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2022 LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup at Upper Montclair Country Club The Ladies Professional Golf Association returns to northern New Jersey from May 11 through 15 with the Cognizant Founders Cup, which will take place at historic Upper Montclair Country Club.

Golf fans can now visit www.thefounderslpga.com to purchase individual and week-long ticket packages, along with an assortment of hospitality options.

“The Cognizant Founders Cup is thrilled to return to northern New Jersey for a second straight year and play on one of the state’s premier golf courses as we celebrate the LPGA’s heritage in an event that will showcase the best professional golfers in the world,” said Tracy Hupko, manager of tournament sales and marketing for the Cognizant Founders Cup. “For golf fans interested in attending the event, we have several package options available for purchase, ranging from general admission to on-course hospitality. We’re also pleased to announce that general parking is included in all ticket purchases in 2022.”

New Jersey–based Cognizant, one of the world’s leading professional services companies, will continue to serve as title sponsor for the 2022 Cognizant Founders Cup. This marks the second consecutive year that golf’s best professional women players will visit Northern NJ to compete in the prestigious event that pays tribute to the 13 founding members of the LPGA, including surviving founders Marlene Bauer Hagge; founder Shirley Spork had planned to attend, but sadly died April 12.

The Cognizant Founders Cup offers a $3 million purse, which is the largest of any LPGA Tour event outside of the majors and the CME Group Tour Championship.

The 144-player field is expected to be filled with the tour’s most talented and accomplished players of today along with two special exemptions.

“As we head into year two of the partnership, we’re looking forward to furthering diversity and inclusion efforts in the sport of

All photos are courtesy of Cognizant Founders Cup and Upper Montclair Country Club.

27-hole championship layout. The acclaimed venue, which has hosted hundreds of the world’s best players over many decades, will challenge defending champion Jin Young Ko; major champion and world No. 2 Nelly Korda; and the elite field of LPGA Tour golfers.

“The membership of Upper Montclair Country Club is truly excited to welcome the LPGA back and host the Cognizant Founders Cup,” said Charlie Dimpfl, general manager and chief operating officer of Upper Montclair Country Club. “There is no greater supporter of women’s golf and the professional game than UMCC, and we expect today’s world-class women professionals will find our golf course as challengThe Ladies Professional Golf Association officially kicked off ticket sales ing — yet as fair — as their predecessors.” for the 2022 Cognizant Founders Cup on March 3 at Upper Montclair The LPGA is the world’s leading profesCountry Club in Clifton. From left are tournament director Scott Wood, sional golf organization for women. Foundcountry club President Dan Hines, tournament sales and marketing maned in 1950 and headquartered in Daytona ager Tracy Hupko, and Cognizant chief marketing officer Gaurav Chand.

Beach, Fla., the association celebrates a golf, just as we continue our work to serve as brand ambassadors throughout diverse and storied membership with more advance diversity and inclusion in the tech tournament week. These brand ambassa- than 2,300 members representing more industry,” said Gaurav Chand, chief market- dors will assist with all aspects of tourna- than 30 countries. With a vision to inspire, ing officer at Cognizant. “We’re privileged to ment operations, in both on-course and empower, educate and entertain by showbe able to use our platform to level the play- behind-the-scenes capacities for the casing the very best of women’s golf, LPGA ing field for girls and women who play this week-long event. Golf fans who purchase Tour professionals compete across the great game and assist the LPGA Tour in an LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup Brand globe, while the Epson Tour, the official building a stronger, more diverse platform Ambassador Package will receive an up- development and qualifying tour of the for the next generation of golfers.” close-and-personal experience with a LPGA, consistently produces a pipeline of General admission tickets, providing world-class professional golf tournament talent ready for the world stage. Additionaccess to the tournament grounds any day operation. As an integral part of the LPGA ally, LPGA professionals directly impact Wednesday through Sunday are $40, with team, brand ambassadors serve as the the game through teaching, coaching and a weekly five-day pass available for $125. conduit between the players, spectators, management. The LPGA demonstrates its Veterans, first responders, active military event operations and media covering the dedication to the development of the game and juniors ages 17 and younger receive tournament, delivering relevant informa- through The LPGA Foundation. Since 1991, free general admission. Hospitality pack- tion while providing important services this charitable organization has been comages, which begin at $150 per day, include and brand representatives. mitted to empowering and supporting girls access to the Drive On Pavilion on the 9th Upper Montclair Country Club is one and women through developmental, Green, a parking pass, continental break- of only a few country clubs worldwide humanitarian and golf community initiafast, lunch, afternoon snack, water, coffee, known to have hosted tournaments for all tives, including LPGA*USGA Girls Golf, soft drinks, beer and wine. Additional three professional golf tours, including the LPGA Women’s Network and the LPGA hospitality packages are available for indi- the LPGA in 1979 and 1980, 1983 and Amateur Golf Association. viduals and corporations seeking a more 1984, and 2007 through 2009. Long conFollow the LPGA on its U.S. television intimate experience. sidered one of New Jersey’s premier golf home, Golf Channel; online at To complement ticket packages, golf clubs, this legendary A.W. Tillinghast golf www.LPGA.com; on its mobile apps; and fans, local residents and supporters of course design underwent a major renova- on social media. Follow the Cognizant women’s golf are welcomed to visit the tion in the 1950s directed by Robert Trent Founders Cup at thefounderslpga.com Brand Ambassador Center and register Jones Sr., which transformed Upper and via social media on Facebook, Instaonline at https://tinyurl.com/5c447t8f to Montclair Country Club into its present gram and Twitter.

