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| Jonya Stapp, Most Beautiful Golfer of the Year, Golf Digest 1972. |
1972 March 3 “Dahl Home Setting for Golf Event”
The home of Mrs. Orville Dahl was the setting for Miami
Ladies Golf Association’s spring membership coffee Wednesday. Hostess duties
were shared by Mrs. L.S. Whitney, Mrs. V.W. Lillard, Mrs. John Elmburg, and
Mrs. Jack Adams.
An arrangement of spring flowers centered the refreshment
table. Mrs. Don Young, president, poured.
During the business meeting yearbooks were passed out and
activities for the season were discussed. Others present were Mrs. George
Russell, Mrs. Bert Wall, Mrs. L.E. Pace, Mrs. Noma Newman, Mrs. Robert Temple,
Mrs. Hance Van Beber, Mrs. Raymond McKinney, Mrs. Richard Humes, Mrs. E.L.
Bennett, Mrs. William Oliver, Mrs. Dan Mailath, Mrs. Jack Renegar, Mrs. Ray
Enyart, Mrs. J.D. Hester, Mrs. Ben Moody, Mrs. George Beck, Mrs. H.D. Robinson,
Mrs. Wilton Taylor, Mrs. Hank Garwood, Mrs. Jack Elliott, Mrs. Bill Barker,
Mrs. Rose Pratt, Mrs. Max Blue.
Also Mrs. Joe Ramsay, Mrs. Charles Phillips, Mrs. Johnie
Stapp, Mrs. Jack Burn, Mrs. Lee Adkison, Mrs. James Couch, Mrs. Robert
Rohwedder, Mrs. Tom Barton, Mrs. William Hatfield, Mrs. J. Owen Bradshaw, Mrs.
Olen Moore, Mrs. Don Johnson, Mrs. Ervin Pursley, Mrs. L.A. Wetzel, Mrs. Kelso
Berentz, and Mrs. Bill Carter. Lessons
for new members will start April 5.
1972 March 24 “Jonya with Top Pro-Am Groups in Florida
Golf”
Jonya Stapp, Northeastern A&M sophomore and daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Johnie F. Stapp, Miami, was a member of the team that shared
second place among 64 foursomes that competed Thursday in the pro-amateur of
Sears Women’s World Golf Classic at Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Each pro-am team had one professional and three amateurs.
Marilyn Smith, one of the top players on the women’s pro-circuit, was with the
team that included Jonya, 1968 Oklahoma junior girls champion.
The event preceded weekend rounds for the women professionals. Patty Wilson was the pro with the winning team, which scored 60—just a stroke better than the foursomes that tied for second.
1972 April 2 "Flying Golfers Stop Over"
Hahn, who is a pro with the Miami Florida Country club, produces a one-man show of expert golf, comedy and informative PGA golf clinic. Hahn will present his show April 23 at Shangri-la with the public invited to attend.
Flying into the Miami, Oklahoma airport Hahn noted that he visited Miami and played in exhibition golf at the Miami Country club 21 years ago.
1972 April 5 “Pro-am Slated Monday”
Professional golfers of eastern Oklahoma, southwest Missouri
and southeast Kansas will be in Miami for the pro-amateur at the Miami Country
club Monday afternoon.
Miami pro Johnie F. Stapp reported today that 21 pros had
already entered, and more are expected. They will play with two or more
amateurs in the competition that will open at 1:00 Monday. All contestants must
be at the club an hour ahead of starting time.
The last pro-am competition here was held two years ago. The
1972 event promises to be one of the biggest here in many years. The local
course is in excellent condition, a situation that doesn’t often prevail at
this time of year.
1972 April 5 “Miami Golfers Blank Nowata”
Miami high school boys golf team, in their first dual,
blanked the Nowata Ironmen, 13-0, in matches Tuesday at the Miami County
club. Bill Giffhorn led Coach Don
Overton’s War Dogs and captured medalist honors with an 18-hole score of 80.
Other scores for the Miami foursome were Bob Dow 84, Kenny
Gibson 86 and Tom Cordell 87. The Miami golfers will play at Pryor next Monday.
