President of the WMGA from 1969-70. No newcomer to volunteering, Sue was one of the founders and first president of the Women’s Cross County Golf Association. For 20 years, Sue collected titles and trophies, including 6 Mackie wins, a Husband and Wife title with her first husband and the Sanford Cup in 1969.
Miss Beatrice Gottlieb
NYT Article – Beatrice Gottlieb Recounts Beating Prince of Wales
Article – Miss Gottlieb’s 174 Qualifies Her in British Title Golf Play
Article – Course Record Set by Miss Gottlieb
Article – US Girl Golfer Beats British Heir
Article – Golf Laurels Won by Miss Gottlieb
Article – Miss Gottlieb’s 82 Annexes Golf Prize
Miss Beatrice Gottlieb – Bea, a Lakeville member, had a successful year in our 1932 tournaments, but her claim to fame was qualifying for a tournament in the UK in 1933. While there, she played three rounds of golf with the Prince of Wales and made the news for beating him once. He presented her with the autographed scorecard and a dozen golf balls, and she gave him a club from her bag – an iron that Bobby Jones used in his last British Open in 1930.
Elizabeth Hardin Goss (Mrs. Wright D. Jr.)
Article – Stetson prevails over Goss in motherly battle at Merion
Article – Mrs. Goss, Mrs. Weld Tie for Met Senior Golf Title
Photo of 1926 Match Play Championship Runner-up Elizabeth Goss
Photo of 1931 Match Play Championship – Goss, Federman, & Hucknall
Photo of 1940 NJ Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1942 WMGA Officers – President Goss
Elizabeth, a member of Baltusrol and Somerset Hills, began her athletic career while at Vassar College. She competed in the Women’s Amateur in the 1920s, advancing to the 2nd round in 1922 and to the semi-final round in 1923, when she lost to 3-time champ, Alexa Stirling. Then she made it to the finals at Merion in 1926, losing to Helen Stetson. Elizabeth was the WMGA’s war-time President from 1942-45, and she won the inaugural WMGA Senior Championship in 1950. 1951 was a banner year as Elizabeth repeated her Senior Championship win and captured the Mother-Daughter Championship with her daughter Jane.
Regine (Reggie) Hawes
Article – Regine Hawes’ ace puts WCC golf team in lead
Article – Hawes beats Young in women’s tourny
Article – Noble, Waters, Young, Hawes gain semifinal
Article – Noble wins WMGA crown by 2
Article – Hawes sets WMGA pace
Article – Reggie Hawes of Westchester…
Article – Noble tops Eichhorn, 5 and 4, faces Hawes in today’s final
Article – Hawes comes up a winner in MGA tourney
Article – Durkin, Hawes advance at WMGA tournament
Photo of 1973 Match Play Championship – Hawes & Denny
Photo of 1976 Match Play Championship
Photo of 1977 Westchester Country Club Team
Photo of 1977 Westchester Winning Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1988 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1988 Match Play Championship – Hawes & Grassey
Photo of 1988 Match Play Championship – Noble & Hawes interviewed
Photo of 1988 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1989 Match Play Championship – Hawes & Aitken
Photo of 1990 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1990 French American Challenge
Photo of 1990 French American Challenge “Fred Joaillier”
Photo of 1990 French American Challenge at Chateau Chantilly
Photo of 1990 Match Play Championship – Noble & Hawes
Photo of 1990 Match Play Championship – Noble, Hawes, & Mickie Mouse
Photo of 1990 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1990 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1990 Match Play Championship
Photo of 1991 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1991 Stroke Play Championship – Hawes & Young
Photo of 1991 Women’s Met Open – Hawes, Platt, & Vogel
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – Hawes & Griffin
Reggie, representing Westchester CC, was a competitive force in the Met Area beginning in the 1970’s through the early 1990s. She played on Griscom Cup Teams, as well as on the first French-American Challenge Team. While her name is not engraved on WMGA major championship trophies, Reggie was a constant presence in the semi-finals or finals of the Match Play or at the top of the leaderboard for the Stroke Play Championship. It’s tough when your competitors are college golfers or those about to turn pro, like Karen Noble and Margaret Platt!
Helen Hawes (Mrs. Theodore)
Article – Mrs. Hawes Takes Title
Article – Mrs. Hawes Heads Golf Group Here
Article – Mrs. Hawes Takes Senior Golf Title With 159
Article – Mrs. Hawes To Lead US Golf Team
Handwritten Thank You to WMGA from Hawes
Photo of 1955 Shore Trophy Presentation – Hawes awarding Winner
Photo of 1961 Mother-Daughter Championship
Photo of 1961 Hawes & other Past Presidents
Photo of 1962 Winning Baltusrol Team
Helen, a member of Baltusrol, won the WMGA Senior Championship in 1953, two years before she became the President of the WMGA. She added the Mother-Daughter Championship title to her resume in 1961 before taking down Glenna Vare in the 1961 US Senior Women’s Golf Association’s Championship. The following year, the USGA would hold its first Senior Women’s Amateur to recognize a national champion, and Helen was the USGA’s Senior Women’s Committee Chair from 1962-63. Helen was also the 1964 Curtis Cup Captain (JoAnne Carner was on that team) and served as the USGA Women’s Committee Chair from 1964-67.
Genevieve Hecker (Mrs. Charles T. Stout)
Click Here for Hecker-Stout Wedding Announcement – Romance of the Links
Click Here for The First Champion
A member of Wee Burn and then the Apawamis Club, Genevieve was the first winner of the WMGA’s Match Play Championship in 1900, and she would win that title 3 more times that decade. She was also a two-time Women’s Amateur champion and the author of the 1904 book Golf for Women.
Helen Hicks
Article – Helen Hicks the First Woman to Become a Professional
Photo of Helen winning U.S. Amateur Trophy
Helen Hicks – member of Inwood Country Club. While Helen was winning 3 WMGA Junior Girl titles in the 1920’s, she was also a star on the court for her Lawrence High School basketball team. She would later win the Match Play Championship in 1931 and 1933, before testing her game on the national level, becoming the first WMGA member to turn pro. The press called her “4H: hard-hitting Helen Hicks,” and the president of Wilson Sporting Goods dubbed her the “business woman golfer.” In 1950, Helen was one of the 13 founding members of the LPGA.
Helen Hockenjos (Mrs. William Hockenjos, Jr.)
Article – Boss Lady, She Wouldn’t Let the WMGA Sleep
Helen Hockenjos Bunker Shot 1955 photo
NYT Article – Mrs. Hockenjos Gains Title Golf Final
Article – Golf Laurels Won by Mrs. Hockenjos
Photo of Mrs. Hockenjos with Trophy
Helen Hockenjos (Mrs. William Hockenjos, Jr.) – Helen, a member of Lake Hopatcong, Crestmont, and then Baltusrol, competed in the WMGA Shore Championship from 1936-1950 and was declared champ twice. After serving as the Tournament Chair, Helen became President of the WMGA in 1948 and was tasked with restarting the organization after WWII over her two-year-term. Helen’s philosophy while playing golf was, “Playing these tournaments isn’t important to me for how many I win or lose. It has given me a tremendous return of good fellowship and sparkling competition.” Helen played for more than seven decades and remained competitive into her 60s and her last WMGA title was the Senior Championship in 1956.
Marion Hollins
Marion Hollins Memorial Project YouTube Video
Marion Hollins – A Dream Come True
Photo of Marion – Monterey Peninsula
Marion Hollins
Marion Hollins Memorial Project
World Golf Hall of Fame Induction Feherty Introduction– YouTube
Golf Channel Video on Hall of Fame Marion Hollins Induction
On March 9th, 2022, Marion Hollins was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame for her contributions to golf. As a WMGA member, Marion won the Metropolitan Women’s Amateur Championship in 1913, 1919 and 1924. She was the 1921 US Women’s Amateur Champion in 1921 and served as the US Captain for the inaugural Curtis Cup in 1932. As a pioneer in the field of golf course development, Marion was responsible for The Women’s National Golf & Tennis Club in Glen Head, NY, which survived as an all-female club for 18 years until WWII. She then was responsible for developing two additional golf courses, Cypress Point and Pasatiempo Golf Club in California. Last year, Marion was posthumously awarded the Judy Bell Award by the WMGA. Read more about her accomplishments on her Hall of Fame entry below.
