Polly Ann Riley (August 27, 1926 – March 13, 2002)[1][2] was an American amateur golfer.
Career
Riley won over 100 tournaments in her career.[1] Although she remained an amateur throughout her career, she won the first LPGA Tour event, the 1950 Tampa Open.[2][3][4]
Riley was runner-up in the 1953 U.S. Women's Amateur to Mary Lena Faulk.[5] She played on the U.S. Curtis Cup teams six times (1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958) and was the captain in 1962.[1]
She mistook golfer Ann Gregory for a maid at the Women's Amateur in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1963.[6][7]
Tournament wins
this list is incomplete
- 1947 Women's Trans-Mississippi Amateur
- 1948 Women's Southern Amateur, Women's Trans-Mississippi Amateur, Women's Texas Open
- 1950 Women's Southern Amateur, Women's Western Amateur, Tampa Open (LPGA Tour)
- 1951 Women's Southern Amateur
- 1952 Women's Western Amateur
- 1953 Women's Southern Amateur
- 1954 Women's Southern Amateur
- 1955 Women's Trans-Mississippi Amateur, Women's Texas Open
- 1961 Women's Southern Amateur
Team appearances
Amateur
- Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1948 (winners), 1950 (winners), 1952, 1954 (winners), 1956, 1958 (tie), 1962 (non-playing captain, winners)
References
- ^ a b c Elliott, Len; Barbara Kelly (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 161. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
- ^ a b "Polly Riley, 75, L.P.G.A.'s First Winner". The New York Times. March 20, 2002. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ^ "LPGA All-Time Winners List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 29, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1970-79
- ^ 1953 U.S. Women's Amateur
- ^ Sinnette, Calvin H. (February 7, 1999). "Merion Golf Club Black Members | Golf's ugly legacy". Baltimore Sun. p. 4. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
- ^ Glenn, Rhonda (February 2, 2005). "Pioneer Gregory Broke Color Barriers". USGA. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2015.