LANARKSHIRE'S ANNE BURDEN HAS DIED

It is with much sadness that Lanarkshire Ladies' County Golf Association have announced the death of Anne Burden.

Anne sadly has been ill for the past four years following a stroke but up until then was a very active lady, heavily involved in dance and in golf. and a well liked and respected member of LLCGA

Anne was a member of the Lanarkshire County Team from 1964 to 1984, during which time Lanarkshire won the County Finals 4 times.

She was County Captain from 1979 to 1981. She has been successful in many County Competitions and in 1976 won both the Blackjack Cup and County Championship.
She was made an Honorary Member of the County in 2003 and Honorary President of LLCGA from 2013 to 2015.

From 2001 to 2006 she was a Scottish International Selector and was also Captain of the West Vets in 2003 - 2004.
She had also been a member of The Ladies Golf Club Troon, Cambuslang Golf Club and East Kilbride GC
.
We extend our sympathy to her son Mike and daughters Bobbi and Katy, and her grandchildren.

Anne's funeral is at 2pm on Thursday the 8th March at South Lanarkshire crematorium then everyone is welcome to join the family at Cambuslang GC afterwards.

RENFREWSHIRE COUNTY PAST PRESIDENT ANNE MORGAN (MACLEOD) HAS DIED.

It is with great sadness to inform you that Renfrewshire Ladies County Past President and Captain Anne Morgan (MacLeod)  died peacefully on the 27th July.

Anne who sported a handicap as low as one set up the Whitecraigs ladies course record of 71 in 1973 and perhaps it still stands to this day  (to be confirmed). She was was Club Champion of Whitecraigs on 21 occasions.

She was runner up in the Renfrewshire County Championship in 1971 and was a County Team player on many occasions.

Administrative abilities and her charm and diplomacy were also well recognised.
She was County Captain in 1973 / 1974 and President of RLCGA for 5 years before retiring in 1999.
In 1998 she presented the Association with the Honorary Life President's brooch to the late Miss Kathleen McNeil.
She then married James Morgan and lived in Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland.
Anne who was known by many of us will be sorely missed. 


Renfrewshire ladies was a huge part of her life which held many happy memories for her which she treasured. 
There will be a service of celebration of her life at Kilconquhar parish church on Thursday 10th August at 12.30 pm to which all friends are warmly invited. Please dress brightly. 

Yours sincerely James Morgan

Peggy Kirk Bell, one of the game's most influential figures, dies at 95

Link to Golf Digest Article

Legends Tour Mourns Loss of Dawn Coe-Jones

BOSTON, Nov. 12, 2016 – The Legends Tour lost of member of its golf family today at 4 a.m., when LPGA Tour veteran Dawn Coe-Jones passed away, following an eight-month battle with cancer.
Coe-Jones, 56 (pictured left) a native of Campbell River, British Columbia, died peacefully under hospice care with her family in Tampa, Fla. She is survived by her husband, James Edward Jones, son, Jimmy Jones, 21, in-laws Sandy and General James Jones, and brothers Mark and John Coe.
The three-time LPGA Tour winner was diagnosed in mid-March with dedifferentiated chondrosarcoma that required full knee and partial tibia replacement surgery. She was not able to beat the rare and aggressive bone cancer.
“The LPGA Legends are heartbroken about the loss of our great friend, Dawn, who fought a valiant fight over the past few months against a rare form of sarcoma,” said Jane Blalock, CEO of The Legends Tour. “Dawn was truly a player and a person admired, respected and loved by all of us who had the fortune to know and play alongside her. This is indeed, a very sad day.”

For more information please go to the   Legends Tour Website

Liz Burns (1951 - 2016) former International Officer for the SGU

Scottish Golf was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Liz Burns, a long-term member of staff at the Scottish Golf Union.

Having moved from Kilmacolm to St Andrews, Liz joined the SGU in July 2004 to take on the role of International Officer and was a key member of the performance team managing the logistics of the national squads’ travel, accommodation, team clothing and player liaison. She retired in 2013.

She was a hugely popular figure among the young players, parents and coaching team and will be sadly missed by everyone who worked with her during her time at Drumoig and The Duke’s. Liz leaves behind her husband Stuart, as well as three sons, Allan, Gus and Sandy.

Spencer Henderson, Scottish Golf’s national boys’ coach, who worked closely with Liz and shared an office with her for a number of years, said:

“It was hugely upsetting to hear the news about Liz’s sudden passing last week and I am sure I speak on behalf of all my colleagues, fellow coaches and players who worked and dealt Liz in saying that she was a fantastic woman who had a heart of gold.