Miss Beatrix Hoyt
Click Here for a Beatrix Hoyt USGA Bio
Click Here for NY Times Article – GOLF QUEEN DETHRONED (October 1899)
Click Here for NY Times Write-Up on 1900 Championship at Shinnecock
A WMGA founder and member of Shinnecock Golf Club. The fifth member of the WMGA’s Executive Committee (1899-1901), Beatrix was a three-peat winner of the Women’s Amateur from 1896-98, and golf historians dubbed her “America’s young Tom Morris.”
Lillian H. Hyde (Mrs. Quentin F. Feitner)
NY Times Article – Miss Hyde Easy Victor on the Links
Member of South Shore Field Club. Lillian was a frequent competitor in WMGA tournaments and won the Match Play championship 6 times during the 1920s.
Adelaide “Laddie” Irwin
NYT Article – Miss Irwin Leads with a 76 for 155
NYT Article – Miss Irwin’s Team Triumphs on Links
NYT Article – Miss Irwin Takes Match-Play Title
Article – New Jersey Women Keep Team Prize on Montclair
Article – Miss Irwin’s 85 Wins Golf Honors
Adelaide “Laddie” Irwin – Laddie began her golfing career under her father’s tutelage at Braidburn Country Club, and her first two victories were WMGA Junior Girls’ titles in 1935 and 1936. She was one of the youngest members for the New Jersey team when they won the Golf Illustrated Trophy in 1940. She and her mom played in the Mother-Daughter and won the Net title three times, and her biggest WMGA victory was the Match Play title in 1947 when she was a member of Glen Ridge. Laddie was one of a small group of women golfers who traveled the country playing exhibition matches during WWII to raise money for the war efforts.
Barbara Jones
Article – 1982 has a Double Winner
Photo of Barbara and Ann Probert (1982)
Tee Talk Article – 71st Mother- Son Championship
Tee Talk Article – 2013 Match Play Championship
Article – Jones leads WMGA stroke play by 2 strokes
Article – Jones reaches women’s final
Article – Jones wins WMGA laurels
Article – Jones captures WMGA crown by 4 strokes
Barbara Jones – As a softball and field hockey player, Barbara only got serious about golf after she graduated from Ithaca College. In her second year of playing in WMGA tournaments, Barbara, a Ridgewood member, was a double winner of the Match and Stroke Play Championships in 1982. She then turned pro for a short time, following in the footsteps of her sister, Marjorie Jones. She has since returned to amateur play, added her name to the Sanford Cup in 2013, played on the Griscom Cup team, and claimed two Mother-Son titles with her son, Cameron, who is now competing on the PGA tour. When she isn’t teeing up her own ball, she occasionally caddies for her husband, Sleepy Hollow pro David Young, and her sister.
Miss Rosalie Knapp (Mrs. Joseph C. Dey, Jr.)
NYT Article – Miss Knapp Takes Low Gross Honors
Photo of Rosalie Knapp with Mom and Marion Hollins
Article – Miss Knapp’s 81 is Low Net at North Shore
Article – Women’s Met Golf Body to Fine Players Failing to Post Cards
Article – Miss Knapp takes Low Gross in Golf
Article – Miss Knapp’s 77 Gains Medal in Women’s Long Island Golf
Miss Rosalie Knapp (Mrs. Joseph C. Dey, Jr.) – Rosalie, a 1923 Junior Women’s US Figure Skating Champion, gave up her skates for golf clubs. As a member of the Women’s National Golf & Tennis Club, she threw herself into tournament play, individual and team, and she and her mother won the Mother-Daughter Championship. Rosalie also served as President (1935-37) and took competition so seriously that she instituted a 25 cent fine for not turning in a scorecard during tournaments!
Allison (Wojnas) Kucinski
Article – Plainfield’s Wojnas wins WMGA test
Article – Wojnas, Waters to duel for title
Article – Better Ball Championship
Article – 1994 Father-Daughter Championship
Article – 1994 Sis Choate Pinehurst Tournament
Article – Wojnas captures WMGA qualifier medal with 79
Article – 71st Husband-Wife A Championship
Article – 63rd John B. Mackie Memorial Tournament
Article – 2007 Husband-Wife A Championship
Photo of 1985 Junior Inter-City Team
Photo of 1986 Junior Inter-City Team
Photo of Wojnas & Ermer in 1989
Photo of 1992 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1992 Stroke Play Championship – Wojnas & Hulke
Photo of 1992 Better Ball Championship – Young & Wojnas
Photo of 1992 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1993 Stroke Play Championship – Wojnas & Young
Photo of 1994 Match Play Championship – Scoring Wojanas & Vogel
Photo of 1994 Match Play Championship – Wojnas & Vogel
Photo of 1997 at Stanwich – Kucinski & Young
Photo of 1998 Griscom Cup – Kucinski Match
Photo of 1998 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1998 Husband-Wife Championship
Photo of 1999 Husband-Wife Championship
Photo of 1999 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1999 Husband-Wife Championship Trophy Presentation
Photo of 2000 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 2000 Golf Illustrated – Kucinski with opponents
Photo of 2000 Griscom Cup Team
Allison began her tournament play with the WMGA as a member at Plainfield CC with Junior Intercity Matches in 1985 and then moved on to the adult team competitions, Golf Illustrated and the Griscom Cup. Notre Dame was also lucky to have her on its golf team! After college, Allison was consistently in contention during the Match Play and Stroke Play championships, and she won the 1992 Better Ball Championship with Donna Young, the 1994 Sis Choate with Mary Eichhorn and the 2003 Mackie with LeeAnn (Vogel) Lewis. Allison went through her own name change, and with Keith won four Husband and Wife “A” Championships from 1998 through 2007. She even managed to squeeze in a win with dad, Tom, in the 1994 Father-Daughter Championship. Allison’s name these days can be found on Tuxedo CC’s Championship Trophies.
Brigid Lamb
Brigid Lamb Judy Bell Award Article
Brigid Shanley Lamb – member of Maidstone and Somerset Hills and WMGA Honorary Member (2014). Brigid, an accomplished golfer with club championship titles at Maidstone and Somerset Hills, continues her tireless support of women’s golf. In 1993, she became the WMGA’s Junior Chair and was one of the driving forces behind the Junior program, and then in 1999 she served as President. Brigid was honored with the Judy Bell Award in 2006 for her role in developing a long-range plan for the WMGA, including the formation of the WMGA Girls Junior Scholarship Foundation and the creation of the www.wmga.com website.
Emma Leavitt-Morgan (Mrs. W. Fellowes Morgan)
Click Here for NY Times Article – Women Play Fine Golf
A WMGA founder and member of Baltusrol. First president of the WMGA (1899-1903), Emma was originally a tennis player, and with Mabel Cahill won the women’s doubles title of the American National Championship (today’s US Open) in 1891.