Parking, directions for the Cognizant Founders Cup On-site parking is included with all ticket purchases.

The following are driving directions to Upper Montclair Country Club: From the George Washington Bridge Take Route 80 West to the Garden State Parkway South. Exit the Parkway at Exit 153, a left-lane exit. After exiting 153 to Route 3 East, keep to the right. The UMCC entrance is on the right after going under the Garden State Parkway overpass.

From the Lincoln Tunnel Take Route 3 West approximately 12 miles to Clifton.

Take the Grove Street exit. At Grove Street turn left, going over Route 3. Turn right onto Route 3 East, pass-

ing a Parkway South entrance. The club entrance is on the right directly after going under the overpass.

From the N.J. Turnpike North and South Exit the Turnpike at Exit 16W and follow the signs to Route 3 West. Take the Grove Street exit. At Grove Street turn left, going over Route 3. Turn right onto Route 3 East, passing a Parkway South entrance. The club entrance is on the right directly after going under the overpass.

From Long Island Proceed to the George Washington Bridge. Take Route 80 West to the Garden State Parkway South. Exit the Parkway at Exit 153, a left-lane exit. After exiting 153

to Route 3 East, keep to the right. The UMCC entrance is on the right after going under the Garden State Parkway overpass.

From Parsippany and the west Take Route 80 East to Route 46 East. Take Route 46 East until it splits; bear right onto Route 3 East and pass a Parkway South entrance. The club entrance is on the right directly after going under the overpass.

From Wayne Take Route 23 South to Route 46 East. Take Route 46 East until it splits; bear right onto Route 3 East and pass a Parkway South entrance. The club entrance is on the right directly after going under the overpass.

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Golfing pioneers: celebrating the LPGA’s founders The LPGA owes its long and distinguished history to the hard work and commitment of its 13 founding members.

These trailblazers are responsible for creating one of the most successful women’s sports organizations in history and were dedicated to golf as a game and a career.

They “did it all” back then: planned and organized the golf tournaments, drafted the bylaws, supervised membership, set up the courses, and much more.

The LPGA recognizes the sacrifice and devotion of this group of distinguished women and honors them through several respects, including the annual LPGA Tour event, the Founders Cup. In these pages, learn more about the LPGA’s 13 founders.

Alice Bauer (1927-2002) Rookie year: 1950 Career earnings: $26,156 At the age of 22, Bauer became one of 13 founders of the LPGA Tour in 1950. As one of the “moms on tour” at the time, Bauer was one of the first to travel to golf tournaments with her two children. Being a mother was her first priority; therefore she only played on the tour occasionally.

She had an outstanding amateur career, was voted South Dakota’s Amateur Women of the Year when she was 14 years old and won the South Dakota Amateur title.

She was accompanied by her sister, Marlene Bauer Hagge, as LPGA founding members and together they were widely known in golf circles because of their history as prodigy performers in the game.

Bauer never won on the LPGA Tour, but she forced a playoff against Marilynn Smith in the 1955 Heart of America tournament. In 1956, she finished 14th on the LPGA’s season money list.

Patty Berg (1918-2006) Turned pro: 1940 LPGA victories: 60 Career earnings: $190,760 Nicknamed “Dynamite” in the early ages of the LPGA Tour, Berg was one of the most dominant players of the 13 founders. To this day, she is credited with more wins in women’s majors than any other golfer, topping off at 15 championship titles.

Berg’s golf career began well before the formation of the tour with eight majors before 1950. She was a major force on the course during the first decade of the LPGA Tour, winning majors, money titles and scoring titles. Because of her stellar play during her career, she was in the first class inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974.

All her life, Berg remained an ambassador for the game she loved, playing recreationally with friends well through her 70s and conducting more than 10,000 golf clinics in her lifetime. The LPGA annually awards the Patty Berg Award, established in 1978, to “the lady golfer who has made the greatest contribution to women’s golf during the year.”

teur. Later that year, she joined Wilson Sporting Goods as a staff professional, along with fellow future LPGA Tour cofounders Opal Hill and Helen Hicks; Patty Berg followed in 1940.

Dettweiler was instrumental in getting the Women’s Professional Golf Association off the ground in 1947, later serving as the vice president of the LPGA when it was formed in 1950. While she was there for the LPGA’s beginning, Dettweiler left the tour in the early years to teach golf, returning to California to become the head professional at Indian Palms.