1972 April 12 “Miami Golfers Defeat Pryor”
Miami high school golfers defeated the Pryor Tigers, 13 ½ to
2 ½, in matches Tuesday at the Miami club, avenging a loss at Pryor a day
earlier by the score of 10 ½ to 2 ½ .
Coach Don Overton’s War Dogs will be in Pryor on Friday for
the annual Six Lakes Conference tournament.
Miami’s Kenny Gibson was the medalist in the windy matches
here Tuesday with an 18-hole score of 80. He defeated Randy Ruffin 4 to 0. Other
matches Bill Giffhorn beat Rick Grayson, 87. Bob Dow, Miami, 87 beat Tom
Ragsdale. Dan Risner, Pryor, 89 beat Rick Adams, 89. John Mirjanich, Miami, 84
beat Addington 93.
**Personal note: I knew the Giffhorn family but because I
am older, I never really knew the kids. Luckily, friends and social media have
put Bill Giffhorn, the handsome young man in the stripped pants, together. We
spent a lovely evening sharing memories of the country club. Here is one of
Bill Giffhorn’s memories:
My Mother started me in junior golf in 1964 and I
loved it. I must have played or practiced every day in the summers. Doc Jackson
would show up every afternoon to play. I began to think that he never worked.
Doc was the best golfer out there. I found out he was a dentist and I thought
that’s the job I want. Truly, it was the reason I became a dentist. (After 40+
years Bill has now retired from dental practice in OKC.)
Doc Jackson helped me with my swing. Each year I would
return to Miami for the Invitational tournament. In 1993 I played the worst
game of my life and said, no, to golf. I quit after that tournament and never
played again. I could not enjoy the game without being able to play better.
Of course, Bill had a Johnie Stapp story about the pro
killing moles on the golf course. Does every young man have that story about
dad? Oh, so many funny memoirs we carry.
1972 April 12 “Bob Hope Guest Star for Tulsa Event”
Golfers who play in the annual charity pro-amateur golf
tournament here will play alongside Bob Hope. Hope was named Tuesday as the
guest star for the annual event to be held May 15 at Southern Hills Country
Club.
Each year 50 professionals and 150 amateurs compete in the
fundraising affair.
** I have been unable to find the one picture we have of
Jonya and mother standing next to Bob Hope.
Jonya did not play in the event, but she was there watching like many of
us from the country club. This fund-raiser by a women’s group (perhaps Junior
League) in Tulsa brought in the biggest names on the pro circuit year after
year, like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player. I am sure many of you
reading this will recall the pros you saw during those years.
1972 April 12 “Big Turnout for Pro-Am”
For the first time in two years, the Miami Country club was
host Tuesday to professional golfers from eastern Oklahoma and the Tri-State
district. There were 24 pros, who teamed with 96 amateurs for the pro-am competition.
Jim Bullard of Tulsa Southern Hills was the pro champion
with a one-under-par 71 in the windy matches. Next among the pros were Dick
Orr, Tulsa, 73; Bill Parker, Joplin Twin Hills, 74; Roger Banzof, Tulsa 74.
Three teams tied for first in the pro-am competition. They were
Jerry Jones, LaFortune pro, with Jerry Ketcher, Miami, Don Wiley, Jay, David
Cross, Tulsa, and Dr. W.D. Jackson, Miami.
Bill Neel, Shangri-la pro, with Ree Alsop, Muskogee, Burr
Ramsey, Grove and Miamians H.D. Robinson and Lou Mirjanich.
Jack Higgins, Meadowbrook pro, with J.B. Alexander, Tulsa,
Gary Preston, Bartlesville, and Miamians Jerry Blevins and Hank Garwood.
Fourth place went to pro Dean Adkisson of Southern Hills,
with Mel Ipock, Joplin, Dee Naylor, Tulsa, and Miamians Harry Dean and Dr.
Raymond McKinney.
1972 April 12 “Tinker Owens Top Star in Joplin
Invitational Contests”
Miami’s Tinker Owens, an outstanding player in football and
basketball, continued his sparkling track performances here Tuesday as the
outstanding individual of the third annual Joplin Invitational meet.