LeeAnn (Vogel) Lewis
Article – Results of 1985 Stroke Play Championship
Article – 1993 Match Play Championship
Article – 35th 36-Hole Better Ball Championship
Article – Griffin, Vogel low gross
Article – Results of 1998 Better Ball Championship
Article – 2000 Match Play Finals
Article – Hersgberger’s run ends with loss in final
Article – 43rd 2-Day Better Ball A Championship
Article – The “Dynamic Duo” Wins WMGA Partners Tournament
Article – 2007 Better Ball Championship
Article – 2007 Mackie Memorial Tournament
Article – Mid-Am Comrades Achieve Peak Performance
Photo of 1985 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1986 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1988 Pairing – Vogel & Probert
Photo of 1988 Match Play Championship – Vogel & Waters
Photo of 1990 French-American Challenge Team
Photo of 1990 French-American Women
Photo of 1990 Match Play Championship – Vogel & Lohren
Photo of 1990 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – Vogel & Crawford
Photo of 1991 Women’s Met Open – Hawes, Platt & Vogel
Photo of 1992 Stroke Play Championship – Campbell & Vogel
Photo of 1992 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1993 Stroke Play Championship – Vogel & Griffin
Photo of 1994 Match Play Championship – Vogel & Wojnas
Photo of 1994 Match Play Championship
Photo of 1994 Match Play Championship Scoring
Photo of 1997 Match Play Championship – Vogel & Fazzinga
Photo of 1997 French-American Teams
Photo of 1998 Griscom Cup Opponents
Photo of 1998 Better Ball Championship – Vogel & Stovell
Photo of 1998 Griscom Cup Winning Team
Photo of 2000 French-American Team
Photo of 2000 Match Play Championship – Vogel & Timpson
Photo of 2000 Match Play Champion
Photo of 2000 Match Play Finals
Photo of 2000 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 2000 Golf Illustrated Matches
Photo of 2013 Mackie Memorial Tournament
Photo of 2013 Mackie Memorial Winners
Photo of 2017 Better Ball Champions – Lewis & MacLean
Photo of 2021 Sis Choate Champions – Lewis & Brayman
Photo of 2021 Mackie Memorial Champions – Lewis & Boyle
Photo of 2022 Mackie Memorial Champions – Lewis & Boyle
Photo of 2022 Better Ball Champions – Lewis & Flanagan
Tall, lanky, fluid-swinging LeeAnn from Southward Ho CC has been on the WMGA scene since the 1980s. A look through the albums and she has been paired and partnered with the best. Over the years, LeeAnn has represented Long Island in Golf Illustrated Matches and the Met in the Griscom Cup and the French American Challenge. Individually, she won the Match Play Championship in 1993 and 2000, and through 2022 LeeAnn has amassed 8 Better Ball “A” titles, 7 Mackie Championships and 2 Sis Choate titles. Her golf extends beyond the metropolitan area, as she has qualified and competed in close to 20 USGA championships. LeeAnn has earned her spot in WMGA lore and there are sure to be more chapters to follow.
Kathy Light
Kathy Light – member of Port Jefferson and WMGA Honorary Member (2016). Kathy never shied away from helping others, and that was proven by her more than ten years of volunteering with the WMGA. Beginning in 1996, Kathy stepped up to be Tournament Co-Chair, and then, in succession, served as Membership Chair, 2nd Vice President, VP of Competitions and then, in 2005, as President.
Ann Linen Probert
Probert birdie putt defeats O’Connor
USGA Honors Ann Probert with Ike Grainger Award
Ann Linen Probert (Mrs. Edward Probert) – member of Rock Spring and Somerset Hills and WMGA Honorary Member (2014). Ann’s connection with the WMGA began when she won the Junior Girls’ title in 1956. Since then she has won dozens of titles, including the Match Play, Stroke Play, Husband-Wife, Mother-Daughter, Mother-Son and Senior, not to mention carding 14 hole-in-ones! Ann also represented the WMGA for the Griscom Cup and the French-American Challenge. Off the golf course, Ann has held a variety of positions on the WMGA board and was president for one term, as well. For her dedication to women’s golf and volunteerism, Ann was honored with the Judy Bell Award in 2002 and the Ike Grainger Award in 2009. The Isaac “Ike” B. Grainger award was created in 1995 to honor USGA volunteers who unselfishly served the Association for 25 years or more.
Kathy Linney
Article – Sandy Paine Wins N.J. Girls’ Title
Article – Miss Paine Takes Orcutt Again
Article – Sandy Paine Ties Miss Linney at 82
Article – 1970 Kathy & Jim Win Sister-Brother
Article – Ex-Junior Stars In Golf Spotlight
Article – Linney duo wins in mom-daughter
Article – Kathy 78 leads in women’s golf
Article – Ferro gains on Linney in women’s golf
Article – Kathy Linney Wins Fourth Major Title
Article – Linney wins by 1 in women’s Met
Article – The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Kathy Linney:1946-1982
Photo of 1963 Junior Intercity Team
Photo of Linney and Shanley at 1963 Maureen Orcutt
Photo of Winner and Runner up (Linney) at 1963 Maureen Orcutt
Photo of 1963 Maureen Orcutt Trophy Presentation
Photo of 1965 Sanford Cup Trophy Presentation – Linney & Gerrard
Photo of 1973 Mother-Daughter Championship
Photo of 1973 Mother-Daughter Championship with Trophy
Photo of 1974 Winning NJ Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1974 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1974 Match Play Championship
Kathy was a basketball player in high school and college, even though her mom, Dolly, introduced her three kids to golf at Plainfield CC. The month before she entered college in 1963, Kathy played the Maureen Orcutt and lost in a playoff. Two summers later she was runner-up in the Sanford Flight of the Match Play Championship. However, she went on to grad school and worked in IT out West. After her dad died from pancreatic cancer, Kathy’s focus shifted, she quit her job, and returned to NJ and started playing some golf. She and her brother Jim won the Brother-Sister in 1970 and she and Dolly took the Mother-Daughter title in 1973. 1974 was her highlight year as an amateur, winning NJ tournaments and the coveted WMGA Shore Cup. The next year she qualified for the LPGA. Her career was cut short by cancer, but her legacy was referenced in her eulogy, “She provided everyone she touched with a deep feeling of what life is really all about. How to accept joy, disappointment, fear and frustration and never let it tarnish your inner self.”
Alberta Little Bower (Mrs. Albert B. Bower)
WMGA Honorary Member write up on Alberta Bower
NY Times Article – Mrs. Bower Gains State Golf Title
Article – Mrs. Bower Defeats Mrs. Hart, 4 & 3, and Gains Metropolitan Golf Title
Alberta Little Bower (Mrs. Albert B. Bower) – member of Pelham and WMGA Honorary Member (1981). “B,” as she was called, moved to the Met area in the late 1960’s and wasted no time getting her name into WMGA record books. She won the Match Play four times over three decades, the inaugural Stroke Play Championship in 1978, and multiple Senior Championship titles. Her most notable accomplishment was winning state championships in five states: Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York and South Carolina.
Margaret (Peggy) Mackie
NY Times Article – Miss Mackie Takes Golf , 7 & 6
NY Times Article – Miss Mackie’s 78 Wins
WMGA Honorary Member Margaret Mackie
Margaret (Peggy) Mackie – member of Inwood and WMGA Honorary Member (1997). Peggy, a two-time WMGA Junior Girls’ champion, in 1929 and 1930, would continue to compete in WMGA tournaments, winning the Match Play Championship in 1951. As the daughter of Jack Mackie, Inwood’s golf pro and one of the founding members of the PGA, it is quite appropriate that her last win in 1977 was the Mackie, named in honor of her father.