Marlene Bauer Hagge

(1934- ) Rookie year: 1950 LPGA victories: 23 Bettye Danoff Career earnings: $481,032 (1923-2011) Hagge and Rookie year: 1950 her sister, Alice Known to Bauer, got an the founding early start in members of the golf at age 3, LPGA Tour as thanks to golf “Mighty Mite,” pro father, the shortDave Bauer. In statured fact, their Danoff joined father billed the tour with them as “The an impressive Bauer Sisters” golf resume. in golf exhibitions around the country in She began the mid-1940s. By age 10, Hagge had won playing golf at an early age after her fami- California’s Long Beach City Boys Junior ly opened its own driving range and nine- Championship and, by age 13, she had hole golf course. She won four straight captured crowns at the Western and Dallas Women’s Golf Association Cham- National Junior Championships, the Los pionships from 1945 through 1948, the Angeles Women’s City Championship, the women’s division of the Texas PGA in Palm Springs Women’s Championship 1945 and 1946, and the Texas Women’s and the Northern California Open. Just Amateur in 1947 and 1948. before her 16th birthday, she joined the Although she was winless on the LPGA LPGA Tour in 1950 to launch her profesTour, she still played a huge role in its for- sional career. mation. She earned her the LPGA ComFrom 1952 through 1972, Bauer missioners Award in 2000, which honors recorded 26 victories and was voted into a person or organization who has con- the LPGA and World Golf Halls of Fame tributed uniquely to the LPGA and its in 2002, through the Veteran’s Category members, who has furthered the cause of ballot. One of the 13 founding members of women’s golf, and whose character and the LPGA, Bauer will long be recognized standards are of the highest order. for her longevity, playing in each of the LPGA Tour’s first five decades. The petite Helen Dettweiler blonde will also be remembered as the player who brought a splash of California (1914-1990) glamour to the LPGA Tour.

Rookie year: 1950 Growing up in a family of Helen Hicks golfers in the (1911-1974) Washington, LPGA victories: 2 D.C., area, DetH i c k s tweiler gradulaunched her ated from Tringolf career with ity College with several top degrees in hisamateur wins, tory and Engincluding a viclish and headed tory over legto Florida to launch a golf career with money her endary Amerigrandmother had given her as a gradua- can amateur tion present. Dettweiler won the first Glenna Collett tournament she entered, capturing the Vare at the 1939 Women’s Western Open as an ama- 1929 Women’s

Canadian Open. She recorded two other key wins at the 1931 Women’s Eastern Championship and at the 1931 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, where, once again, she defeated Vare in the finals.

Known for her length and strength, as well as her non-classic reported “baseball swing,” Hicks was also the first woman to have signature Wilson golf clubs bearing her name. The company actually gave her the title of “business woman golfer” and sent her out on the road to engage customers with the power of her game and her big personality. Hicks then helped train future LPGA co-founders and Wilson staff members Opal Hill and Patty Berg on how to conduct golf clinics.

Opal Hill (1892-1981) Rookie year: 1950 LPGA victories: 2 Hill began playing golf at age 31, when physicians urged her to add gentle exercise as she battled a longtime kidney ailment. At one point, she was told she only had three years to live. She not only conquered her illness, but grew to love the game, ultimately winning the Kansas City Championship nine times, capturing three Doherty Cup titles, being the 1928 North and South Women’s Amateur champion and being named to four U.S. Curtis Cup teams.

She was sometimes called “the matriarch of women’s golf” because she entered the game late and was older than many of her fellow competitors. She was the first LPGA Teaching and Club Professional honorary member from the Midwestern Section. Hill also was the first recipient of the National Golf Foundation’s Joe Graffis Award and was a member of the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.

Betty Jameson (1919-2009) Rookie year: 1950 LPGA victories: 13 LPGA earnings: $91,740 Jameson established her reputation as a top American amateur long before she became one of the LPGA’s 13 founders. The lanky player, who possessed what her peers See THIRTEEN, Page 6

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Thirteen founders made their LPGA dream a reality (Continued from Page 4) called “the perfect golf grip” and a “natural beauty,” won 14 top amateur titles, including the 1939 and 1940 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships. In 1942, she became the first player to win the Western Women’s Open and the Western Women’s Amateur in the same year. Her amateur career had been launched when she won the 1932 Texas Publinx Title at age 13.

Jameson turned pro in 1945, and won seven times prior to the start of the LPGA. Two years after her professional debut, she won the 1947 U.S. Women’s Open with a 295 total. That score marked the first time a woman had scored lower than 300 for a 72-hole tournament. She went on to win 13 LPGA tournaments, including three major championships, and was one of the LPGA’s first six Hall of Fame inductees.

Jameson’s greatest legacy is the Vare Trophy, which she donated in 1952, in the name of her idol, American amateur star, Glenna Collett Vare. It was the idea of this freethinking player to institute the concept of the Vare Trophy, which continues to be awarded to the LPGA Tour player with the lowest scoring average each year.

Sally Sessions (1923-1966) Rookie year: 1947 Growing up in North Muskegon, Mich., Sessions was a gifted athlete in both tennis and golf.

She won the Michigan State Tennis Championship at age 16, and won both the city of Muskegon’s tennis and golf championships on the same day in 1942. Eventually, however, Sessions directed her focus solely toward golf. She won the 1946 Michigan Women’s State Championship and in 1947 became the first woman to break par-72 at Pinehurst Country Club in Pinehurst, N.C., with a score of 69. That same year and playing as an amateur, she finished as runner-up to Betty Jameson at the 1947 U.S. Women’s Open Championship, also adding a win at the 1947 Mexican Women’s Open.

