What is Maureen Orcutt?
[[File:Maureen Orcutt.png|thumb|right|200px|Maureen Orcutt in 1928.]] '''Maureen Orcutt''' (April 1, 1907 – January 9, 2007) was an [[Americans|American]] golfer and ''[[New York Times]]'' [[reporter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/sports/golf/12orcutt.html|title=Maureen Orcutt, 99, Golf Champion, Dies|first=Frank|last=Litsky|publisher=}}</ref> Orcutt won many [[golf]] championships. She stopped playing golf at age 87 because she had knee problems. In 1934, she won the 1934 Democratic Party nomination for the [[New Jersey General Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1934/05/16/archives/miss-orcutt-leads-slate-in-democratic-primary.html|title=Miss Orcutt Leads Slate In Democratic Primary|first=Special to THE NEW YORK|last=TIMES|date=16 May 1934|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> In 1991, she was put into the New York State Hall of Fame for winning golf [[tournament]]s over 70 years. In 2007, Orcutt died at the age of 99 from heart failure. ==Important tournaments won== * [[Women's Eastern Amateur]] - 1925, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1938, 1947, 1949 * [[North and South Women's Amateur]] - 1931, 1932, 1933 * [[Canadian Women's Amateur]] - 1930, 1931 * [[Metropolitan Women's Amateur]] - 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1946, 1959, 1968 * [[U.S. Senior Women's Amateur]] - 1962, 1966 * [[North and South Women's Senior Amateur]] - 1960, 1961, 1962 == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Orcutt, Maureen}} [[Category:1907 births]] [[Category:2007 deaths]] [[Category:American golfers]] [[Category:American journalists]]