Carolyn Cudone

Background

Raised in Staten Island, New York, her mother played golf and encouraged Cudone to play the game.

Career

Her amateur golfing career was successful but she is best known for her performance as a seniors" golfer. Sometimes recorded as Mistress Philip J. Cudone, among her amateur career successes was her 1958 victory at the North and South Women"s Amateur.

However, it was at the United States. Senior Women"s Amateur where she enjoyed her most noted success.

In 1979, she was inducted into the South Carolina Golf Hall of Fame. The Carolyn Cudone Intercollegiate Championship is named in her honor.

She was inducted into the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame in 2009. New Jersey State Women"s Golf Championship: 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1965

North and South Women"s Amateur: 1958

Women"s Metropolitan Amateur: 1955, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965

United States. Senior Women"s Amateur: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

Amateur

Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1956.

Achievements

• Of the ten Championships she participated in, Cudone won a record five straight titles between 1968 and 1972, the most wins in a row in any United States Golf Association championship. New Jersey stroke-play: 11-time winner.

Membership

She was a member of the on the 1956 United States. Curtis Cup team and in 1970 was team captain. A long-time resident of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Cudone was a member of the Dunes Golf and Beach Club.