A year later, Sessions turned pro, tying for 10th at the 1948 U.S. Women’s Open.

She recorded a fifth-place finish at the 1949 Tam O’Shanter All-American tournament. Just like many other women professionals of her time, she became a staff professional for Wilson Sporting Goods and performed clinics and exhibitions around the country as a member of the Wilson staff. She never won on the LPGA Tour during her brief golf career, but Sessions served as the association’s first secretary.

Marilynn Smith (1929-2019) Rookie year: 1950 LPGA victories: 21 LPGA earnings: $296,258 Smith was known as “Miss Personality” and the “LPGA’s goodwill ambassador” on the LPGA Tour in its early years.

And it was Smith, wearing pearls and heels, who was often pushed out to adlib the LPGA’s earliest public relations efforts in front of fans, sponsors and the media.

Accompanied by her fellow pros, she would often hit balls from home plate to the outfield and invite fans at Major League Baseball parks to come watch the local LPGA tournament. Once, she even attended a boxing match with the goal of reminding fans between rounds to attend that week’s LPGA event; unfortunately, the grueling nature of the sport made Smith swoon and one of her fellow pros had to jump into the blood-splattered ring to invite boxing fans to come watch women’s golf.

But while Smith was a true girl-nextdoor native of Topeka, Kansa, who called herself “just an ordinary gal from the Kansas prairie who has lived an extraordinary life,” she was a solid competitor on the LPGA Tour from 1957 to 1976, playing a more limited schedule until 1985. During that time, Smith won 21 tournaments, including two major championships at the 1963 and 1964 Titleholders Championships. Her first LPGA win came at the 1954 Fort Wayne Open in Indiana, with her final professional title notched at the 1972 Pabst Ladies Classic. She recorded nine top-10 finishes on the LPGA’s money list from 1961 through 1972.

Shirley Spork (1927-2022) Rookie year: 1946 Spork was always a player with a keen eye for golf swing technique, leading her to become one of six inaugural members of the LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals Hall of Fame. Spork graduated from Eastern Michigan University, where she won the first-ever National Collegiate Championship in 1947, which was the equivalent of today’s NCAA Championship. A teacher at heart, she was the Western educational

director for the National Golf Foundation for seven years and taught golf in the early 1950s at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Typical at that time, she spent the summer months competing on the LPGA Tour and the winter months teaching golf in the California desert.

In 1959, Spork helped found the LPGA’s teaching division along with Marilynn Smith, Betty Hicks and Barbara Rotvig. She was named LPGA National Teacher of the Year in both 1959 and 1984. She also served as the LPGA’s Teaching and Club Professionals chairperson for eight years. But Spork could also hit the shots, finishing among the top 10 on the LPGA’s money list in 1950, placing second in the 1962 LPGA Championship and fourth in the Carling Eastern Open that year. Widely considered the LPGA’s resident “trick-shot artist,” Spork would please crowds with golf shots on command and entertain fans in clinics wherever the tour traveled.

Louise Suggs (1923-2015) Rookie year: 1950 LPGA victories: 58 LPGA earnings: $190,475 S u g g s always let her clubs do the talking. Nicknamed “The Little Hogan” by the media in the early years, Suggs brought a sparkling amateur career with her to the newly formed professional golf association. The Georgia native was no stranger to golf fans, as she had wowed media and galleries throughout the 1940s with amateur wins that included two Georgia State Amateur Championships, wins at the 1941 and 1947 Southern Amateur Championship, three wins at the North and South Women’s Amateur Championship, the 1947 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship, and the 1948 Women’s British Amateur Championship, as well as being a member of the 1948 U.S. Curtis Cup team.

Suggs is credited with 58 LPGA career wins and 11 major championships. In 1957, she won the Vare Trophy for low scoring average and also became the LPGA’s first player to complete the career grand slam, which included the U.S. Women’s Open, the LPGA Championship, the Western Open and the Titleholders Championship, at that time. Suggs became one of the six inaugural inductees of the LPGA Hall of Fame, as well as a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, and the LPGA’s Teaching and Club Professionals Hall of Fame. Over the years, she was honored with numerous awards, including the Patty Berg Award in 2000, the 2007 Bob Jones Award for “distin-

guished sportsmanship in golf,” and the William D. Richardson Award in 2008, which recognizes “individuals who have consistently made an outstanding contribution to golf.”

Babe Zaharias (1911-1956) Rookie year: 1950 LPGA victories: 36 LPGA earnings: $66,237 Mildred Ella Didriksen was born in 1911 as the child of Norwegian immigrants who settled in Port Arthur, Texas. But this LPGA and World Golf Hall of Fame member became better known as “The Babe” during her lifetime in sports. Moreover, she was the centerpiece for the LPGA Tour in its early days.

Zaharias was an Olympian who was often called the “greatest female athlete in history.” She starred in track and field, winning gold medals and setting or tying world records in the 80-meter hurdles and the javelin, and winning the silver medal in the high jump at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Calif. She also was an All-American basketball player, earning her nickname after hitting five home runs in a single baseball game in the style of home run king Babe Ruth, and was said to have been equally adept in tennis, bowling, billiards, diving and roller skating.