1972 April 18 “Tulsa Hale Sweeps Top Honors”
Paced by the record shooting of Craig Minnich, the Tulsa
Hale Rangers swept all honors in the Monday’s 14th annual Miami high
school invitational golf tournament at the Miami Country club.
Coach Walter Knapp’s Rangers, all-senior foursome, totaled
301 on Minich’s four-under-par 68.a 74 by John Stout gave them the two-ball
victory, followed by Steve Dodson 77 and an 82 by Randy Spaulding. Minnich was
three under the previous mark of 71 by Joey Dills of Muskogee in 1970.
Seventeen teams from three states competed in the meet which
was played in excellent weather.
Next in the top five were Tulsa Edison 319, Miami 327, and
Pryor 328. The Miami team members turned in scores of 79 by Bill Giffhorn, 80
by Bob Dow, 84 by Tom Cordell and 84 by Kenny Gibson.
Tuesday’s tourney was under the direction of Don Overton, MHS golf coach; L.D. Bains, MHS athletic director, and Mrs. Claire Oliver, faculty member.
1972 April 28
I could not find any photos of the War Dogs girls golf team for spring of 1972. The
newspaper carried only this note about War Dogs golf--Girls golf, is
recognized for a good record in interstate competition. Boys golf is
honored for the top Six Lakes Conference that included medalist and
two-ball and a tie for first in four-ball.
1972 April 30 “Ladies Golf Notes”
The Miami Ladies Golf Association will have a business
meeting Wednesday in connection with the regular weekly competition. Winners
the past week were Championship, Evelyn Hatfield; Class A, LaVon Young; Class
B, Marian Richards; Class D, Aileen Bradshaw; and Class D, Caryl Rohwedder.
Pairings this week will be from the red tees. The first
player on the green will decide which pin will be played. The pairings: Tee #1
9:00—Marian Richards, Caryl Rohwedder, Beverly Jackson, and Virginia Sapp; Peg
Murphy, Mae Tate, Ruth Chambers; Ruth Heyburn, Vera Elmburg, Marylyn Adams, and
Opal Goettel; Martha Elliott, Yvonne Temple and Francis McKinney; Lib Lillard,
Pat Horner, Gladys Wetzel, and Mabel Pursley; LaRue Gaines, Barbara Bennett,
Mary Van Beber, Dorothy Hester; Dollie Humes, Lorella Weitz, Fae Berentz, and
Barbara Shouse; Noma Newman, Helen Stapp, Sue Enyart and Gail Beck; Mary
Robinson, Roma Dahl, and Doris Wilson.
Tee #6—Jean Barker, Bonnie Moody, Jean Phillips, and Sue
Barnes; Clara Barton, Lois Garwood, Pauline Adkison, and Grace Burns; Cora
Wilson, Louise Whitney and Wanda Couch; Claire Oliver, Joanne Smallwood,
Millie Carter, Suzy Wickham and Ethel Mailath.
1972 May 1 “Miss Grand Lake Pageant”
Jonya Stapp, a dark-haired beauty from Miami, wears the
crown of Miss Grand Lake and will compete June 4 for the Miss Oklahoma title in
Tulsa. Miss Stapp emerged as the winner from a field of 12 girls in the lake
pageant finals here Saturday before a standing-room-only audience.
The new Miss Grand Lake is an outstanding golfer, and her comic golf routine was her talent contribution in the annual contest sponsored by Miss Grand Lake Pageant Committee. She won scholarships and gifts valued at $1,200.
1972 May 3 “Giffhorn Ties for Regional Golf Medalist”
Bill Giffhorn of Miami and Rick Grayson of Pryor tied for
medalist honors in the regional Class AAA golf tournament that was held Tuesday
on the Adams course in Bartlesville. Each totaled 155 strokes for 36 holes.
Kenny Gibson of the Miami team finishes in a three-way tie for third place with
Steve Elliott of Tahlequah, and Randy Ruffin of Pryor, each with 158.