Adrienne (Gilmartin) MacLean
Article – A Youthful Team Takes
Article – New York Junior Girls Win Intercity Matches
Article – Adrienne Gilmartin 1982 Junior Champion
Article – Gilmartin wins local golf meet
Article – Junior Girls Inter-City Team Matches Won By New York
Article – Maureen Orcutt Trophy Won By Adrienne Gilmartin
Article – Gilmartin streak at two; captures WMGA tourney
Article – Adrienne Gilmartin Defends Title 1983 Junior Champion
Article – Junior Girls’ Inter-City Team Matches Won By Boston
Article – Gilmartin retains WMGA Jr. title
Article – WMGA Father-Daughter Championship
Article – Stroke Play Championship
Article – 1986 Stroke Play Championship
Article – Quartet tie, face first WMGA title playoff
Article – 2002 Player Of The Year: Adrienne MacLean
Article – 2003 Player Of The Year: Adrienne MacLean
Article – 100th WMGA Match Play Championship
Article – Adrienne MacLean: From hockey mom to competitive golfer again
Article – Former Pro MacLean Readjusting to Championship Amateur Golf
Photo of 1976 Junior Mixed Pinehurst
Photo of 1978 Girls’ Junior Championship
Photo of 1979 Maureen Orcutt Tournament
Photo of 1979 Maureen Orcutt – Gilmartin, Grassey, Beard, & Cabriele
Photo of 1981 Junior Girls’ Championship
Photo of 1981 Junior Intercity Team
Photo of 1982 Maureen Orcutt Tournament Winner
Photo of 1982 Junior Girls’ Championship
Photo of 1983 Junior Girls’ Championship – Gilmartin & Bartholomew
Photo of 1983 Junior Girls’ Champion
Photo of 1984 Father-Daughter Championship
Photo of 1986 Playoff – Platt, Gilmartin, Noble, & Hart
Photo of Gilmartin, Platt, & Noble
Photo of 1988 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 2000 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 2000 Golf Illustrated Match
Photo of 2003 Match Play Championship
Photo of 2021 US Senior Women’s Am
Adrienne, the first female on the St. Mary’s Boys Golf Team, played out of North Hempstead CC as a junior from 1976-1984, was on the Junior Intercity Team from 1981-1983, and won the Junior Championship in 1982 and 1983, the Orcutt in 1982, and the Father-Daughter in 1984. Collegiately, Adrienne played golf for Stanford and then turned pro and played on the Futures Tour (forerunner to Symetra Tour). She regained her amateur status in the late 1990s and returned to her winning ways on the local and national level. As a WMGA member playing out of Montclair GC and Somerset Hills CC, she played on multiple Griscom Cup teams, competed on the French American Challenge Team and added her name to the 2002 and 2003 Player of the Year Trophy, 2003 Match Play Championship trophy, as well as the 2017 Better Ball “A” Championship trophy. Over the years, Adrienne has qualified for and played in a number of USGA Championships, including the Junior Girls’ Amateur, the Women’s Amateur, the Women’s Mid-Amateur, The Four-Ball Championship and, most recently, the Senior Women’s Amateur. While Adrienne no longer lives in the Met Area, no doubt her name will continue to appear on leaderboards.
Rosemary Mankiewicz
Judy Bell Award Article on Rosemary
Rosemary Mankiewicz – member of Bedford Golf and Tennis and WMGA Honorary Member (2016). When Rosemary arrived in the United States from England in the 1960’s, she joined the WMGA. Then, when she joined Bedford, she offered to be the club’s Met Rep, and that evolved into more than 30 years of volunteering! She served as Series Captain, District Chair, course rater, Tournament Chair and President. It is no surprise that Rosemary was honored with the Judy Bell Award in 2003 for all that she did for women’s golf.
Mrs. Marge Mason
Article – Mrs. Mason Defeats Mrs. Tracy To Annex Third State Golf Crown
Article – Mrs. Mason’s 78 Wins Arcola Golf
Article – Mrs. Mason Tops Miss Swift, 1 Up, To Gain Metropolitan Golf Crown
Article – Mrs. Mason Gains Title
Article – Masons Post a 77 For Links Trophy
Article – Vets Showing Way in Met Gals’ Golf
Article – Mrs. Mason Retains Jersey Links Crown
Article – 112 Women to Start in Quest of Met Golf Title Tomorrow
Photo – Marge Mason Winner 1967 US Women’s Senior
Photo – Marge Mason Winner NJ State
Photo – Marge with Babe Zaharias
Photo – Marge with Officials 1967 US Women’s Senior
Photo – Marge Mason Checking Scorecard
Mrs. Marge Mason – Marge, of The Ridgewood Country Club, was one of the most highly rated amateurs in women’s golf history. From the beginning, Marge tested her game against some of the golfing greats, including Louise Suggs and Babe Zaharias. Then, over a two-decade period, Marge claimed the WMGA Match Play title in 1952 and 1960 and the Senior Championship in 1968, as well as won six NJSGA Women’s Amateur Championships and the U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur Championship in 1967.
Lisa (Griffin) McGill
Article – French American Challenge
Article – Women’s Met Open results
Article – Griffin leads Women’s Met
Article – Griffin, Vogel low gross
Article – Flanagan 78 leads Met tourney by 2
Article – Met amateurs’ goal: U.S. win
Article – Steady Griffin conquers tough tract
Article – 1996 Stroke Play Championship
Article – Griffin reaches WMGA semis
Article – D’Alessio captures Met crown
Article – Griffin earns tourney title
Article – WMGA takes 2nd behind Villarosa
Article – British Women’s Amateur Championship
Article – Town champ tops county golfers at Met Open final
Article – 1996 WMGA Stroke Play Championship
Results from 1991 Stroke Play Championship
Results from 1995 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1989 Match Play Championship – Griffin & Cook
Photo of 1989 Match Play Championship – Griffin & Noble
Photo of 1991 French American Challenge – Griffin & Flanagan
Photo of 1991 French American Team
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – Griffin & Hawes
Photo of 1991 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1992 French American Challenge – Griffin & Waters
Photo of 1992 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1992 French American Team
Photo of 1992 French & American Teams
Photo of 1993 Stroke Play Championship – Griffin & Doniger
Photo of 1993 Stroke Play Championship – Griffin & Vogel
Photo of 1995 French American Team
Photo of 1995 French American Team – Women
Photo of 1995 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1996 French American Team
Photo of 1996 Player of the Year
From 1989 through 2006, Lisa, playing out of Greenwich CC, let the top players know she was ready for the competition. She played on Griscom Cup teams, as well as on five French American Challenge teams. She won the Women’s Met Open in 1994, the Better Ball Championship with LeeAnn (Vogel) Lewis in 1995, and the Stroke Play in 1996. The final trophy that Lisa collected before she moved out of the Met Area was the 2006 Player of the Year. Lisa has continued her golf escapades, competing in close to 40 USGA events, as well as tournaments in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
Miss Helen Meany
1933 Sister-Brother Championship
Sister-Brother Championship Photo
Article – Miss Helen Meany Low Net
Miss Helen Meany – After failing to place in the platform at the 1920 and 1924 Olympics, Helen won the springboard gold in 1928. She was the first U.S. woman diver to compete at three Olympics. After her diving career, she joined Tamarack and the WMGA and became an ardent golfer competing in WMGA events, including the Sister-Brother Championship.
Judy Mintz Cooperstein (Mrs. Walter Cooperstein)
Article – Champion Injures Leg After Match pg. 1
Article – Champion Injures Leg After Match pg. 2
Article – Tee Talk Salutes Judy Mintz
NYT Article – Judy Mintz Takes Title
Article – Cooperstein – DuBois Wins WMGA tourney
Article – Three Shoot 79s in Rye Qualifying
Photo – Mrs. Cooperstein Wins in Golf
Photo – Judy with Match Play Trophy
Article – Met Women’s Golf Final Matches the Old and New
Article – Miss Mintz Wins Met. Junior Golf
Judy Mintz Cooperstein (Mrs. Walter Cooperstein) – As a member of Harbor Hills and then Glen Oaks, Judy listened to her dad when he told her to concentrate on her putting. She began winning tournaments in the 1950’s when she took the Junior Girls title twice. After turning down an offer to turn pro, she got married, started a family and then turned her attention to amateur golf. That focus would secure three Match Play titles, three Shore titles, spots on the Griscom cup team and a few partner tournament wins from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Rebecca (Becky) Montgelas
Article – 1986 Sister-Brother Championship
Article – 1987 Sister-Brother tournament won by Montgelas, Sweet
Article – 1988 Montgelas, Sweet win Brother-Sister tourney
Article – 1988 Mother-Daughter Championship
Article – 1990 Sister-Brother Championship
Article – 1993 Sister-Brother Championship
Article – 1996 Husband-Wife Championship
Article – 2002 Family Championships
Article – Becky Montgelas Wins WMGA 2009 Player of the Year
Article – Westchester CC Site of 108th Griscom Cup
Photo of 1996 Husband-Wife Championship
Photo of 1997 Father-Daughter Championship
Photo of 1998 Sister-Brother Championship
Photo of 1998 Match Play Championship – Montgelas & Enstine
Photo of 1999 Sister-Brother Championship – Montgelas & Sweet
Photo of 2000 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 2002 Interdistrict Playoff
Photo of 2002 Interdistrict Playoff – Montgelas, Probert, & Enstine
Photo of 2005 Father-Daughter Championship
Photo of 2008 Sister-Brother Championship
When Phil Sweet told his kids that the best way to stay busy in rural PA was golf, Becky and her brother Jeff obviously listened, as is evident in their capturing the Sister Brother Championship 10 times! Becky and Phil won the Father Daughter five times and Becky and her mom Virginia were the 1988 Mother Daughter Champs. When Becky and her husband Mark lived in CT and were members at Wee Burn, Becky played in WMGA events for over three decades. She and Mark won the Husband Wife “A” Championship three times, and over those years Becky also played on Golf Illustrated and Griscom Cup teams. Becky was the 2009 WMGA Player of the Year and captured the Senior Championship title in 2011. Becky also found the time to serve as the WMGA’s Team Competitions Chair. While she no longer lives in the area, Becky is still playing golf and winning tournaments in Florida and Vermont.