But it was golf, and specifically the LPGA, where Zaharias made her final mark. She began focusing on golf in 1934, and won her second tournament a year later at the 1935 Texas Women’s Invitational. Two weeks later, the USGA ruled that she was a professional athlete because of her earnings in baseball and basketball, but she regained her amateur status in 1943, and won 17 amateur events from 1946-47, including the 1946 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship and the 1947 Women’s British Amateur Championship. She turned professional in August 1947. Her swaggering style and athleticism gave her 41 professional wins, with 10 victories prior to the LPGA’s start in 1950, with 36 professional titles on the LPGA Tour, including 10 major championships. She still holds the LPGA’s record as the player who reached 10 wins, 20 wins and 30 wins the fastest.

The LPGA owes so much to these pioneering women, who used their voices and athletic ability to create an enduring legacy. As this year’s phenomenal golfers compete in the Cognizant Founders Cup, take a moment to remember and honor these incredible, trailblazing women.

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The LPGA*USGA Girls Golf Program is the primary beneficiary of the Cognizant Founders Cup. The Founders Cup is an innovative tournament created to honor the 13 women who founded the LPGA more than 70 years ago. In just its first six years, the Founders Cup raised almost $4 million for the Girls Golf Program. Those and future donations have allowed Girls Golf to add 34 new sites and support growing locations that doubled in size.

They have also been able to support new and existing sites with additional marketing materials, signage and event support.

The LPGA*USGA Girls Golf Program was established in 1989 to provide an opportunity for girls, ages 7 to 17, to learn to play golf, build lasting friendships, and experience competition in a fun, supportive environment. This program also teaches them life skills through golf, such as patience, respect, honesty, confidence, focus and determination, which will bene-

fit them in the challenges they face in future. The Girls Golf Program puts emphasis on illustrating five main elements through teachings and friendly competition, which are also known as “The 5 E’s.”

• Empower: We empower our girls to feel they can accomplish their goals.

• Enrich: We enrich their lives by teaching them a game they can play and enjoy with friends for a lifetime.

• Engage: We engage the girls to become involved and make a difference in their communities.

• Exercise: We exercise their minds and bodies and help them realize their potential.

• Energize: We energize them with our vitality and enthusiasm by sharing our love for the game.

To learn more about the LPGA*USGA Girls Golf Program, visit https://www.girlsgolf.org/home.

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Looking back at past winners of the Founders Cup Past winners of the Cognizant Founders Cup are: • 2021: Jin Young Ko with a score of 63-68-69-66=266(-18). Rookie year: 2018. Age: 26. Career stats: Rolex ranking, 1; Race to CME Globe ranking, 10; career earnings, $9,449,953; career top 10s, 45; and career victories, 13. 2021 rankings: Race to CME Globe, 1; official money list, 1; average driving distance, 71; driving accuracy, 13; greens in regulation, 2; putts per GIR, 6; putting average, 19; sand saves, 90; scoring average, 2; rounds under par, 1; birdies, 7; eagles, 83; rounds in the 60s, 2; sub-par holes, 10; holes in one, NA; total rounds played,

56; and total events played, 77.

• 2019: Ko with a score of 65-72-6465=266(-22). 2019 rankings: Race to CME Globe, 1; official money list, 1; average driving distance, 76; driving accuracy, 9; greens in regulation, 1; putts per GIR, 5; putting average, 49; sand saves, 107; scoring average, 1; rounds under par, 1; birdies, 14; eagles, 33; rounds in the 60s, 1; sub-par holes, 15; holes in one, NA; total rounds played, 36; and total events played, 58.

• 2018: Inbee Park with a score of 6871-63-67=269(-19). Rookie year: 2007.

Age: 33. Career stats: Rolex ranking, 9; Race to CME Globe ranking, 22; career

earnings, $18,072,653; career top 10s, 118; and career victories, 21. 2018 rankings: Race to CME Globe, 17; official money list, 15; average driving distance, 125; driving accuracy, 17; greens in regulation, 29; putts per GIR, 3; putting average, 15; sand saves, 17; scoring average, 11; rounds under par, 5; birdies, 95; eagles, 108; rounds in the 60s, 12; sub-par holes, 95; holes in one, NA; total rounds played, 122; and total events played, 148.

• 2017: Anna Nordqvist with a score of 67-67-61-68=263(-25). Rookie year: 2009. Age: 34. Career stats: Rolex ranking, 20; Race to CME Globe ranking, 60; career earnings, $10,953,489; career top

10s, 75; and career victories, 9. 2017 rankings: Race to CME Globe, 10; official money list, 8; average driving distance, 68; driving accuracy, 8; greens in regulation, 3; putts per GIR, 58; putting average, 137; sand saves, 156; scoring average, 17; rounds under par, 21; birdies, 69; eagles, 13; rounds in the 60s, 37; sub-par holes, 69; holes in one, 3; total rounds played, 74; and total events played, 100.

• 2016: Sei Young Kim with a score of 63-66-70-62=261(-27). Rookie year: 2015. Age: 29. Career stats: Rolex ranking, 11; Race to CME Globe ranking, 47; career earnings, $11,104,641; career top See WEBB, Page 11

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• 2015: Hyo Joo Kim with a score of 6569-66-67=267(-21). Rookie year: 2015.