Bartlesville Sooner won the four-ball teams title with a
total score of 651. Next were Pryor 655, Miami 656, Tulsa Kelley 666, Tahlequah
676, Claremore 703. The Miami scoring: Giffhorn 155, Kenny Gibson 158, Tom
Cordell 171, Bob Dow 172, and John Mirjanich 178. Qualifying for the state
tournament were the top three: Sooner, Pryor, and Miami, plus individual low
scores from other teams.
1972 May 8 “John F. Robinson Jr. Takes Top Honor in Schlitz Tourney”
John Robinson, Jr., won the championship of the third annual
Schlitz golf tournament that ended Sunday afternoon at the Miami Country club.
Dr. W.D. Jackson was runner-up in the championship flight.
Winners in the other flights with players from Miami unless
designated otherwise:
First flight—John F. Robinson Sr., Dick Allred, second.
Second flight—Bill Powers, Tulsa, and Bill Rainey, Joplin
second.
Third flight—H.D. Robinson, and Vernon Allen, second.
Also winning awards for the coming closest each day on the drives toward hold number 12 (150-yard, par 3) were Al Williams of Seneca, who was perfectly on target with a Saturday hole-in-one, and Jerry Blevins, who came within four feet, three inches of duplicating the performance on Sunday.
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| Other players in the Schlitz tourney are Jerry Blevins, Sam Fullerton, Lou Mirjanich, Al Williams, Dick Wadleigh, Max Martin (Thank you Rebecca Mirjanich Davis for sharing the names with me. |
Jim Rutter, local Schlitz distributor, was director of the
meet and presented the awards.
1972 May 10 “State AAA Golf Championship”
Miami high golfers finished 10th among 24 high
schools that were represented in the Class AAA tournament that ended Tuesday on
the University in Norman. The 54-hole tournament opened with 36-holes on Monday
and ended with 18-hole rounds on Tuesday.
Chickasha won the four-man team title and Kirk Goss of
Chickasha repeated as the state AAA individual champion with 22 total, one
stroke under Ricky Neal, 222 of Ada, whose Harry Turner shot 320 to give Ada
the two-ball title.
The Miami Wardog team placed in the top 10 with the
following scores: Bill Giffhorn 244, Kenny Gibson 248, Tom Cordell 253, Bob Dow
262, and John Mirjanich with 252.
1972 May 21 “Ladies Golf Notes”
Winners in Miami Ladies Golf Association competition the
past week were: Championship, Evelyn Hatfield and Faye Berentz; Class A, Helen
Moore; Class B, Val Dale; Class C, Roma Dahl and Jean Ann Blue; and Class D,
Caryl Rohwedder.
1972 May 26 “Holiday Golf Program Set”
Scotch foursomes are scheduled as a holiday feature Monday
at the Miami Country club, beginning at 4:30 p.m. A family night buffet will be
served. Entertainment after the golf competition will be furnished by Jonya
Stapp and David Blazer. Co-chairmen for the holiday activities are Corbin and
Barbara Shouse and Bill and Claire Oliver.
1972 May 28 “Area Boys to Compete June 19 in Insurance
Golf Classic Here”
Any boy residing within Ottawa, Craig, Delaware, and Mayes
counties who will not be 18 of age before August 1 is eligible to compete on
any level of tournament play in the Insurance Youth Classic that will be
conducted June 19 at the Miami Country club as part of a national program of
400 similar tournaments.
Independent Insurance agents of Ottawa county are sponsors
of the local event with James Couch as chairman. June 14 is the deadline for
entries. Forms may be picked up at the pro shop from Johnie Stapp or Dick Neel.
There is an entry fee of $2 for each contestant. Lunch will follow for all
contestants on tournament day.
The two top winners from the Miami event will be eligible to
compete July 17 in the state tournament to be held at the Oaks Country club in
Tulsa.
1972 May 30 “Junior Golfers Open Season Friday”
First activities of the season in the Miami Junior golf
programs for the 1972 season will begin Friday. Free lessons for beginners will
be provided by professionals Johnie Stapp and Dick Neel. Parents of
participants will be asked to serve at least once in a scoring capacity.
