Polly Riley

Polly Ann Riley (August 27, 1926 – March 13, 2002)^[1][2] was an American amateur golfer.

Polly Riley
Personal information
Full name	Polly Ann Riley
Born	(1926-08-27)August 27, 1926 San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Died	March 13, 2002(2002-03-13) (aged 75) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
Status	Amateur
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
Best results in LPGA major championships
U.S. Women's Open	T2: 1947

Career

Riley won over 100 tournaments in her career.^[1] Although she remained an amateur throughout her career, she won the first LPGA Tour event, the 1950 Tampa Open.^[2][3][4]

Riley was runner-up in the 1953 U.S. Women's Amateur to Mary Lena Faulk.^[5] She played on the U.S. Curtis Cup teams six times (1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958) and was the captain in 1962.^[1]

She mistook golfer Ann Gregory for a maid at the Women's Amateur in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1963.^[6][7]

Tournament wins

this list is incomplete

• 1947 Women's Trans-Mississippi Amateur
• 1948 Women's Southern Amateur, Women's Trans-Mississippi Amateur, Women's Texas Open
• 1950 Women's Southern Amateur, Women's Western Amateur, Tampa Open (LPGA Tour)
• 1951 Women's Southern Amateur
• 1952 Women's Western Amateur
• 1953 Women's Southern Amateur
• 1954 Women's Southern Amateur
• 1955 Women's Trans-Mississippi Amateur, Women's Texas Open
• 1961 Women's Southern Amateur

Team appearances

Amateur

• Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1948 (winners), 1950 (winners), 1952, 1954 (winners), 1956, 1958 (tie), 1962 (non-playing captain, winners)