Age: 26. Career stats: Rolex ranking, 8; Race to CME Globe ranking, 8; career earnings, $5,556,833; career top 10s, 45;

and career victories, 5. 2015 rankings: Race to CME Globe, 11; official money list, 13; average driving distance, 85; driving accuracy, 39; greens in regulation, 32; putts per GIR, 8; putting average, 7; sand saves, 2; scoring average, 5; rounds under par, 5; birdies, 16; eagles, 26; rounds in the 60s, 4; sub-par holes, 16; holes in one, 1; total rounds played, 39; and total events played, 53.

• 2014: Karrie Webb with a score of 6671-69-63=269(-19). Rookie year: 1996. Age: 47. Career stats: Rolex ranking, 836; Race to CME Globe ranking, 135; career earnings, $20,276,503; career top 10s, 207; See KO LOOKING, Page 12

Karrie Webb won the inaugural Cognizant Founders Cup in 2011, as well as the 2014 tournament.

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Ko looking for three-peat win at 2022 tournament (Continued from Page 11) and career victories, 41. 2014 rankings: Race to CME Globe, 9; official money list, 8; average driving distance, 73; driving accuracy, 14; greens in regulation, 28; putts per GIR, 24; putting average, 25; sand saves, 1; scoring average, 12; rounds under par, 10; birdies, 60; eagles, 25; rounds in the 60s, 27; sub-par holes, 60; holes in one, 3; total rounds played, 68; and total events played, 84.

• 2013: Stacy Lewis with a score of 68-65-68-64=265(23). Rookie year: 2009. Age: 37. Career stats: Rolex ranking, 51; Race to CME Globe ranking, 31; career earnings, $14,012,824; career top 10s, 117; and career victories, 13.

2013 rankings: official money list, 3; average driving distance, 22; driving accuracy, 30; greens in regulation, 3; putts per GIR, 2; putting average, 16; sand saves, 86; scoring average, 1; rounds under par, 1; birdies, 1; eagles, 4; rounds in the 60s, 2; sub-par holes, 1; holes in one, NA; total rounds played, 3; and total events played, 4.

• 2012: Yani Tseng with a score of 65-70-67-68=270(18). Rookie year: 2008. Age: 33. Career stats: Rolex ranking, NA; Race to CME Globe ranking, NA; career earnings, $10,551,388; career top 10s, 68; and career victories, 15.

2012 rankings: official money list, 4; average driving distance, 5; driving accuracy, 155; greens in regulation, 35; putts per GIR, 6; putting average, 20; sand saves, 66; scoring average, 15; rounds under par, 14; birdies, 6; eagles, 2; rounds in the 60s, 13; sub-par holes, 4; holes in one, NA; total rounds played, 23; and total events played, 21.

• 2011: Webb with a score of 71-67-66=204(-12). 2011 rankings: official money list, 14; average driving distance, 54; driving accuracy, 39; greens in regulation, 21; putts per GIR, 49; putting average, 84; sand saves, 19; scoring average, 17; rounds under par, 18; birdies, 13; eagles, 51; rounds in the 60s, 34; sub-par holes, 116; holes in one, NA; total rounds played, 23; and total events played, 33.

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History and tradition at Upper Montclair Country Club Upper Montclair Country Club, located less than an hour from New York City, has a long standing and rich history dating back to the 20th Century.

April 1901: the beginning At the turn of the 20th century, a small group of golfers playing on a rudimentary 5-hole golf course in a Montclair meadow merged with a social organization called the Upper Ten Club. Thus was formed the Upper Montclair Country Club in 1901. The first recorded meeting was held at the Inwood Tennis Club on April 15, 1901. That same year, four new holes were added to the original five. Circa 1912, property was

purchased across Broad Street from the Hepburn family farm, from which the club owes its present mailing address.

1929: the early stages By the early 1920s, after land had been acquired in the area of the present site, the legendary A.W. Tillinghast designed an 18-hole golf course and a brand new clubhouse started construction in 1928.

The clubhouse opened on Nov. 9, 1929, just weeks after “Black Friday,” the day the stock market crashed and signaled the beginning of the Great Depression.

1950-2000s: championship designs In the 1950s a major golf course reno-

vation was directed by Robert Trent Jones Sr., which transformed the Upper Montclair Country Club into the present 27-hole championship design. Starting with the Thunderbird Classic in 1962, Upper Montclair Country Club was the host of many professional tours through 2009. UMCC is one of only a few country clubs worldwide known to have hosted tournaments for all three Professional Golf Associations.

2011: continued improvements Most recently in 2011 the club completed a master plan golf course renovation project that included installing a new stateof-the-art drainage and irrigation system,

while reshaping and restoring all of the bunkers throughout the 27-hole facility.

Present day: going strong The clubhouse has continually been updated over the years to maintain the history and charm of the 1926 clubhouse, while modernizing to meet members’ needs. All rooms in the clubhouse have been renovated in the past few years and, in 2013, the country club finished a major state-of-the-art kitchen renovation.