“She was very passionate about her role at the Scottish Golf Union and there are many players who were indebted to her for keeping them organised while representing Scotland at home and abroad. Our thoughts go out to Stuart and the rest of the family at this sad time. She will be sadly missed.”

Arnold Palmer dies aged 87

R&A STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF ARNOLD PALMER

Martin Slumbers, Chief Executive of The R&A, said: "It is with great sadness that we have awoken to hear the news of Arnold Palmer's passing. He was a true gentleman, one of the greatest ever to play the game and a truly iconic figure in sport.

"His contribution to The Open Championship was, and remains, immeasurable. He will be missed and forever remembered by all at The R&A and throughout the world of golf as a charismatic and global champion of our game."


USGA STATEMENT ON THE PASSING OF ARNOLD PALMER

We are deeply saddened by the death of Arnold Palmer, golf's greatest ambassador, at age 87.

Arnold Palmer will always be a champion, in every sense of the word.  He inspired generations to love golf by sharing his competitive spirit, displaying sportsmanship, caring for golfers and golf fans, and serving as a lifelong ambassador for the sport.  Our stories of him not only fill the pages of golf’s history books and the walls of the museum, but also our own personal golf memories.  The game is indeed better because of him, and in so many ways, will never be the same.

Golfing Stalwart Eleanor Fisken has died

Eleanor Fisken died last week aged 77 originally from Glasgow and a most enthusiastic member at Douglas Park Golf Club.
Eleanor played in many County matches for D&A and was a very true supporter of the team.
She moved to Nairn where she enjoyed golfing on that fabulous course.
She was a physiotherapist and worked at Inverness at Raigmore hospital until her retirement over 12 years ago.
She enjoyed walking with her faithful black Labrador and took up ornithology in the area around Nairn.
Eleanor enjoyed the company of many golfing friends from all over Scotland and will be fondly remembered
In 2008 at the Scottish Senior Supper at Deeside -- she will be remembered for taking part in what was a very entertaining evening as Prince Charming




Funeral Details -- CLICK HERE 
Thanks go to Isabel Crawford for her very kind tribute

In fact Isabel has just written back to say---

Thank you Carol for the tribute to Eleanor  and the video .....that is just what Eleanor loved ...a good laugh after her game and a dram or two !!!
Many years ago twelve of us got together to form the Dirty Dozen  ....keen on playing golf for pleasure out of season and of course Eleanor was a leading light. We decided to entertain at the Scottish at Machrihanish and spent the winter writing daft songs and poems about golf and well known golfers....with a huge amount of merriment!

Eleanor and Vicki McAllister wrote the first song and it is just as appropriate today ..
Thought you would like to read it !
To the tune ..the song of the Clyde 

There's many a time when we stand on the first,
We're so full of nerves that we think that we'll burst ,
We take back the club as it says on the book
And finish it off with a ruddy great hook!
Chorus...Oh this game of golf is a wonderful game
               It's very frustrating but played just the same
               Playing so badly we come back for more
               Hoping one day that we have a good score

We find the wee ball deep down in the whins,
Oh,! what a price to pay for our sins ,
We give it a bash with all of our strength
Striving as usual for far too much length

It disappears into the trap at the green
Into the worst lie that ever we've seen
We open the face of our trusty sand wedge
And skin it right over that far away hedge

A slice at the second,a shank at the third
A duck hook to follow and then a BAD WORD!
And so it continues to the end of the round
When we would sell all our clubs for a pound

Death of P and K county secretary Pat Hebner

FROM THE P AND K WEBSITE

It is with regret and much sadness we inform our members of the sad passing of Pat Hebner. 

Pat passed away on Friday afternoon after a short and sudden illness, she was a widow and is survived by her two daughters. 

Pat was also a huge supporter of county golf and worked tirelessly as our county secretary. She will be missed by all who knew her. A lovely lady and a good friend to many. Our thoughts are with her family.

We will inform you as soon as we can regarding funeral arrangements. 

 

Dawn Butchart

MEMORIES OF JEAN BROWN 1920 - 2016

by Carol Fell

Some memories of Jean Brown - Click to enlarge

Past Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association captain Jean Brown of Erskine Golf Club died on Monday, April 25. 
Jean, in her day, played for the Renfrewshire county team, and Scottish Vets. 
To read more go to the RLCGA Website

The funeral took place on Wednesday, May 11 at Woodside Crematorium. 

