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of women’s golf in Pinehurst is Carolyn Cudone, who irst made her name known in Pinehurst in 1958 when she won the North & South Amateur against Barbara McIntire, Ann Casey Johnstone and Wifi Smith. Glenna Collett Vare, born in 1903, won her six U.S. Amateur titles in 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1930 and 1935. After winning three of her North & South Amateur titles, Vare would go on in those same years to win U.S. Amateur titles in 1922, 1929 and 1930. Vare was posthumously inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1975. The Vare Trophy is presented annually in the LPGA for the lowest cumulative scoring average of the year, instituted in 1958 to honor the legend- ary amateur. Fourth on the list of female titleholders in Pinehurst is Maureen Orcutt. Orcutt won three North & South Amateur titles in succession. She would later go on to win three consecutive North & South Senior titles. Orcutt’s three-peat in the North & South Amateur was from 1931 through 1933, and her North & South Senior titles were earned from 1961 through 1963. Barbara McIntire, one of the top-ranked amateurs of the 1950s and ’60s, proved her goling abilities by winning four North & South titles in the 1960s. The winner of the 1960, 1961, 1965 and 1969 events, McIntire would also distinguish her- self by winning the 1959 and 1964 U.S. Amateur titles and the 1960 British Amateur title. Ceil Maclaurin of Savannah, Ga., comes in at No. 6 on the list of tournament honorees in the history of women’s golf in Pinehurst. Maclaurin captured seven North & South Senior titles, with the irst coming in 1976. Eberhart Faber, known as the “Pencil King,” presented a runner-up trophy to Jean Bauer for the 1936-37 North and South. TUFTS ARCHIVES Right behind Maclaurin on the tournament accom- plishment list is Barbara Young, formerly of Westport, The most distinguished amateur career of Dorothy Campbell Hurd Howe saw the Conn., who later moved to Wilmington, N.C. Young and Maclaurin battled for numerous globe-trotting golfer play all over the world with much success. Howe was inducted into North and Senior titles. Young won six North & South Senior titles. the World Golf hall of Fame in 1978, along with the likes of Harold Hilton, Clifford Three members of various important Halls of Fame round out the list of the top 10 Roberts, Bing Crosby and Billy Casper. Her list of accomplishments is almost endless. women golfers from the irst 100 years of the history of Pinehurst. Taking liberties with our tournament winners, we include Peggy Kirk Bell on our list Louise Suggs, the winner of the 1942, 1946 and 1948 North & South Amateur of immortals. Bell was the winner of the 1949 North & South Amateur Championship Championships, is also a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and LPGA Hall of — and, although it was her only major victory in Pinehurst, we include her on the list for Fame. Suggs turned professional shortly after winning the 1948 North & South and her years of gracious contributions to the history of golf in the area. Her inluence on would go on to win 50 LPGA tournaments, including the 1949 and 1952 Women’s golf has been well documented in the Pinehurst area. U.S. Open and the 1957 LPGA Championship. The list of 10 women includes some of the most accomplished golfers in the 20th A native of Atlanta, Suggs also claimed the 1947 Women’s U.S. Amateur title, the century. Their list of accomplishments comprises more than 50 tournament titles in Southern Amateur and Western Open as an amateur. Suggs was one of four original North & South Amateur and North & South Senior competitions. Their abilities on inductees into the LPGA Hall of Fame, along with Patty Berg, Betty Jameson and Babe the golf course are unquestioned, as are their spirits in quest of victory. Didrikson Zaharias, all inducted in 1951. Open Daily l June 16, 2014 47.