PINE VALLEY ADD’S THREE WOMEN MEMBERS

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THE PINE VALLEY GOLF CLUB, the long time No. 1 rated course in America, has changed it’s membership guidelines.

Because for years Pine Valley was for men only. But not anymore.

Club President Jim Davis informed the membership, that the club has admitted three female members.

The three new members all have solid backgrounds in golf. World Golf Hall of Fame inductee Annika Sorenstam, Sarah Ingram, and Meghan Stasi.

While Sorenstam had a long outstanding career in professional golf. Both Ingram and Stasi have distinguished amateur careers in golf. Ingram and Stasi are both winners of the USGA Women’s Mid-Amateur championship. Both were top college players, and have played in and won amateur other championships. Ingram in Tennessee and Stasi in the Philadelphia. Both ladies have represented the United States as members of the Curtis Cup team.

Ingram and Stasi have both participated in the Women’s Western Golf Association’s Amateur Championship, with Ingram winning the amateur championship in 1991.

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Rory spent over 8 years growing up working at Rob Roy Golf Club in Prospect Hts.IL, then two years at Chevy Chase in Wheeling. He has covered golf in Chicago since 1986. Rory was one of the initial members of WSCR all-sports radio Chicago and covered golf there for 5 seasons, before moving on to work for ESPN/Sportsticker and ESPN Radio. In addition to hosting Golfers on Golf Radio on WNDZ AM 750 Chicago, and formerly Chicagoland Golf. Rory has played 589 courses in 39 states, and rates golf courses. He does golf course management and communications consulting, within the golf industry.