Lois McTurk
Article – McTurk in swing of things
Tee Talk Article – The Judy Bell Award
Photo of 1983 Match Play Championship
Photo of 1984 Match Play Championship
Photo of 1989 McTurk, Noble, & Eichorn
Photo of 1992 McTurk & Schofield at Match Play Championship
Photo of 1998 McTurk with other Past Presidents
Photo of 2001 Lois & Bill McTurk
Photo of 2001 Judy Bell Award Ceremony
Photo of 2001 McTurk with Judy Bell Award
Sometimes golfers do their talking with something other than a golf club, such as volunteering. That was certainly the case for Lois McTurk, who was a member of Sleepy Hollow CC and a typical club player with a mid-range handicap. She played golf to have fun, but she had a head for facts and figures and served as her club’s Tournament, Women’s Golf, and Rules and Handicap Chair. She also wrote a manual on caddie training. Lois served on the WMGA Board from 1979-1983 as Interclub Chair, VP of Tournaments and then President. Her rules expertise grew and she became a USGA Rules Official and served on the USGA’s Women’s Committee. Lois was a charter member of the USGA’s Handicap Procedure Committee and helped draft the first course-rating manual for women. In 1997, Lois and her husband Bill received the MGA’s Distinguished Service Award, and in 2001, she was the WMGA’s Judy Bell Award recipient.
Helen Nesbitt (Mrs. Joseph)
Article – Mrs. Nesbitt Is Elected President
Article – Mrs. Nesbitt Headed For Big Golf Year
Article – Mrs. Nesbitt Heads Qualifier in Met Golf Test
Article – Mrs. Nesbitt Cards 87 for 170 in High Winds to Capture Senior Golf Title
Photo of 1956 Golf Illustrated – Nesbitt, Orcutt, & Torgerson
Photo of 1958 Match Play – Nesbitt & Cudone
Photo of 1958 Match Play Semi-Finalists – Nesbitt & De Cozen
Photo of 1960 Match Play – Nesbitt & Orcutt
Photo of 1960 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1961 Nesbitt & other Past Presidents
Photo of 1962 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1967 Seniors Champions
From the 1950’s through the early 70’s, Helen of Westchester CC was consistently winning Westchester and Fairfield County tournaments and going head to head with some of the best golfers in the Met area, including Maureen Orcutt and Carolyn Cudone, while trying to capture the Match Play Championship. While she never won that title, she served as WMGA President from 1953-54, played on multiple Griscom Cup teams, and won the WMGA Senior Championship in 1967.
Helen Marie “Rie” Noble (Mrs. James)
Article – Mrs. Noble’s 75 tops qualifiers
Article – Mom victorious in Noble ‘par-agon’
Article – Mother-Daughter Championship Tee Talk
Photo of 1970 Match Play Medalist
Photo of 1973 Match Play Championship
Photo of 1986 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1986 Griscom Cup Team 2
Photo of 1988 Match Play Championship – Noble & Russo Match
Photo of 1988 Match Play Championship – Schnoll & Noble Match
Photo of Noble & Rosemary Mankiewicz in 1988
Photo of 1989 Match Play Championship – Noble & Newi Match
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – DePiro & Noble Match
Photo of 1992 Stroke Play Championship – Noble & Slezak
Photo of 1992 Stroke Play Championship Winner
Photo of 1992 Better Ball A Champions – Noble and Jones
Rie, as she was known, was a member of Morris County GC and the club’s six-time Women’s Club Champion. Throughout her five decades of golf in the Met Area, Rie played on and captained Griscom Cup teams, competed in WMGA and NJ State individual and partner tournaments, and served on the WMGA Board as the Intercity/Interdistrict Chair. She won the 1971 NJ Women’s Amateur, the 1987 WMGA Mother-Daughter, and was the WMGA’s 1992 Stroke Play Net Champion. Competing in matches at the same time in the 1980’s as her daughter Karen, Rie had to face off against her once, in 1983, for the First Flight Title in the NJ Women’s Am. Rie won, and that was the last time mother and daughter competed against each other!
Karen Noble
Article – Noble beats Hawes, 5 & 4, to win 3rd straight crown
Article – Noble among qualifiers for U.S. Women’s Open
Article – Noble aiming to make US Curtis Cup Team
Article – Quest for the Curtis Cup
Article – Surging Noble reaches match play quarterfinals
Article – Noble, Schnoll advance to match-play semifinals
Article – Nobles card 77 to win WMGA dad-daughter
Article – Noble, Waters set for Match Play final
Article – Noble tops Waters for Met Golf crown
Article – Noble wins, 3 & 1 gains 36-hole final
Article – The choices of her life
Article – Morris County GC is proud of Noble effort
Article – Noble repeats in match play
Article – Noble hoping WMGA victory is first of many
Article – Noble gains semis of U.S. Women’s Am
Article – Noble 77 takes WMGA medal
Article – NJ’s Noble wins, 3 & 2, in first round
Article – Noble swinging clubs with the best female golfers
Article – Noble wins WMGA crown by 2
Highlight – Noble and Mom win Mother-Daughter
Photo from Curtis Cup of Noble and Platt
Photo of Noble and Parents 1988 US Women’s Open
Photo of Noble bunker Shot Match Play
Photo of Noble fairway shot Match Play
Photo of Noble Match Play from Newspaper
Photo of Noble Match Play Trophy
Photo of Noble Stroke Play Medalist
Photo of Noble with Low Net Trophy
Karen Noble – Karen followed the example of the Noble family, members of the Morris County Golf Club, and took up the game of golf. She distinguished herself as a WMGA member by winning three consecutive Match Play Championships, one Stroke Play Championship, one Mother-Daughter and one Father-Daughter championship from 1987-1990. Also as an amateur, Karen won 3 NJ State Amateurs, was runner-up in the USGA Women’s Amateur in 1988, won the Trans National Championship in 1989, and was a member of the victorious 1990 Curtis Cup squad and the USA Women‟s World Amateur Team. Karen played on the LPGA tour for eight years, and the highlight of her professional playing career was taking second place in the 1992 LPGA Championship. Since 2010, Karen has been the Director of Instruction at Fairmount CC in NJ.
Stella Oliver
Stella Oliver – member of Knollwood Country Club and WMGA Honorary Member (2017). Stella has won 29 women’s club championships: 10 at Sprain Valley Women’s Golf Club and 18 at Knollwood, and she has carded 8 hole-in-ones! For more than 40 years, Stella served as a WMGA Met Rep, actively recruiting new members and championing the camaraderie of women’s golf. With her commitment to the game and steadiness on the course, it’s easy to understand why her golfing buddies call her “Pipeline Stella” and “The Machine.”
Maureen Orcutt
Women in Sports – Article written by Maureen Orcutt
Ladies’ Professional Golfers Hall of Fame Article
Article – Maureen Orcutt Eight Times Champion
Article – Today’s Ideal Golf Course for Women
Maureen Orcutt – lifelong member of White Beeches and Honorary WMGA Member (1951). Maureen won 28 WMGA trophies, and she captured the Match Play Championship ten times: first at age 19 in 1926 and the last at 61 in 1968! Over her lifetime she won more than 65 major tournaments and was a sportswriter with her own column in The NY Times. She served as the WMGA’s Junior Girls’ Golf Chair for 11 years, and the Maureen Orcutt Tournament for Junior Girls is an apt celebration of her life.