Many Renfrewshire and Erskine Ladies attended the service. Wilma Beattie, who had been a very good friend to Jean for over 46 years, gave an excellent eulogy at the service.

If you were unable attend and would like to know what was said : 

CLICK HERE TO READ WILMA'S TRIBUTE

BEATSON FUND-RAISER EVENING

by Carol Fell

Moira Kerr, Ruth Wishart, June Lockhart, Margaret Milton
Annabel Goldie and Helen Faulds

June Lockhart and Bernie Mitchell

Hillhead Sports Club was the perfect venue for the Jean Armour Night on Friday, 26th Feb.  An audience of 120 attended  drawn by the calibre of the main speakers Ruth Wishart and Annabel Goldie MSP, Helen Faulds ( poem) and the music of Moira Kerr.

June Lockhart - Vice Captain of both the West Vets and Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association chaired the proceedings

The main organiser was Bernie Mitchell husband of the late D&A's Lynn Mitchell -- Past Ladies Captain of Clydebank and District and Gleddoch Golf Clubs and former Chief Scorer at Ladies Scottish Open and European Scottish Open.

Just over £1,700 was raised with the help of 2 of the Beatson Cancer Charity staff, Amy Dreszler and Kirsty McDonald.

Here are a couple of links from some of the photographs that were taken on what was a very successful evening.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rlcga2009/albums/72157665136298096

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153969910032640&type=1&l=32f9960a81

Sally Coster Funeral

Sally's funeral is on Thursday 18th Feb at 3pm at Glasgow Crematorium  Maryhill G23 5AA

PAST SCOTTISH VETS'  CAPTAIN SALLY COSTER HAS DIED

 SVLGA President Sally Coster with SVLGA Vice President Gillian Kirkwood
Photo taken in 2013

2010 - Newly elected SVLGA Vice President Sally Coster is awarded her badge of office
from SVLGA Past President Isobel McIntosh

Scottish Vets Team - 2013
L to R Back  - Fiona De Vries, Lorna Bennett, Kathleen Sutherland,
Alison Bartlett, May Hughes, Sheena Wood, Mary Smith,
Front Row Sally Coster (President) Noreen Fenton (Captain) and Anna Telfer.

Sally had a Hole in One at the 9th hole at the West Vets Spring Meeting at 
Prestwick St Cuthberts in 2010

Sally Coster (Hilton Park) pictured above with her playing partners Mamie Robin from Elderslie and Anne McKellar from Whitecraigs who had enjoyed the great event. It was Sally's 3rd Hole in One and many of the competitors enjoyed a wee glass of wine back in the clubhouse --- Compliments of Sally.

By CAROL FELL

It is with great sadness I have to announce that West Vets'  Sally Coster died at home on Monday 9th February 2016. 

Sally played off a handicap of 4 in her early golfing years and was selected to play for the Scottish Vets Team at that time

A Past Captain of D and A and Past President of SVLGA had been a member of many clubs --St Andrews (St Rule), Crail, Hilton Park, Buchanan Castle  and Troon Ladies

Sally was President of the Scottish Vets Team when West Vets' Past Captain Helen Faulds was Captain of the Scottish Vets Team

Helen Faulds says -

"She was a huge help to me in many ways" .
"She was extremely knowledgeable about golfing matters, very observant at watching players and able to see faults in their swing. (I know that because she did it with me  !!)
"The players in the team were very happy to take her advice which was always given in a quiet measured manner. This ability was put to good use as she was asked to become a selector for the Scottish Teams which she really enjoyed."
"Sally had a very dry sense of humour and was extremely popular with our players, the Irish and the English players and the Presidents of all other divisions."

Kathleen Sutherland (Scottish Vets Captain) says -- 

Sally was indeed a 'one-off', with a sense of humour all her own, which perhaps not everyone understood or appreciated! I certainly did and I can think of a few 'Sallyisms' now which serve to make me chuckle and remember her with great fondness. As Helen said, Sally had a sharp eye for spotting errors or quirks in someone's golf swing. I still remember her giving me a short-game lesson some years ago when the phrase 'don't be so violent' was enough to sum-up what I was doing wrong! Not only was she observant but she could sense a player's frailties with alarming speed and - of course - describe them with a few humerous words!

Sally loved everything about golf but nothing more so than playing the game on a beautiful and challenging golf course with like-minded friends. 

North Hants in 2013 

She'll be missed, but most definitely not forgotten! Attached is a lovely picture, taken at the Jamboree at North Hants in 2013 with the Presidents of the three other Vets' Associations.

