Eileen Heffernan Stulb (June 23, 1923 – February 26, 2007) was an American amateur
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...
er.
Personal
Stulb was born in
Augusta, Georgia
Augusta ( ), officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navig ...
to Marion C. Stulb and Eileen Anna Heffernan Stulb. She died in Augusta, Georgia.
Obituary - Augusta Chronicle
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Golfing career
Stulb finished second twice at the Titleholders Championship
The Titleholders Championship was a women's golf tournament played from in 1937 to 1966 and again in 1972. It was later designated a major championship by the LPGA Tour.
History
The Titleholders Championship was founded in 1937. Like the Masters ...
in 1942 and 1946. She made the cut once at the U.S. Women's Open
The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...
in 1951, when she finished in a tie for 27th place. Stulb was a two-time champion of the Georgia State Women’s Amateur tournament. She was a quarterfinalist at the Women's Western Amateur The Women's Western Amateur is an amateur golf tournament for women. It is organized by the Women's Western Golf Association, which also organized the Women's Western Open from 1930 to 1967. It is one of the oldest women's amateur tournaments in the ...
on two occasions.
Work
Stulb was the owner of an advertising agency in Augusta. When Fred Corcoran
Fred J. Corcoran (April 4, 1905 – June 23, 1977) was a golf tournament director, publicist, agent and business manager. Known around the world as "Mr. Golf," he was one of the first non-players to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1 ...
was rehired back on by the LPGA Tour, Stulb was hired to do public relations for the LPGA Tour in the late 1950s and 1960s.
References
External links
Georgia Sports Hall of FameLPGA TourWorld Golf profileCyber Golf profileFotothing profile
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American female golfers
Amateur golfers
Golfers from Augusta, Georgia
1923 births
2007 deaths
20th-century American women
20th-century American people
21st-century American women