Dot Paluck
Dot Paluck Judy Bell Award Article
Dot Paluck Honored by NJSGA and NJ Section of PGA
Dot Paluck – member of Baltusrol and Somerset Hills and WMGA Honorary Member (2014). Dot’s connection with the WMGA evolved from team matches, where she moved from being a Series Captain to a course rater to holding multiple positions on the board, including a term as president during the late 1990’s. Dot was instrumental in the development of a long-range plan for the WMGA, including the hiring of an executive director. Her dedication to women’s golf was recognized when she was honored with the Judy Bell Award in 2005.
Martha Parker
Martha Parker Took Up Golf On Beating Father at Tennis
Martha Parker – member of Spring Lake Golf and Country Club and Westchester Hills Country Club. Martha decided to skip school one day in 1921, and that was the day she won the WMGA’s first Junior Girls’ Tournament. After graduating from college, Martha won the WMGA Match Play title twice, in 1930 and 1932. A fun fact about Martha is that her dad first taught her how to play tennis, and when she started to beat him, he decided to introduce her to golf!
Myra D. Paterson
NY Time Article – Good Golf at Pinehurst
Myra D Paterson Trophy Article
Myra D. Paterson – a member of Baltusrol, Knollwood and Westchester. Myra never won any WMGA tournaments, but she served 10 years as president from 1910-1914, 1922-1923, and 1929-1931 and then she was named an honorary president in 1932. Today, the inter-district team competition for “B” players bears her name.
Betty Pietsch (Mrs. Henry Dietrich)
Article – Miss Singer and Miss Pietsch Tie For Medal in Westchester Golf
Article – Miss Pietsch’s 82 Wins Gross Award
Article – Misses Pietsch And Singer Win At Tamarack
Article – Miss Pietsch Cards 80 to Annex Low Gross In Women’s M.G.A. Event at White Plains
Article – Betty Pietsch Wins Women’s Met Golf Play
Article – Miss Pietsch, With 84, Annexes Metropolitan Qualfying Honors
Article – Golf Title Taken By Mrs. Dietrich
Article – Mrs. Dietrich Wins Women’s Met Golf Title
Photo of 1934 One Day Stroke Play – Pietsch (Winner) with Hoggson, Warner, & Lloyd
Photo of 1935 Miss Pietsch Win at WeeBurn
Photo of 1935 Match Play Qualifiers
Photo of 1935 Match Play Finalists Thorne & Pietsch
Photo of 1936 Match Play Trophy Presentation
Betty of Tamarack CC, Lawrence Farms Club, and Briar Hills GC was an accomplished young golfer in the early 1930s. She chalked up her first wins in Westchester-Fairfield tournaments during the 1932 season and her handicap noticeably improved as she competed against the top players in the Met area. She took her lessons learned as a runner-up in the 1935 WMGA Match Play Championship and became the 1936 WMGA Match Play Champion.
Margaret Platt
Highlight – Platt beats Durkin – 1990 Stroke Play
Article – Quest for the Curtis Cup
Photo from Curtis Cup of Noble and Platt
Photo of both Curtis Cup Teams
Photo of Platt, Gilmartin, Noble and Hart 1986
Photo – Platt Wins Women’s Met Open
Article – Platt rules Women’s Met Open as Maxfeldt squanders late lead
Article – For Margaret Platt the Future is Now
Article – Golfer Margaret Platt draws nothing but praise
Article – Elmsford’s Platt wins tourney
Article – Platt’s 75 captures WMGA junior girls
Article – Platt edges Heuschneider for Women’s Met Open title
Article – Platt bests Noble for WMGA spoils
Article – Platt wins WMGA Stroke Play
Article – Karcher, Platt reach PGA Junior festival
Article – Platt leads PGA Juniors
Article – Elmsford girl falls to 3rd in tourney (1985 PGA Junior Championship)
Article – Platt, Gardner, Cimaglia, take their games on the road
Article – Area golfer makes the most of her opportunity
Article – WMGA squad wins Griscom Cup
Article – Platt summer of 1989
Margaret Platt-Klaus – Margaret from Knollwood CC, another standout junior during the 1980s, won the Maureen Orcutt in 1984 and the Junior Girls’ title in 1984 and 1985. In 1986, as an Auburn sophomore, Margaret won the WMGA Stroke Play Championship, and she would be a repeat winner in 1990. She was a consummate WMGA team player as a member of the Girls Intercity and Griscom Cup teams, and she was also part of the winning 1990 Curtis Cup team. As an amateur she won the first Women’s Met Open in 1988 and would go on to win the title again in 1991 as a professional. Margaret played on the LPGA tour, is on the Legends tour and is currently a teaching pro at Ridgewood CC in NJ.
Amanda Presto
Article – Amanda Presto 1978 Junior Champion
Article – Presto medalist in WMGA qualifying
Article – For Presto, it’s not magic, but dedication
Article – Presto captures Met golf crown
Article – Two tied for lead at Quaker Ridge
Article – Cooperstein wins in WMGA tourney
Article – 1981 WMGA Match Play Championship
Article – Presto rallies for WMGA title
Article – Jones reaches women’s final
Article – Presto Wins Met Final on the Last Putt
Photo of 1981 Stroke Play Championship – Presto & Flanagan
Photo of 1981 Match Play Champion
Photo of 1981 Match Play Champion with Trophy
Within a three year period, Amanda would have her name engraved on the WMGA Junior Girls’ Championship trophy in 1978 and then the Match Play Championship trophy in 1981. All that while finishing up high school and then attending the University of Kentucky and playing for the Wildcats! Amanda first played at the Bruce Memorial Golf Course and then at Lakeover CC, which is now GlenArbor GC. Perhaps Amanda was destined to win WMGA tournaments, considering that Lakeover’s clubhouse was once the home of Mrs. Ruth Underhill White, 1899 Women’s Am champion and one of the five founders of the WMGA!
Anna Sanford (Mrs. Edward Field Sanford)
NY Times Article – Miss Bishop Wins Golf Championship
Anna Sanford (Mrs. Edward Field Sanford) – member of Essex County Country Club. Anna served as the third president of the WMGA in 1905-06 and was later named an honorary President. While she never won a WMGA title, Anna has the distinction of being runner-up to Georgianna Bishop twice – 1904 Women’s Amateur and 1906 Match Play Championship.
Linda Schnoll
Article – Shackamaxon’s Schnoll upsets Hart in WMGA
Article – Probert, Schnoll in Match Play final
Article – Schnoll, Probert reach golf final
Article – Schnoll gains WMGA semis
Article – Noble, Schnoll advance to match-play semifinals
Article – Schnoll-Rousso loses title quest in playoff
Tee Talk Article – WMGA Stroke Play Championship
Article – WMGA drought ends for Schnoll
Article – Golfers seeking Met title
Article – Aitken, Schnoll lead in WMGA Better-Ball
Photo of Schnoll & Probert in 1985
Photo of Schnoll, Probert, & trophies in 1985
Photo of 1985 Match Play Championship Final
Photo of 1985 Match Play Runner-up
Photo of 1986 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1988 Match Play – Schnoll & Noble
Photo of 1990 Stroke Play – Schnoll & Aydelotte 1
Photo of 1990 Stroke Play – Schnoll & Aydelotte 2
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – DeKalb & Schnoll
Photo of 1992 Golf Illustrated Team
Throughout the 1980s and the early 1990s, “Shackamaxon Schnoll” was on the leaderboard for WMGA and GSWGA tournaments until she moved out of state. Linda played on many NJ teams that captured the Golf Illustrated Trophy during that time, as well as on two Griscom Cup teams for the WMGA. After many years of vying for the Match Play and Stroke Play Championships, Linda’s drought ended in 1987 when she hoisted the Stoke Play trophy.