1972 June 6 “From the Clutter”
Talent presentations for the 17 hopefuls in the Miss
Oklahoma Pageant in Tulsa will be conducted Thursday and Friday nights, with
the Friday night program holding top interest for Miamian and others in this
area.
Jonya Stapp of Miami will present her clever golf skit—an appropriate choice by the personable Miami beauty who won the Oklahoma Junior Girls golf championship in 1968. The winner of the pageant will represent Oklahoma in the Miss America pageant at Atlantic City, N.J.
1972 June 9 “Local Spotlight on 1-Under Par Score by Suzy Wickham”
Suzy Wickham of Miami is the owner of a rare under-par score for nine holes of the women's Miami Country club golf course. She carded a one-under par 37 on the back nine in connection with Wednesday's round for the ladies golf. Coupled with a 44 on the first nine, the total score of 81 gave her first place in the championship division of the day's golf.
Miss Wickham, who will be a 1972-73 sophomore at Oklahoma State University, won second place in the 1970 State Junior Girls tournament.
The only other sub-par shooter for nine holes on the Miami course, is Jonya Stapp. She also set a record for 18 hole with rounds of 39-37-77 when she won the 1970 Tri-State Ladies Golf championship.
1972 June 12 “New Miss Oklahoma Also Speaks Greek”
Debbie Giannopoulos, Miss Warr Acres, was selected to
represent Oklahoma from 34 beauties Saturday night. Miss Northeastern State,
Andrea Hanson was first runner-up. Jonya Stapp, Miami, Miss Grand Lake, placed
in the top 10 finalists.
1972 June 14 “Co-Favorites Advance in Women’s State Golf
Meet”
Dale McNamara of Tulsa and Mrs. Dena Dills of Muskogee
shared the role of co-favorites going into the quarterfinals of the Women’s
State Amateur Golf Tournament being held at the Oaks Country club in Tulsa.
Jonya Stapp, only Miamian in the championship flight
defeated Lois Stuart of Oklahoma City, 5 and 4 and was paired against Louise
Stekoll of Okmulgee today.
Miami women lost in other flights Tuesday: Mrs. L.E. Pace in
B flight; Mrs. V.W. Lillard in B flight; Mr. Robert Temple in F flight, and
Mrs. William Oliver, also in F flight.
1972 June 15 “Stekoll’s Putt on 18th Hole
Defeats Jonya”
Miss Stekoll rallied and put down Jonya Stapp with a clutch putt on the 18th hole. Miss Stapp defeated Miss Stekoll on the same Oaks Country club course three years ago in route to the state junior crown. Miss Stekoll will face Mrs. Dena Dills today. (Mrs. Dills defeated Louise in match play. Louise went on to win the Women’s State Amateur in 1973 at Quail Creek, Oklahoma City.)
1972 June 20 “John Mirjanich Champion in Insurance Youth
Golf”
Bob Dow of Miami was runner-up with a score of 83. A stroke
behind Dow as Miami’s Kenny Gibson. They are eligible to compete in the July 17
state tournament.
Other Miami players were Mike Hylton, 88; John Wallace, 89;
Wayne Anderson, 90; Chris Adkison, 94; Dan Giffhorn, 99; Kim King, 100; Charles
Wilmoth, 100; Thomas Jackson, 111; and John Weitz, 115.
1972 June 22 “Girls Invitational Tourney Here Friday”
Karen Edwards of Bartlesville will defend her title of the
13 annual Miami Invitational girls’ golf tournament that opens with Friday at 8
a.m.
Three of the four first-place winners from a year ago are
back. They are Miss Edwards, the 1972 championship winner; Sandy Jackson of
Miami, Class B winner; Sandy McDowell of Tulsa, Class C winner.
1972 June 25 “Best in Tournament”
Karen Edwards, 17, of Bartlesville, who hopes to gain a
position on the University of Kansas men’s golf team next season, repeated as
champion of the Miami girls invitational with a score of 39-39-78. In 1970 she
and Leslie Peck of Springfield, Missouri finished the regular 18 holes in a tie
at 85. Miss Peck won the championship in a playoff. Last year shot an 86 to win
the championship. This year her 78 set a tournament low gross score.