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Remembering Shirley Spork, two times a trailblazer

By Ron Sirak Precious few are true pioneers in their passion, but Shirley Spork was twice a trailblazer in the sport she loved: golf. In 1950, she was one of 13 founders of the LPGA. A decade later, Spork almost single-handedly created the LPGA Teaching & Club Professionals division.

Spork, who died in Palm Springs, Calif., on April 12 at the age of 94, was born at the peak of the Roaring ’20s, raised during the depths of the Great Depression and matured as a golfer during the turmoil of World War II. She was a daughter of The Greatest Generation, and she did it proud.

As important as Spork was in founding the LPGA, she had an even greater impact as a coach and as a coach of coaches. She literally wrote the book on how to teach the game and was especially innovative in tailoring instruction methods to the specific needs of women, remaining a coach into her 90s.

“Becoming a founding member of both the LPGA Tour and the LPGA Teaching Division were highlights along the road,” Spork wrote in her book, “From Tee to Green.”

“My journey reminds me of a sticker we had in our motorhome… ‘Been There – Done That,’” Spork wrote. “So true! I certainly have been blessed to see and do a lot in my life. A great big thank you to all who support this great game we call golf.”

Shirley Spork was one of the 13 founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, leaving a lasting impact on women’s golf. She also impacted countless individual golfers as a coach and coach of coaches.

A longtime resident of Palm Desert, Calif., Spork was on hand each year at the ANA Inspiration tournament at Mission Hills and, from its inception in 2011,

Spork was a fixture at the Cognizant Founders Cup, greeting players as they came off the 18th green, often adding a swing tip to her handshake.

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Shirley Spork will be missed, but her legacy lives on (Continued from Page 16) with the game,” said Hall of Fame member Karrie Webb, who won the inaugural Founders Cup in 2011 and again in 2014.

“When she’s at an LPGA event you will always find her on the range watching all the girls, getting to know them and maybe even giving a tip or two.”

The road to the LPGA for Spork started in the industrial Midwest during the dark days of the Great Depression. Her family lived off the 17th fairway of Bonnie Brook Golf Course near Detroit, Mich., where they moved after her father lost his job and exchanged caretaker work for free rent.

The little red-haired girl bought her first golf club when she was 12, a putter she got for $1 with money earned from selling golf balls she found. Then Spork endured the laughter of the boys who caddied at Bonnie Brook because she used that putter to hit full shots. But it was her only choice; it was her only club.

That humiliating experience inspired one of the most consequential journeys golf has known. With the echo of laughter ringing in her ears, Spork began a lifelong fight for her gender and for the game of golf.

Spork was born in 1927, a year when Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs, Gene Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey, and Bobby Jones won twin titles in golf, as did Helen Wills Moody in tennis.

Two years later, the world’s economy collapsed. Spork’s relentless work ethic

and undying commitment to a sense of fairness were molded by the tough times in which she came of age — the Great Depression and World War II. Bonnie Brook was the perfect place for Spork to grow up. She was a natural athlete and picked up golf quickly. Eventually, Otto Hinds, the pro at Bonnie Brook, aware she was sneaking onto the course with her one club, gave her a 3-, 5-, 7- and 9-iron.

With that primitive set on her shoulder, Spork would ride her bicycle to Redford Golf Club where the Detroit Free Press sponsored free lessons for juniors.

By her mid-teens, she was winning regional tournaments.

Then came a crucial decision, not just for Spork but for golf. She entered Michigan State Normal School, now Eastern Michigan University. She won the 1947 Women’s National Collegiate Golf Tournament, but more importantly she studied to be a physical education instructor and learned how to teach.

On May 6, 1950, while teaching in the Detroit public school system, Spork turned pro and became one of the 13 women who signed the original charter of the Ladies Professional Golf Association.

That fall she began teaching at Bowling Green State University in Ohio while also studying for her master’s degree, teaching Monday through Thursday and playing LPGA events Friday through Sunday.

While Spork competed regularly on the LPGA in those early years, she was always a teacher at heart. She was mentored by PGA professional Joey Rey at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa Cruz, Calif., who got Spork her first head pro job at Ukiah Municipal Golf Course.

By 1955, Spork was coaching at Tamarisk Country Club near Palm Springs. In 1959, she convinced the LPGA to create the LPGA Teaching & Club Professionals division — the decision passing by one vote.

In 1983, the first LPGA Teaching Division National Championship was held and now the top eight finishers in that tournament earn spots into the field of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Coaching was Spork’s prime passion.

In 1960, the first LPGA National Golf School was held at the University of Michigan to educate coaches on how to teach the game to women. In the 1970s, she worked with Gary Wiren, director of education for the PGA, to make it possible for apprentices to get PGA credits while working for an LPGA pro. She also worked for the National Golf Foundation to create the Golf Teaching Kit, a guide for coaches.

Spork was one of only two people to be named LPGA Teacher of the Year twice — and she earned those prestigious honors 25 years apart.

“Through the years I have met a lot of people and made a lot of dear friends,”

Spork said. “It was fun to go to work every day and teach because people who came to me wanted to learn how to play. Learning to play the game of golf is like eating an elephant. It’s overwhelming unless you eat just one bite at a time and slowly digest it.”