Phyllis Schofield
Judy Bell Award goes to Phyllis Schofield
Centennial Luncheon celebrating Phyllis Schofield
Phyllis Schofield – member of Ardsley Golf Club and WMGA Honorary Member. When Phyllis joined Ardsley Golf Club in 1970, she became a member of the WMGA, and during the 1980’s served on the Board as the Printing Chair and earned her reputation as one of the WMGA’s finest proofreaders. In 1999, Phyllis, a consummate volunteer, was awarded the prestigious Ike Grainger Award (visit our E-museum to read more about Phyllis’ connection to Ike), and in 2004, she was the recipient of the Judy Bell Award for her contributions to women’s golf.
Mrs. A. Sherburne (“Hatsie”) Hart
Photo – Hatsie Championship Winner
Article – Mrs. Bower and Mrs. Hart In Replay of ’66 Met Final
Article – Says Mrs. Hart Family Before Golf
Article – Hart, Cross Retain Title
Article – Hart’s Play Pushes Queen Off Throne
Article – Mrs. Hart Gains Golf Final Again
Article – Mrs. Hart’s 78 Wins Medal In Metropolitan Golf Title
Article – Mrs. Hart wins Met links crown
Article – Met. Golfers Reach Semis
Photo – 1970 Hart, Gordon, Bower
Photo – 1971 Winning Griscom Cup Team
Mrs. A. Sherburne (“Hatsie”) Hart – Hatsie, as she was called by her friends, played out of Essex County and then Baltusrol. She divided her time between the golf course and raising her children and most times her kids won! However, that didn’t stop her from winning the Match Play title in 1970, beating “B” Bower, 4 years after “B” beat her for the 1966 title. Hatsie also won 4 consecutive Better Ball titles, from 1969-1972: two with Mrs. Henry B. Cross and two with Mrs. DeWitt Alexandre.
Mrs. William Shippen
Click Here for the History of Mrs. Shippen and The Morris County Golf Club
Click Here for NY Times Excerpt – Mrs. Shippen Wins (October 1897)
Click Here for Morristown Topics, December 1920 & January 1921
A WMGA founder and member of Morris County Golf Club. First vice-president of the WMGA (1899-1903), Mrs. Shippen was one of a group of women who established Morris County Golf Club in 1894 and ran it, until it was co-opted by their husbands a few years later!
Paula Slivinsky
Article – Slivinsky plays two angles
Article – Slivinky 79 takes WMGA girls’ tourney
Photo of 1976 Junior Intercity Team (Enos Cup)
Photo of Slivinsky and Binkiewicz with Trophy
Photo of Paula and Judy Cooperstein
Photo of 1977 Intercity Team (Enos Cup)
Article – WCGA carries the scholarships for 22 caddies
Article – Slivinksy tops women’s golf
Article – Slivinsky, Binkiewicz reach final
Article – Four teens gain match-play semis
Article – Slivinsky again wins WMGA Juniors title
Article – Slivinky captures crown in Women’s Met Jr. golf race
Article – Cardiac Kids to club it out
Paula Slivinsky – From 1976 to 1979, Paula was one of the dominant forces in junior golf in the Met Section. She won the Junior Girls title in 1976 and 1977 and the Maureen Orcutt in 1977 and played on three Intercity Girls’ teams. She also vied several times for the Match Play Championship, losing to her Palm Beach Junior College roommate, Colleen Binkiewicz, in 1979. While she was playing, she was also caddying at her home club, Salem, often carrying two bags to pay for all her golf tournaments. She was the first girl to be awarded a Caddie Scholarship in 1978! Paula is currently a PGA teaching professional in Ohio.
Alexa Stirling
NY Times Article – Reach Semi-Finals in Met Golf Play
NY Times Article – Miss Sterling is Winner by 3 and 2
Photo of Alexa Stirling and Bobby Jones
Alexa Stirling – member of the North Hempstead Country Club. Alexa won tournaments all over the United States and Canada, and for that short time when she lived in the Met region, Alexa won back to back WMGA Match Play titles in 1922 and 1923. A fun fact is that when she was 12 she played her first organized golf tournament against childhood friend, Bobby Jones, who was 7. Even though she won the match, the organizers gave the trophy to Jones!
Barbara Stoddard Kirkland (Mrs. W.R. Kirkland, Jr.)
Article – Kirklands Win Met Golf Title
Article – Mrs. Kirkland Gains Links Prize with 79
Photo – Mrs. Kirkland with Other Players
Article – Mrs. Kirkland Gains Links Prize with 79
Article – Medalist Hex Faces 2 in Women’s Golf Play
Barbara Stoddard Kirkland (Mrs. W.R. Kirkland, Jr.) – Barbara, who over the course of her lifetime played out of Piping Rock and Meadow Brook. was active in many of the WMGA’s tournaments throughout the 1950’s and 60’s. She won the Mother/Son title with William R. 3d in 1962 and the Senior Title in 1966. After her death, her husband and friends established the Barbara S. Kirkland Memorial, a 36-hole Pinehurst tournament, which was held at Meadowbrook for 17 years. When the trophies were retired in 1986, WMGA members encouraged the WMGA to reinstate the tournament, which it did, as an 18-hole Pinehurst in 1988. Then in 1989, Sis Choate’s husband and friends donated a trophy in her name, and it became the Sis Choate Pinehurst Tournament.
Jean Stuhler Cici (Mrs. Pat Cici)
Photo – Cici and Orcutt 1959 Championship
Article – Si! Si! Jean Cici! by Maureen Orcutt
Article – 32nd Shore Championship Won by Mrs. Pat Cici
Article – Cici-Connors duo triumphs by four shots
Article – Mrs. Cici’s Team Retains Scotch Foursome Golf Title
Photo – Cici and Scalamandre at 1965 Mackie Memorial
Article – Mrs. Cici is Golf Winner (1957 Shore Tournament)
Article – Mrs. Cici with 236 Triumphs in Jersey (1965 Shore Tournament)
Article – Mrs. Cici Winner at 236 (1966 Shore Tournament)
NY Post Article – Working Press
Jean Stuhler Cici (Mrs. Pat Cici)- When six of your brothers are golf pros and you marry a golf pro, there’s a good chance that golf is going to be a winning sport for you. And that certainly was the case for Jean, playing first out of Lido and then Cedar Brook. Beginning with her first of three Shore titles in 1959, her 1967 match play win, and wins in partner events, Jean proved she was a contender.
Roslyn “Cookie” Swift Berger (Mrs. Maxon Berger)
Article – Roslyn Swift Is Victor This Time In Golf
Article – Cookie Swift’s 76 Wins on LI
Article – Mrs. Berger Leads Qualifiers in Women’s Metropolitan Title Golf Event
Roslyn “Cookie” Swift Berger (Mrs. Maxon Berger) – Cookie, out of Glen Oaks, proved to be a rising star when she won the Junior Girls in 1947 and progressed to a strong college career, first at Adelphi and then at Rollins College, where her team claimed the 1950 NCAA Championship title. Her name was also engraved in 1953 on the Match Play Championship trophy. These days, Daniel Berger, multiple-time PGA winner, is proud to say that he is Cookie’s grandson!
Yvonne Thiel
Article – 1983 Golf Illustrated Matches
Article – 1983 WMGA Match Play Championship
Article – Thiel overcomes bad start to lead in WMGA Match Play
Article – Thiel, Bartholomew advance in WMGA Match Play tournament
Article – 2000 Better Ball A Championship
Article – 2008 Mackie Memorial Tournament
Results of 1986 Match Play Championship
Photo of 1986 Match Play Runner-up
Photo of 1992 Match Play Championship – Thiel & Aitken
Photo of 2008 Mackie Memorial Tournament – Thiel & Jackson
Photo of 2012 Mackie Memorial Tournament – Thiel & Jackson
There’s something to be said about golfers with longevity. Yvonne of the Whippoorwill Club had her name engraved on the Sanford Cup in 1983 and more recently won the Better Ball “A” Championship in 2021. As a teen, she competed on the Byram Hills High School golf team and managed to always squeeze in some golf as she was studying for her doctorate in Molecular Chemistry, including a runner-up finish to Jean Bartholomew in the 1986 Match Play Championship. Over the years, she has competed for Westchester on Golf Illustrated teams and won the Better Ball “A” in 2000, and the Mackie in 2008 and 2012.
