Dorothy Germain Porter (April 3, 1924 – July 20, 2012) was an American amateur

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er. Born in

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, Dorothy Germain began playing golf at 11. She graduated from

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(now Arcadia University), where she played field hockey. In the early 1940s, Porter won a number of Philadelphia junior and amateur golf championships, and in 1946 she captured the first of her three Pennsylvania Women's Amateurs. She won the

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in 1943, 1944, and 1967. In 1949 she won the U.S. Women's Amateur. Porter was a member of the U.S. team that won the 1950

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and captained the 1966 team to victory. In 1977, she became the first Women's Amateur Champion to win the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur. She went on to win the Seniors' title again in 1980, 1981, and 1983. In 1984, she captained the winning U.S.

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team. Porter was inducted into the

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in 2008. She was married to Mark A. Porter, an amateur golfer with whom she often played in tournaments, from 1946 until his death in 1996. She was the mother of three children.

Significant tournament wins

*1943

*1944

*1946 Pennsylvania Women's Amateur, Philadelphia Women's Amateur *1949 U.S. Women's Amateur *1952 Pennsylvania Women's Amateur *1955 Pennsylvania Women's Amateur *1956 Philadelphia Women's Amateur *1959 Philadelphia Women's Amateur *1962 Philadelphia Women's Amateur *1967

, New Jersey Women's Amateur *1969 Eastern Amateur, Philadelphia Women's Amateur *1970 Philadelphia Women's Amateur *1973 Philadelphia Women's Amateur *1977 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur *1980 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur *1981 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur *1983 U.S. Senior Women's Amateur, Philadelphia Women's Amateur *1992 Philadelphia Women's Amateur

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing the United States): 1950 (winners), 1966 (non-playing captain, winners)

Significant tournament wins

Team appearances

References

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