Career
Born in New York City, Orcutt made it to the finals of the 1927 Women"s Amateur but lost to Miriam Burns Horn. Married to John Doctorate. Crews and living in Miami, Florida, she lost in the 1936 finals to Pamela Barton. She played on four Curtis Cup teams, winning three and tying one.
Orcutt became a sportswriter on golfing matters in the 1920s and eventually became only the second female sports reporter to work for the New York Times when she took over from Maribel Vinson.
She finished her competitive career with 65 tournament victories, and played the game of golf until the age of 87 when knee problems forced her to stop. She was inducted into the New York State Hall of Fame in 1991..to quote from the program, "Perhaps no competitor in any major sport has been a significant factor for so long in top level play".
She resided at the Carolina House assisted living facility in Durham, North Carolina, and died there, aged 99, of congestive heart failure in 2007. She had previously been a resident of Haworth, New Jersey.
Amateur Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1932 (winners), 1934 (winners), 1936 (tie, Cup retained), 1938 (winners).