Ruth Adel Torgenson Leffler (Mrs. Reinert Torgerson)
NY Times Article – NY State Links Medal goes to Torgerson
NY Time Article – Mrs. Torgerson ‘s 80 Takes First in Oceanside Golf
Ruth Adel Torgerson Leffler (Mrs. Reinert Torgerson) – member of Lakeville,Queens Valley, Cherry Valley, and Meadowbrook. In the 1920’s, Ruth balanced schoolwork and passing the bar with taking golf lessons and practicing. By the time she entered her first tournament in 1933, she was primed to win and she did. In addition to her 5 NY State Amateur titles, she won multiple WMGA tournaments. Notably, Ruth was the Match Play champ three times in the 1940’s, won the Mother-Daughter with her mom five times over three decades, won the Father-Daughter once with her dad, and her six Husband-Wife titles spanned two decades.
Miss Ruth Underhill
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Click Here for NY Times Article – New Lady Golf Champion (October 1899)
A WMGA founder and member of Nassau Country Club. First secretary of the WMGA (1899-1903), Ruth was the champion of the 1899 Women’s Amateur.
Mrs. Sophie Untermeyer
NYT Article – Mrs. Untermeyer Takes Golf Medal
NYT Article – Links Honors Taken by Mrs. Untermeyer
Multiple Articles on Mrs. Untermeyer
Article – Untermeyer, Mackie in Met Golf Title Final
Photos and Articles on Mrs. Untermeyer
Article – 79 by Mrs. Untermeyer Wins Westchester Golf
Mrs. Sophie Untermeyer – Sophie, first a member of Hollywood GC and then Century CC, originally played tennis and polo and only took up golf when she hurt her knee playing polo. She competed in many WMGA tournaments, was a member of many a Griscom Cup team, and won seven Sound Shore titles between 1937 and 1957. Sophie also had the distinction of picking mushrooms during her golf rounds, a habit she inherited from her mother, Minnie Guggenheimer!
Glenna Collett Vare
NYT Article – Women’s Eastern Golf Crown is Won by Miss Collett With a Total Score of 250
Article – Miss Collett Rated Plus Two in ‘Met’ Golf
Article – Glenna Collett Heads Party of Feminine Stars
Article – Jersey Women Win In Team Golf Play
Article – Miss Collett Bows to Miss Broadwell
Article – Women’s PGA Hall of Fame Selects Six Charter Members
Article – Reluctant Legend Glenna Collett Hicks by Kikue Higuchi for the LPGA Nov. 2022
Photo of Martha Parker, Glenna Collett, and Helen Hicks
Photo of 1931 Golf Illustrated – Parker, Collett, & Hicks
Photo of 1935 Match with Gene Sarazen, Joyce Wethered, Glenna Collett Vare, & Johnny Dawson
Photo of Glenna Collett Vare & Virginia Van Wie in 1950 for Ladies Golf Hall of Fame
Results – 1927 Glenna Collett 2nd Low Gross Siwanoy
Results – 1936 Curtis Cup Golf Cards
Highlight – Glenna Collett commentary on the Women’s Golf Circut in 1931
Glenna played her first tournament at age 18 in 1921, but 1922 was her breakout year when she won the US Women’s Amateur, the Women’s Eastern Amateur and the North & South Women’s Amateur. In 1927 she returned to Connecticut, where she was born, and became a member of Greenwich Country Club and the WMGA. As a WMGA member, Glenna played in only a few tournaments, including the 1931 Golf Illustrated Cup when she went head to head with Maureen Orcutt and Helen Hicks. Today she is considered the greatest American female golfer of the pre-WWII era, and her record of six US Women’s Am titles still stands. The Vare Trophy is awarded to the LPGA player with the lowest scoring average every year, and the USGA Junior Girls Champion is awarded the Glenna Collett Vare Trophy.
Josephine Windle Korber
Mrs. Korber Re-Elected President at Golf Group Meeting
NYT Article – Women in Sports (1942 Tournament Schedule Announced) by Maureen Orcutt
NYT Article – Women in Sports (Tournament Announcement) by Maureen Orcutt
Article – Miss Johnson Takes Wimdle Trophy in 1-Day Golf Tourney
Josephine Windle Korber – As a member of Women’s National Golf & Tennis Club and North Hempstead, Josephine became the first paid full-time employee (Executive Secretary) of the WMGA in 1932, after having volunteered as Tournament Chair for seven years. The WMGA players presented a cup in 1935 to Josphine in appreciation of her dad, Joseph Windle, a long-time benefactor of the WMGA. The Windle Challenge was a tournament favorite for many years. Josephine also served as the organization’s President (1940-41) and set geographic parameters for the WMGA that are still in effect today. While Joseph C. Dey, Jr. served in the US Navy during WWII, she took his spot as Executive Secretary of the USGA.
Donna Young
Article – Campbell edges Young on 19th
Article – 1988 Match Play Championship
Article – Noble, Waters, Young, Hawes gain semifinal
Article – Springdale’s Young 2nd in WMGA event
Article – Aitken, Young, Probert gain
Article – Young, Hawes lead women’s golf tourney
Article – Young gains Match-Play semis
Article – Durkin Wins Women’s ‘Met’; Mrs. Probert Low Qualifier
Article – Donna Young Wins 2nd GSWGA Stroke-Play Crown
Article – Women give U.S. boost in French/American golf
Article – Met golfers take four-match lead
Article – 1991 Sis Choate Pinehurst
Article – Rodriguez, Young team for Met title
Article – Doniger defeats Young, meets Durkin in final
Article – Better Ball A Championship
Article – 1992 Sis Choate Pinehurst
Article – Eichhorn, Young share first
Article – Results of 1997 Better Ball A Championship
Article – Results of 1998 Player of the Year
Article – Young advances to final
Article – Golf Illustrated Matches
Article – 2001 Sanford Cup Winner
Article – 2003 Sanford Cup Winner
Photo of 1988 Match Play Champion
Photo of 1988 Match Play Championship – Young & Lacroze
Photo of Aitken & Young in 1991
Photo of 1991 Match Play Championship – Young & Eichhorn
Photo of 1991 Women’s Met Open – Young
Photo of 1991 French-American Challenge – Young & Durkin
Photo of 1991 Stroke Play Championship – Young & Hawes
Photo of 1991 French-American Team
Photo of 1992 Stroke Play Championship – Young & Flanagan
Photo of 1992 French-American Team
Photo of 1992 Match Play Championship – Young & Brudner
Photo of 1992 French-American Team
Photo of 1992 Golf Illustrated Winners
Photo of 1992 Better Ball A Championship – Young & Wojnas
Photo of 1992 Match Play Medalist
Photo of 1992 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1992 Match Play Championship Medalist
Photo of 1992 Stroke Play Championship
Photo of 1992 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1993 Stroke Play Championship – Young & Wojnas
Photo of 1994 Match Play Championship
Photo of 1995 Match Play Championship – Young & Cook
Photo of 1995 Golf Illustrated Team
Photo of 1997 Better Ball Championship – Young & Wojnas
Photo of 1998 Match Play Championship – Young & Flanagan
Photo of 1998 French-American Challenge
Photo of 1998 Match Play Championship
Photo of 1998 Match Play Championship Runner-up
Photo of 1999 Griscom Cup Team
Photo of 1999 USGA State Teams
Photo of 2000 Golf Illustrated Team
Donna, a Springdale golf member, was introduced to golf by her dad when she was five, played on the Rutgers golf team and her passion for the game is still evident. From 1983-2003 she played on Golf Illustrated, Griscom and French-American Challenge teams and amassed WMGA honors in individual and team events. Her name can be found on the Sanford Cup with wins in 2001 and 2003, the Better Ball A trophy in 1992 and 1997 and the Sis Choate trophy in 1991 and 1992. In addition, her stellar play garnered her WMGA Player of the Year honors in 1998. During that time period, Donna also volunteered and served as the Team Competitions Chair. Donna is a two-time NJ State Am winner, a winner of over 20 club championships, and she has competed in close to 20 USGA events. Her name is sure to end up on a few more WMGA leaderboards in years to come.