Sally will be most certainly missed by all. 

The funeral will take place at Maryhill Crematorium, G23 5AA, Glasgow at 3pm, Thursday 18th February.

For those who do not have link to Facebook - Here are a few tributes that have come through since her death.

Click on photo of tributes below to enlarge 

DETAILS OF FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR DOROTHEA HASTINGS  ON DECEMBER 5

The Funeral will take place of Dorothea Hastings on Saturday 5th December at 10:30 am at Craigton Crematorium in Cardonald and then back to Haggs Castle Golf Club.  Everyone is welcome and no flowers please.  

 Due to a major project being carried out by Scottish water, the main entrance to Craigton crematorium at Berryknowes   Road is closed.

The new entrance and exit is from Paisley Road West and there is diversion signs from Berryknowes Road in place to assist with your travel. There is also road markings and signage in place at the cemetery and crematorium to ease traffic flow. For those travelling by car and using Satnavs the new post code for the Paisley Road West entrance will be  G52 1SJ.

To read a tribute for Dorothea - Click Here

DOROTHEA HASTING 1934 - 2015 - SOME MEMORIES

by Renfrewshire's Carol Fell 

Dorothea joined Haggs Castle in 1950 when she first took up golf.

She was coached by Eric Brown but did not attempt to play over the course for some time but kept practising until March 1951.
 
Dorothea's enthusiasm  for the game allowed her to be offered Ladies' membership at the age of 17
 
She won the Highland Open at that age and was selected and played for Scotland against England in the Girls International of 1952 and was in the British Junior Girls Team in 1953.

She won the individual title and Scottish Universities Golf Team Championship in 1953 and then was a member of the British Touring Team to Australia and New Zealand  in 1955
Dorothea enjoyed great success in 1958 when she won the Scottish Ladies Championship at Elie and Earlsferry and was then selected as a member of the GB&I's Curtis Cup Team and an Honorary Member of Haggs Castle and Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association.

Home Internationals 1960 . From L to R - Janette Wright, Ansley Lurie, Belle Robertson, Jean Burnett
Jean McCulloch (Captain) Betty Singleton, Dorothea Sommerville, Joan Lawrence and Margaret Myles

She was runner up in the Scottish in 1960 at Turnberry and semi finalist in 1963, West of Scotland Champion in 1961 and was selected to play for Scotland from 1955 - 1963 and for the British Isles against Europe in the Vangliano team 1963.
As Dorothea Somerville she won the Haggs Castle Championship 5 times and as Dorothea Hastings 5 times.
In 1961 became Captain of Haggs and in 1963 married Dr James Hastings. She then stopped playing golf for about 20 years while she brought up here children Gillian and Crawford and assist her husband running his medical practice.

Dorothea Scottish Vets Champion

She returned to golf in 1983 with a handicap of 8 and won the RLCGA Championship at Kilmacolm. She was back to scratch within just 2 years and had a remarkable run of successes by winning the Haggs, Erskine Championships and the Scottish Veterans Championship in 1992 and 1994. She also won the Scottish Foursomes with Renfrewshire's Pearl Orr.
She played for the successful Greenlees team many times and in the mid nineties served as a Scottish Selector for the West District and as was RLCGA's Captain in 1995 - 1997.
With on going severe back pain Dorothea was forced to stop playing in 2003 but was still actively involved with Haggs Castle, Erskine GC  and the County.

Rena Simpson (Kilmacolm) and Dorothea at the RLCGA AGM 4th November 2015

In fact Dorothea was at the RLCGA AGM on the 4th November 2015 at Haggs Castle and enjoyed her evening there. She will be sadly missed by all who knew her and we send our sincere condolences to her daughter Gillian and son Crawford. 

To read an account as written by Dorothea herself in the RLCGA Centenary Book 1909 - 2009 - Page 56 - 59 -- 

Alternatively Click Here - (May take time to load page)

Also to see some photographs over the years  CLICK HERE

DOROTHEA HASTINGS DIED TODAY

Dorothea at the RLCGA AGM
on the 4th November 2015

It is with great sadness I have to announce that Renfrewshire Ladies County Golf Association's Honorary Member Dorothea Hastings (nee Sommerville) (Haggs Castle) and past Curtis Cup member has died suddenly at home on Wednesday 18th September. 

Her daughter Gillian King and her son Crawford Hastings would like all her golfing friends to be informed. 