It was a meal Spork never finished, savoring every bite.

“I have played golf for almost 80 years, and in my life, I have eaten probably sixeighths of the elephant,” she said. “Hopefully, I’ll have time to work on that one next bite.”

Throughout her life, Shirley preached the gospel of golf, instructing and inspiring generations how to bring the game to new players. Her keen insight, kind soul and comforting wit made her a joy to be around.

LPGA founder and trailblazing teacher Shirley Spork was twice a pioneer — and that made her one of a kind.

Ron Sirak is recipient of the PGA of America Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award and the LPGA Media Excellence Award.

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Everything to know about the golf course at UMCC Just more than two years after she won the 2019 Cognizant Founders Cup, Rolex Rankings No. 1 Jin Young Ko successfully defended that title, routing the field for a wireto-wire, 18-under par performance at the 2021 edition, held at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell.

Some important facts for this year’s tournament: • Race to the CME Globe: 500 points.

• Format: 72 holes.

• Purse: $3 million.

• Par: 71.

• Yardage: 6,656.

The following is the hole descriptions for the front nine: • Hole 1: The first hole of the tournament course is 385 yards. This straight, medium-length par-4 features three very large fairway bunkers that collect errant tee shots. A small, bunkered green awaits an accurate approach.

• Hole 2: The second hole is a long, split fairway, par5, though precise tee shot will leave you a chance to get home in two. But don’t try to run the ball on the green, or this large greenside bunker will leave you with a challenging third shot.

• Hole 3: Par-4 and perhaps the most difficult tee shot on the tournament course is the 3rd hole. This hole requires an accurate tee shot to a fairway that bends from right to left. A three-tiered green will challenge your approach shot if you expect a realistic chance at a birdie.

• Hole 4: The par-3, 4th hole has one of the more challenging greens on the course. After a mid-iron tee shot, you must successfully negotiate the undulations and contours of this green to secure a par.

• Hole 5: The final par-5 on the front nine demands a straight tee shot, with desert areas on both sides of the fairway. Depending on the pin placement, you must decide which side of the split fairway you will hit your

second shot into, which will allow easy access to this large contoured green. A well-played third shot may provide a chance at a birdie on this scenic par-5.

• Hole 6: The second par-3 on the course is the 6th hole. A long iron is needed to reach the green, which has multiple levels and is sloped from back to front.

• Hole 7: The short, par-4, 7th hole requires accuracy off of the tee, which will set up a short-iron to this

demanding green. Several greenside bunkers guard this green and a severe slant from back to front makes a birdie putt difficult to attain.

• Hole 8: Perhaps the most difficult hole on the front nine is this par-4. If your tee shot manages to avoid the desert areas, you are left with a long approach and must negotiate the lake on the right side of the green. A See WHAT COMPETITORS, Page 19

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What competitors will face (Continued from Page 18) challenging green will make you work for your par.

• Hole 9: The 9th hole on the course is a straight par-4 that features a very large fairway bunker that will penalize errant tee shots. A mid-iron approach must find the correct level of this large, two-tiered green.

The following is the hole descriptions for the back nine: • Hole 10: The 10th hole is a long par-4 with a slight dogleg to the right. If you find the bunker that is 40 yards short of the green, you can amass a large number of this hole. Perhaps the most undulating green on the golf course, the 10th green will challenge even the best putting strokes.

• Hole 11: The three fairway bunkers on the par-5, 11th hole provide for the narrowest tee shot on the golf course. A successful layup must stay clear of a bunker that sits 60 yards from the green. Your third shot must find the correct section of this triangle-shaped green in order to have a realistic birdie chance.

• Hole 12: The 478-yard, par-4, 12th hole is a demanding hole. If your tee shot finds the short grass, don’t be fooled on your approach by the bunker that sits 20 yards short of the green. Although the undulations on the 12th green are subtle, this green is slippery and is very easy to 3-putt.

• Hole 13: Hit a long-iron or fairway wood to the 100-yard to 120-yard range and you are off to a good start on the par-

4, 13th hole. Judging the correct distance on your second shot to this uphill green will prove to be a challenge. This green slopes from right to left, so be careful with those downhill putts.

• Hole 14: At 214 yards, the par-3, 14th hole is one of many challenging holes on the inward nine. Once you have found the putting surface, this green will challenge you with its slopes and deceiving breaks.

• Hole 15: The 15th hole is a 485-yard par-5. With a desert area down the entire left side, the fairway is wide enough to be aggressive. A well-protected green will provide a reasonable birdie try to those who play it smart.

• Hole 16: A true risk-reward hole, this 314-yard par-4 will give you a few options. A layup with a mid- or long-iron will leave you with a short approach to this well-guarded green. If you try to drive the green from the tee, plenty of deep bunkers await an off-line shot. Scores frequently range from eagle to double-bogey on this short par-4.

• Hole 17: The 17th hole is a mediumsized par-3 that provides an opportunity for a birdie. However, once you find the putting surface, this multi-tiered green may turn your birdie putt into a bogey putt.

• Hole 18: The finishing hole is a 420yard par-4 that features a desert area along the entire left side. If you manage to avoid the fairway and greenside bunkers, this fairly flat green will give you a true run at birdie.

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