Maureen Orcutt
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United States
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amateur golf
Golf
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er and reporter for the New York Times.
Born in New York City
New York City
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, Orcutt made it to the finals of the 1927 U.S. Women's Amateur
United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship
The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association . Female amateurs from all nations are eligible to compete...
but lost to Miriam Burns Horn. In 1928 and 1931 she won the tournament Medal for the lowest score and in 1932 tied for the honor. Married to John D. Crews and living in Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
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, she lost in the 1936 U.S. finals to Pamela Barton
Pamela Barton
Pamela Espeut "Pam" Barton was an English amateur golfer. Known as "Pam," she was born in the London suburb of Barnes, the daughter of Henry Charles Johnston Barton and Ethel Maude Barton....
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Orcutt won the Women's Eastern Amateur a record seven times. Her first win came in 1925 and the seventh win in 1949, 24 years later. She played on four Curtis Cup
Curtis Cup
The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match . It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and the Ladies Golf Union and is contested by teams representing the United States and "Great Britain and Ireland"...
teams, winning three and tying one. She won the Canadian Women's Amateur
Canadian Women's Amateur
The Canadian Women's Amateur is Canada's annual national amateur golf tournament for women. It is open to women from all countries and is played at a different course each year.-Winners:*2011 Rebecca Lee-Bentham*2010 Sydnee Michaels*2009 Jennifer Kirby...
twice and the North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst Resort
Pinehurst Resort
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three times in a row between 1931 and 1933. She returned to Pinehurst and won the North and South Senior Woman's Amateur in 1960, 1961 and 1962 and in 2002 was named honorary chairwoman of the prestigious tournament's 100th anniversary.
Orcutt became a sportswriter on golfing matters in the 1920s and eventually became only the second female sports reporter to work for the New York Times when she took over from Maribel Vinson. She finished her competitive career with 65 tournament victories, and played the game of golf until the age of 87 when knee problems forced her to stop.
She was inducted into the New York State Hall of Fame in 1991...to quote from the program, "Perhaps no competitor in any major sport has been a significant factor for so long in top level play". She won tournaments in seven decades.
She resided at the Carolina House assisted living facility in Durham, North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
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, and died there at the age of 99 in 2007. She had previously been a resident of Haworth, New Jersey
Haworth, New Jersey
Haworth is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 3,382.Haworth was formed by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 24, 1904, from portions of both Dumont and Harrington Townships.-Geography:Haworth is...
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Significant career wins
- Women's Eastern Amateur - 1925, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1938, 1947, 1949
- North and South Women's Amateur - 1931, 1932, 1933
- Curtis CupCurtis CupThe Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match . It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and the Ladies Golf Union and is contested by teams representing the United States and "Great Britain and Ireland"...
(team) - 1932, 1934, 1936 (tie), 1938 - Canadian Women's AmateurCanadian Women's AmateurThe Canadian Women's Amateur is Canada's annual national amateur golf tournament for women. It is open to women from all countries and is played at a different course each year.-Winners:*2011 Rebecca Lee-Bentham*2010 Sydnee Michaels*2009 Jennifer Kirby...
- 1930, 1931 - Metropolitan Women's Amateur - 10-time winner...her first win was in 1926 and her tenth win was in 1968
- U.S. Senior Women's Amateur - 1962, 1966