Our sincere thoughts and best wishes go to the family.

More details to follow
Carol Fell (Webmaster RLCGA)

THE LGU REGRETS TO REPORT THE 
DEATH OF PATSY HANKINS IN N Z

FROM THE LGU WEBSITE
Patsy Hankins passed away on  October 22 at her home in Taupo, New Zealand.  Beloved wife of the late Garrick and dearly loved mother to Carl, Kathy and Ian.
Ms. Hankins, who was elected as New Zealand Golf’s first President when the men’s and women’s governing bodies amalgamated in 2005, was the first New Zealander to hold a position of this authority with the IGF.
Patsy was a LGU Overseas Vice-President and one of the first women to become a member of the RandA.
The service for Patsy will be held in Taupo on Thursday 29th at 2pm at St Andrews Anglican church.

LGU SADDENED AT LOSS OF GILLIAN ANDERSON

FROM THE LADIES GOLF UNION WEBSITE

All at the Ladies Golf Union were saddened to hear of the death of Gillian Anderson on Sunday 4th October at the age of 89.

Gillian became LGU secretary shortly before the move of the organisation from Sandwich to St Andrews in 1977.
Gillian held the role of secretary for 10 years, at which time the office was based above the St Rule Club in The Links.

After 35 happy years in St Andrews, Gillian moved to Southampton in January 2014, shortly after the death of her husband Roy in order to be closer to her family. 

Her four children were at her bedside when she died after a short illness.

Tributes paid to LPGA founder member 

Louise Suggs who has died at age of 91

FROM THE R and A WEBSITE
Louise Suggs, a founder of the LPGA and an honorary member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, passed away on Friday. She was 91.
Born in 1923, in Atlanta, Georgia, Suggs first took up golf at the age of ten. She embarked on a highly successful amateur career winning the US Amateur in 1947 and the British Ladies’ Amateur in 1948. She was a member of that year’s American Curtis Cup team.
Suggs turned professional shortly afterwards and went on to win 61 events, including 11 Major Championships. She was a co-founder of the LPGA and later became its President.
Suggs was an inaugural inductee to the LPGA Hall of Fame, when it was established in 1967, and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1951.
The Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award, given each year to the most accomplished first-year player on the LPGA Tour, is named in her honour. In 2007, Suggs received the Bob Jones Award from the USGA in recognition of great sportsmanship in golf.
In February, Suggs was one of seven women named as honorary members of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club following last year’s historic vote to admit women as members for the first time in the Club’s 260-year history.
George Macgregor, Captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club, said, “We were saddened to hear of Louise’s death. She was a hugely influential figure in the development of women’s professional golf and enjoyed a remarkable career. We were extremely proud to welcome Louise as an honorary member earlier this year and I know it meant a great deal to her. She will be greatly missed.”

Death of Marigold Speir, former Scottish champion and SLGA office-bearer

From the SLGA website 

It is with regret the Scottish Ladies' Golfing Association has to report the sad passing of Miss Marigold Speir on Wednesday,  April 8. Miss Speir, a member of the St Rule Club, St Andrews, was  Scottish women's amateur champion in 1957, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Vice President of the SLGA.

Beat Helen Holm in 1957 Scottish Championship Final at Troon

By COLIN FARQUHARSON

Miss Speir, pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency,  played a prominent role in bringing the St Rule Trophy tournament at St Andrews into being in 1984. Since then it has developed into one of the leading women's amateur tournaments in the country.

ALISON WHITE writes: 

Marigold played in the Great Britain and Ireland team in the 1957  Vagliano Trophy match against the Continent of Europe. 

She was involved in the setting up of the St Rule Trophy tournament in the beginning (1984) with Cristo Douglas (a former member of St Rule).

In the 1956 Scottish final at Troon, Marigold beat Mrs A M (Helen) Holm 7 and 5, presumably over 36 holes as was the norm in those days.

I think Marigold was just over 80 years old.

Marigold had been on the St Andrews Links Trust.

Marigold's nieces /great nieces have set up the following Facebook tribue page:

www. facebook.com/marigoldspeir

on which it says:

 To celebrate the incredible life and profound influence of our Auntie Marigold, we welcome you all to share all your stories and pictures, and to invite everyone to join this community. 

An incredible ground-breaking golfer, a huge lover of Penguins, a great maker of Scotch pancakes and home-made raspberry jam, a mean sandcastle maker, an unmatched sharp and stomach-clenching hilarious dry wit, a tireless fund-raiser, a dedicated gardener, an intrepid explorer and world traveller, an illustrator, a generous, endless supporter and giver to all, and most of all, our most cherished and precious soulmate forever.

