Griffin, Ellen (1918–1986)

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Griffin, Ellen (1918–1986)

American golfer. Born Dec 19, 1918; died Oct 1986 in Randleman, North Carolina.

With Betty Hicks and Hope Seignious, founded Women's Professional Golf Association (WPGA, 1944); one of the best-known women's golf-teaching professionals in American history, taught physical education at University of North Carolina—Greensboro for 28 years; achieved master professional status and was recognized as one of the six most outstanding teachers in US (1976). Ellen Griffin Rolex Award inaugurated in her honor (1989).

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