In the Women's Clubhouse

Offers reminiscences and views by women golfers offering more than a century of experiences, and detailing the obstacles they had to face, the pleasures and difficulties of the game, and their role in the development of the sport.

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"In those days we had no clubhouse, but were allowed the use of two empty rooms in an unoccupied Coastguard cottage, and knowing no better, we were hugely pleased with our quarters. What the golfing girl of today would have said to them is not difficult to imagine.!" -- Mabel E. Stringer, 1924 "Driving from the first tee on the following morning, I was not altogether free from terror. My knees were inclined to be unsteady; the tee seemed a vast and empty space, and my ball and myself very small and insignificant in the middle of it." -- Joyce Wethered, 1933 "Something happened to me when I swung a golf club. I felt free and graceful and like somebody. I still do. Golf to me is not only a way of life, it's a creative outlet, a constant, never-ending challenge; frustrating, but never dull; infuriating, but satisfying." -- Mickey Wright, 1962 "Both of us knew that, if we were going to win, we had to beat the other player. If we went out and played like friends, someone else would come along and beat us both. I wanted to win." -- Nancy Lopez, 1987 " Both my caddie and this little voice in my head were telling me to lay up short of the water and play for five. Call it ego or guts or sheer craziness, but I never really doubted for a second that I would go for it." -- Amy Alcott, 1991