 

RHONDA GLENN, A CHAMPION GOLF WRITER FOR 

USGA, DIES AT 68

By Ron Driscoll, USGA

The email would invariably come through in the wee hours, accompanied by a new version of a story that Rhonda Glenn had crafted.
“I just made a few small tweaks,” Glenn would write. “I think this version is a little better.”
Glenn, who has died this past week in Florida after a long illness at the age of 68, worked tirelessly at her writing – every detail, every nuance, every word. She wove award-winning stories about players from the past, such as nearly forgotten, two-time U.S. Open champion John McDermott to the present, such as USGA champions Michelle Wie and Yani Tseng, through nearly two decades as a manager of communications for the United States Golf Association.

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Photos: Remembering Rhonda Glenn

Her role at the USGA was predated by several ground-breaking initiatives: her Illustrated History of Women’s Golf is the definitive book on the topic and won the USGA International Book Award in 1992; she was the first female anchor of ESPN’s SportsCenter, working alongside Chris Berman in 1981, shortly after the network’s launch. Glenn was a golf commentator with ABC for 16 years, and competed in 12 USGA championships, including five U.S. Women’s Amateurs and two U.S. Women’s Opens.
“In addition to her many accomplishments, what we will miss most about Rhonda is her generosity of spirit, her passion for the game and the people who play it, as well as her kindness and humility,” said Mike Davis, executive director of the USGA. 
“In many respects, she truly represented all that was best about our game.”
Glenn brought the same tenacity she exhibited in her storytelling to her work on several USGA initiatives, including her gathering of oral histories with dozens of important figures on behalf of the USGA-PGA African-American Golf History Archive. She also played a key role in the process that led to the establishment in 2012 of the Mickey Wright Room in the USGA Museum.
A close friend of Wright’s, Glenn was instrumental in the Museum’s effort to dedicate its first room to a female golfer. As a girl, Glenn had practised at a par-3 course in Palm Beach, Fla., where she often watched as four-time U.S. Women’s Open champion Wright worked on her game. Glenn went on to become a two-time high school girls’ state champion and was inducted into the Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.
Glenn and her close friend Barbara Romack, who defeated Wright for the 1954 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, encouraged Wright to share important facets of her legendary career with the public.
“I owe Rhonda a great deal,” Wright told The New York Times in 2013. “That room in the museum is not just a tribute to me; it’s a tribute to all the women before me. If it weren’t for her, there would be no recorded history of women’s golf.”
Glenn also wrote Breaking the Mold, the story of Judy Bell, who served as the first female president of the USGA in 1996-97, and worked as an editor for Woman Golfer magazine and a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. She had been a women’s golf analyst for ABC Sports for three years when she started with ESPN, becoming the first full-time female sportscaster for a national television network.
“The difference then was that wherever I went, I was the only woman,” Glenn told ESPN in 2013. “I just felt, ‘Well, I can do this, and I’m going to apply.’”
Glenn worked alongside ESPN mainstays Chris Berman and Bob Ley on SportsCenter.
“Chris was always so kind to me,” Glenn recalled. “And of course, ‘Boomer’ [Berman] has a very big voice. I wasn’t intimidated by anybody until I got on the air with Chris. He didn’t really need a microphone. So at first he just blew me out of the seat when he’d talk, and I felt a little intimidated, but then I got used to it.”
In 2014, Glenn was honored by the Golf Writers Association of America with the William D. Richardson Award for outstanding contributions to the game.
“Winning [this award] is a great honour, and also a surprise,” said Glenn last April. “While the award is for outstanding contributions to golf, I’m very aware that, more importantly, the game has made such outstanding contributions to my life.”
Recipients of the Richardson Award include several of the game’s great champions, including Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Louise Suggs and Nancy Lopez, as well as former USGA executive directors David Fay and Frank Hannigan and past USGA presidents Bell and Sandy Tatum.
“They say I’ve really been with the USGA for 49 years,” Glenn told ESPN in 2013. “I’ve loved the USGA since I played in the Girls’ Junior in 1963. Because of my father and mother I had a great respect for the history of the game so it was just natural. It’s like they say, find something you like to do and make a career out of it, and I’ve been very fortunate to be able to do that.”
Funeral services will be private. Information about making donations in Glenn’s memory will be made available at a later date.
+Ron Driscoll is the manager of editorial services for the USGA. Email him