Pat Kaufman is considered by many to be one of the greatest advocates and leaders of Women's Golf in Maryland . She served as Chairman of the Committee on Maryland Women's Golf until the MSGA created the MSGA Women's Division in 1995 , where she served as President for its initial four years . The WDCGA has 27 private clubs from the Washington Metropolitan area. She served as Secretary and Vice President leading up to being President in 2001 and 2002. Pat also served on th

William A. “Coach” Straubaugh, Jr., a native of Baltimore, earned the moniker of “Coach” for his work as a teacher and contributions toward developing and improving educational opportunities for PGA professionals and apprentices. He began his golf career while a teenager caddying at Bonnie View in 1937. “Coach” Strausbaugh turned professional in 1946 as an assistant to Andy Gibson at the County Club of Maryland. Before arriving at Columbia County Club as the head PGA Profes

Jesse W. Sweetser was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended Exeter Academy before entering Yale University in 1919. He received golf lessons from noted Siwanoy Country Club professional Tom Kerrigan. At both schools, he participated in what was considered a “major” sport, track, and a “minor” sport, golf, but he truly excelled in the latter. As a Yale freshman in 1920, Sweetser took the National Intercollegiate Championship (precursor to the NCAA) at the Greenwich Countr

(Lutherville, MD – January 15, 2024) – 8 distinguished figures in Maryland Golf will be inducted into the Maryland Golf Hall of Fame on...

On April 19, 2023, at Chevy Chase Club, the Maryland Golf Hall of Fame inducted its second class. Brian Fitzgerald, Chairman of the...

John Woodruff Stewart was born in Auburn, New York. He was a graduate of the Darrow School in Lebanon, New York, and earned a bachelor’s degree in 1952 from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, where he was inducted into its Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. After leaving college, he served in the Coast Guard as a Quartermaster from 1952 to 1956. Mr. Stewart began his journalism career in 1957 as a sports reporter and later sports editor of The Dispatch and The Herald Statesman

Born in 1896, Spencer Overton was a Baltimore building contractor and Rolling Road Member who was a dominant player from the 1930s to the 1960s. Mr. Overton won four Maryland Amateur Championships: 1936, 1945, and 1954, at the age of 58. He was five times a runner-up in 1937, 1938, 1940, 1944, and 1947 and was three times the Medalist: in 1936, 1942, and 1947. At 58, he had the unique distinction of becoming the oldest to win the Amateur, winning in three separate decades. L

Bobby learned to play golf at Argyle Country Club with a host of good junior golfers and attended Springbrook High School, where he was voted the number one high school golfer his senior year by the Washington Post. He went on to play college golf at the University of Maryland in 1968 and 1969. After college, he had a brief career in professional golf, spending two summers as the assistant golf professional at the Chevy Chase Club and, in between, one season on the South Afr

David A. King grew up in the Philadelphia area and, as a young 16-year-old, finished as the runner-up in the Philadelphia Junior Golf Championship. At the age of 19, he qualified for the 1960 U. S. Amateur. After high school, Dave went to the University of Wyoming, where he played No. 1 for the golf team all four years. Dave came to Maryland in 1965 after earning a Master's degree in Statistics and has won over 100 amateur golf tournaments, including 19 club championships at

One of the early multiple winners of the Maryland Open was PGA Professional, Albert Houghton from Glen Echo, Maryland. Known as the “Silver Fox”, Al was initially exposed to the game when he caddied at the age of 10 for President Woodrow Wilson. In the ’20s, before turning pro, he won several Amateur Championships, including the D.C. Public Links and making it to the semi-finals of the USGA Public Links. Al was Kenwood’s second head professional, serving from 1931-1936 when h

Frank Emmet was born in Boston and graduated from Boston College. He moved to Chevy Chase, Maryland, and became business manager of the Georgetown Preparatory School, where he oversaw the design and construction of a nine-hole golf course. When the course opened in 1927, he invited high schools within a 100-mile radius to compete and thus born a junior golf league. This was the first step in what would become the largest junior golf program of its time in the United States. T

In 1955, John A. “Jack” Emich was elected to the MSGA Executive Committee, serving as Vice President. In 1960 he was elected President for one term. Following his term as President, he was elected Secretary to replace Emmet Gary, who acquired the permanent title of Secretary Emeritus in recognition of 30 continuous years of service. Mr. Emich served proudly until November 12, 1986, when a motion was passed by the Executive Committee to change his title to Executive Director.

Max Elbin was born and raised in Cumberland, Maryland, where he and his brother started in golf by shagging balls and caddying at Cumberland C.C. in 1930. By age thirteen, Max was playing the game and in short order, won the Cumberland C.C. Caddie Tournament in 1936. He also won Cumberland’s City Championship. At Allegany High School, where he was the Class President, Max played basketball, soccer, baseball and ran on the track team before graduating in 1938. Max turned prof

Anthony J. Cullinane, known as Perky, demonstrated his passion and natural talent for the game of golf by continuing to play, improve and compete well into his 80s. His golfing career began as a young boy playing with his father and brothers at Kenwood Golf and Country Club. As his family grew, he maintained his level of play and continued to compete both individually, and as a team player. Probably no one played in as many Maryland State Team matches as Perky, who competed

Mary Ann Downey Cooke was raised in Baltimore across the street from Hillsdale Golf Course, now called Forest Park. She attended Chestnut...

(Lutherville, MD – December 20, 2022) – 10 renowned figures in Maryland Golf will be inducted into the Maryland Golf Hall of Fame on...

On April 20, 2022, at Manor Country Club, the Maryland Golf Hall of Fame inducted its inaugural class. Chairman of the Maryland Golf Hall...

Fred McLeod came to the United States in 1903 from North Berwick, Scotland, at age 21. He was a Club Professional in the Mid-West prior...

Roland R. MacKenzie grew up in Washington, D.C., and took his first golf steps at Columbia County Club in Chevy Chase, MD. Columbia head...

Evelyn G. Glick, whose outstanding golf during the 1940s, ‘50s & ‘60s earned her the distinction of being known as the “Collector of...