Ohio Golf Journal August 2020

Betty Kerby Peppard Betty Kerby Peppard’s father was the head golf professional at Fairlawn Country Club in Akron for 41 years. She began playing golf at an early age and spent her youth following her father around the pro shop, driving range and golf course. During her lifetime, Betty met or knew all 13 original founders of the LPGA and Patty Berg was a lifelong friend. She was involved in golf not only as a player, but also as an advocate of the game and a USGA Rules Official. She played golf collegiately at Barry University in Florida. In 1950, she was co-medalist in the Women’s National Intercollegiate Tournament at Ohio State University’s Scarlet Course. Her competitive career included five U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship appearances, two Women’s Ohio State Golf Association Amateur Championships, 13 Akron Women’s District Golf Association Championships and many Women’s club championships at Brookside Country Club, in Canton. She also competed in several professional tournaments as an amateur, finishing as low Amateur in four LPGA tournaments. Peppard was incredibly involved with the Junior golf program at Brookside and taught several of her children to love the game. She lent her time and talents to the board of the OhioGirls Golf Foundation, the greens committee at Brookside, plus volunteered at Clearview Golf Course with 2007 Hall of Fame inductee Renee Powell. Peppard officiated for nearly 20 years as a volunteer for the USGA, Women’s Ohio State Golf Association, and Stark County High School Sectional Championships. She is one of only a hand full of people who have ever achieved a perfect score on the USGA/PGA Rules of Golf Workshop test and highlighted her officiating career by working the 2010 US Women’s Open at Oakmont. All three of these Ohio golfers can be very proud of their achievements in golf. These three new inductees, Robert Gerwin II, Thomas Grzywinski and Betty Kerby Peppard are truly worthy of their inclusion with this illustrious group. Mary Peppard accepting for her Mother Betty Kerby Peppard