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Full name
  
Polly Ann Riley

Name
  
Polly Riley

Nationality
  
United States

Role
  
Golfer


Status
  
Amateur

LPGA tour wins
  
1

U.S. Women's Open
  
T2: 1947

Professional wins
  
3

Born
  
August 27, 1926San Antonio, Texas (
1926-08-27
)

Died
  
March 13, 2002, Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Polly Ann Riley (August 27, 1926 – March 13, 2002) was an American amateur golfer.

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Riley won over 100 tournaments in her career. Although she remained an amateur throughout her career, she won the first LPGA Tour event, the 1950 Tampa Open.

Riley was runner-up in the 1953 U.S. Women's Amateur to Mary Lena Faulk. She played on the U.S. Curtis Cup teams six times (1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958) and was the captain in 1962.

She mistook golfer Ann Gregory for a maid at the Women's Amateur in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1963.

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

    Polly Riley Wikipedia
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