Ann Probert

Ann Linen Probert (born December 31, 1938) is an American amateur golfer from New Jersey. Probert has competed in 10 Senior Women's international events and notched 16 holes-in-one during her career.[1] She is a recipient of the United States Golf Association's (USGA) Ike Grainger Award,[2] which recognizes distinguished service to the association over 25 years. (Grainger was a president of the USGA.)[3]

Early life and education

Probert grew up in West Orange, New Jersey near the 18th hole of the Rock Springs Country Club.[4][5] She graduated from the Beard School (now the Morristown-Beard School) in Orange, New Jersey in 1956. Probert then earned her bachelor's degree at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1960.[6] In 1986, Morristown-Beard School inducted Probert into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.[7]

While playing as a junior, Probert captured the 1956 New Jersey Girls' Golf Championship in Maplewood, New Jersey.[8] In August of that year, she won the Metropolitan Girls Golf Championship in Union, New Jersey.[9]

Golfing career

Probert won the Women's New Jersey Golf Association's 36-hole Stroke Play Championship for five consecutive years (1978-1982).[10] She captured the club championship at Somerset Hills 25 times (in 6 different decades) and at Mountain Lake, Florida in Lake Wales, Florida 11 times. Probert also won the Garden State Women's Golf Championship 14 times. During her career, she represented the WMGA at the Griscom Cup 11 times. The Griscom is an annual competition played among women's golf associations in the New York, Philadelphia, and Massachusetts metropolitan areas.[1] Probert also played in the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship six times (1996,[11] 1999, 2003,[12] 2004, 2005,[13] 2006, and 2009.[14])

Probert served on the USGA's Junior Girls Championship Committee for 11 years and the women's committee for 9 years. She also served on the Women's Nominating Committee,[2] and chaired the Women's Amateur and Senior Women's Amateur championships.[4] In 1990, Probert co-chaired the Curtis Cup, an international competition between the U.S. and the United Kingdom, with her husband Edward Probert.[15] She served as president of the Women's Metropolitan Golf Association (WMGA) from 1991 to 1992.[1] In 2014, WMGA awarded Probert an honorary membership.[16]

Advocacy against domestic violence

Probert volunteered for the Jersey Battered Women's Service (JBWS) in Morristown, New Jersey. JBWS, a community organization, has provided services to women who face domestic violence or abuse since 1976.[17] Probert served on their Board of Directors and co-chaired their campaigns.[18] She also served as the chair of the Hope Classic golf tournament benefiting JBWS.[19] In 1994, JBWS awarded Probert their first Distinguished Service Award.[20]

Family

On July 2, 1960, Probert married Edward Probert, a fellow amateur golfer.[6] The couple has had 3 children, all of whom play golf, and 5 grandchildren, two of whom are avid golfers themselves.

References
  1. "PALUCK, LAMB, PROBERT CITED BY WMGA; DEPIRO NAMED PRESIDENT".
  2. "USGA honors Ann Probert with the Ike Grainger Award" (PDF). Tee Talk (Fall 2009).
  3. "Isaac B. (Ike) Grainger, 104, An Expert on Golf's Rules". The New York Times. October 14, 1999.
  4. Smith, Kate (August 9, 2001). "Probert is in hot pursuit of the one that got away". The Star-Ledger.
  5. Knox, Erin. [sports.nyhistory.org/ann-probert/ Ann Probert], New-York Historical Society. Accessed June 28, 2018. "(Golf. Born, West Orange, NJ, Dec. 31, 1938.) Ann Linen Probert grew up around the game of golf, as she lived just a short distance from the 18th hole of the Rock Springs Country Club in West Orange."
  6. "Ann Linen Bride Of E. W. Probert, A Yale Graduate; Smith Alumna Wed in East Orange to Law Student at Virginia", The New York Times, July 3, 1960. Accessed June 28, 2018.
  7. "Hall of Fame".
  8. "Ann Line Gains Title". The New York Times. July 28, 1956.
  9. "Miss Linen Takes Junior Title On 83; Rock Spring Golfer Captures Metropolitan Crown--Miss Wolfensohn Next at 85". The New York Times. August 25, 1956.
  10. "Somerset Hills Golfers Dominate N.J. Stroke Play". Bernardsville News. August 19, 1992.
  11. "The Local Scene". The Trenton Times. October 2, 1996.
  12. "Senior Women's Amateur". The Trenton Times. September 10, 2003.
  13. "U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Championship". The Trenton Times. September 20, 2005.
  14. McLaughlin, Ryan (July 30, 2009). "Rancourt wins 2nd straight U.S. Amateur next for WMSGA champion". The Bangor Daily News.
  15. "United States golfers looking to recapture Curtis Cup; Match takes place this weekend at Somerset Hills Country Club". Echoes-Sentinel. July 26, 1990.
  16. "2014 Annual Meeting" (PDF). Tee Talk (November 2014).
  17. "About JBWS".
  18. Catania, Joy (July 8, 1998). "Jersey Battered Women's Service builds a dream". The Bernardsville News.
  19. "Jersey Battered Women's Service hosts classic golf and tennis outing". The Bernardsville News. July 20, 2000.
  20. Mundy, Marian H. (June 8, 1994). "Grand Tastings III benefits Battered Women's Shelter". Echoes-Sentinel.
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