Jean Mulcahey, Chairman of the Rules Committee of the Women’s Division of the Maryland State Golf Association, was introduced as the newest member of the highly esteemed Women’s Committee of the United States Golf Association at the organization’s Annual Meeting at Pinehurst Resort on Saturday, February 8. The Women’s Committee plays a major role in each of the six USGA women’s championships as well as the Curtis Cup. Jean served for eight years on the Executive Committee of the Women’s Division and is now a Member of the Executive Committee of the Middle Atlantic Golf Association.
Prior to her move to the Women’s Committee, Mulcahey was a Member of the Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship Committee. She has worked as a Rules Official at many USGA championships, including the Women’s Open, Open, Women’s Amateur, Senior Open and Women’s Mid-Amateur. In 2011, Mulcahey recorded a perfect 100 score on the rigorous PGA/USGA Rules of Golf Exam.
Jean joins fellow Marylander Stacey Collins on the Women’s Committee. Collins has served on the Committee since 2008 and is currently the Vice-Chairman. Prior to joining the Women’s Committee, she was a Member of the Senior Women’s Championship Committee. Stacey is a Past President of both the Women’s Golf Association of Baltimore and the Women’s Division of the Maryland State Golf Association. She served as a Rules Official at the 2013 United States Open at Merion Golf Club.
Collins and Mulcahey were preceded on the Women’s Committee by Marylanders Tinker Sanger and Pat Kaufman. Sanger served for many years on the Girls Junior Championship Committee and was a recipient of the USGA’s Ike Grainger Award for 25 years of service on a USGA Committee. Kaufman was the first President of the Women’s Division of the Maryland State Golf Association and is also a Past President of the Women’s District of Columbia Golf Association. She served for several years on the USGA Women’s Mid-Amateur Committee as well as on the USGA Executive Committee from 2008 – 2011. Sanger and Kaufman worked as Rules Officials at numerous USGA Championships.
Retiring from the Women’s Committee at the Annual Meeting was one of the most distinguished women in American Golf, Martha Wilkinson Kirouac. After winning the 1970 US Women’s Amateur, she then played on the 1970 and 1972 Curtis Cup Team. Kirouac also captained the 2004 Curtis Cup Team. After many years of involvement with Handicap Services on the Georgia State Golf Association staff, she is now Executive Director of the organization.
In addition to Mulcahey and Collins, other members of the 2014 Women’s Committee are Chairman Dot Paluck (Bernardsville, NJ), Barbara Barrow (San Diego, CA), Lew Ellen Erickson (Tulsa, OK), Sarah Haas (Carterville, IL), Judi Lorenzen (Marana, AZ), Pat McKamey (Broken Arrow, OK), Pam Murray (Richardson, TX), Courtney Myhrum (Pittsburgh, PA), Delia Nava (The Woodlands, TX), Mandy Rasmussen (Gearhart, OR), Kathryn Washburn (Mill Valley, CA) and Melinda Zamzow (Reno, NV).