T WO A LBANY C OUNTRY C LUB W OMEN AND T HEIR E XTRAORDINARY A CCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE F IRST N ATIONAL C HAMPIONSHIP “In 1895, the USGA held its first official national championship for men. They did not conduct one for women, so in the fall of that year, women held their own, informal national championship. The following year this situation was corrected, and the first “National Championship for Women” was conducted. The word “Women” was used in the name for an express purpose. In Great Britain, the title was “Ladies”. In America, women wanted it made clear that this new championship was one of gender and not gentility. That first national championship had 25 players, including the Oliver sisters, Cora and Elizabeth, members at Albany Country Club. Cora shot 105 and tied for fifth, which qualified her for the match play portion of the tournament. She lost to the eventual runner
W OMEN ’ S C LUB C HAMPIONSHIP A LL F LIGHTS Saturday & Sunday, August 1 st & 2 nd E LIGIBILITY : Female Members (For championship flight must have a handicap of 25 or less). F ORMAT : 18 holes. Match play within flights (Gross in Championship Flight only. All other flights net.) Flights determined by handicap. The winner of this year’s Stroke Play is the #1 seed. F ORMING OF T EAMS : N/A P AIRINGS : Tee times determined for matches and flights. P LAQUE E VENT : Yes, for Club Champion only. 2025 C HAMPION : Jessica Fleck
-up. Elizabeth shot 116 and finished tenth. The Capital Region should be proud of the extraordinary accomplishments of two local women in the first national championship. Two years later, a third sister, Marion, also of Albany Country Club, lost in the semi- finals.”
Miss Elizabeth Oliver
Miss Cora Oliver
Lonnstrom, Ph.D., Douglas A. A History of Golf in New York's Capital Region . Slingerlands: CML Press, 1998. Print.
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