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Miamians playing in the tournament were Linda Wickham, Pam
Landers, Ann Heyburn, Sonya Austin, Sandy Jackson, Jenny Landers, Debbie Jackson,
and Tracie Enyart.
Trophies for winners, runners-up, driving and putting were
presented at the conclusion of the meet by Dick Neel, assistant pro of the
Miami Country club.
1972 June 28 “Rotarian's Hear Johnie F. Stapp”
Johnie Stapp, golf pro at the Miami Country club, furnished
the program at the Rotary club luncheon Tuesday in the Carter Student Union. He
talked about golf and showed a film of big-name golfers in action recently at
Tulsa.
Gary Golden, who presided, presented a past-president’s wall
plaque and lapel pin to outgoing president S.A. (Red) Robertson, who in turn
presented Golden with president’s gavel.
1972 July "Ladies Golf Association Winners"
1972 July 6 “Golf Tourney for 115 Boys Here Friday”
Entries total 115 for the 12th annual Miami boys
invitational golf tournament that will begin at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Miami
Country club. The Miami Ladies Golf Association, in cooperation with Johnie F.
Stapp, club pro are sponsoring the tournament. Co-chairs are Loretta Weitz and
Melba Cordell. Tourney assignments include breakfast—Rose Pratt and Bonnie
Moody; lunch-Alice Kidd, Pauline Taylor, and Barbara Anderson; packets—Sara
Mirjanich; scoreboard—Ruth Heyburn and Opal Goettel; driving contest—Jack Elliott
and Tom Cordell; name tags—Ina Harrison. Pairings followed.
1972 July 14 “Debbie Jackson State Pee-Wee Golf Title”
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Miami has another state champion, Debbie Jackson, the 11-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayman Jackson. She won the championship of Pee-Wee
flight in the State Junior Girls golf tournament that ended Thursday after a
three-day run at the Rolling Hills Country club in Tulsa.
Debbie’s sister, Sandy, 12, won second place in the Class A flight
nine-hole competition. Debbie had a total score of 64 on three-hole rounds of
24,28,22. Sandy scored 55,47, 51 on her nine-hole rounds for a total of 153.
The winner shot a 150.
Other Miami girls competing in the tournament were Melissa
Landers, 18-hole A flight; Pam Landers and Ann Heyburn nine-hole A flight and
Jenny Landers, nine-hole B flight.
1972 July 23 “Two Miami Girls Among Players in Women’s
Western”
Suzy Wickham and Jonya Stapp each competed the past week in
the Women’s Western golf tournament on the Blue Hills course in Kansas City, Mo.
Suzy Wickham finished as runner-up in the third flight
consolation. Jonya Stapp lost in match play for the first round of the second
flight then lost her match in consolation. She was among a large group who
qualified at 88, with a draw determining players for the first and second
flights.
1972 July 30 “Ladies Golf Notes”
The winners last week at Miami were Championship, Hattie
White; Class B, Lottie Mae Russell; Class C, Jean Phillips; class D, Frances
McKinney. Play this week will be from the white tees—Bingo, Bango, Bongo.
1972 August 4 “Fared Well in Play Springfield”
Miami women golfers who consistently score well in the
annual Tri-State Women’s Amateur tournament did so again this year.
Besides fielding a low net team which took the J.L. Treadway
Trophy, the Miamians placed well in the other flights of the tournament.
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Evelyn Hatfield placed fourth in the championship flight and
won the Senior Women’s division of play, while Jonya Stapp finished in a
five-way tie for eighth place in the Championship flight.
Other Miami placings were A Flight-Ruth Heyburn, first; and
Suzie Wickham, fourth; B Flight—Beverly Jackson, second; C Flight—LaRue Gaines,
second; D Flight—Claire Oliver, first; F Flight—Melba Cordell, first, Helen
Moore, fifth; G Flight—Jean Ann Blue, eighth, and Geneva Ramsay, ninth. Stormy
Lewis placed in F Flight and Pauline Taylor placed in H flight.
1972 August 4 “Jonya’s in A Flight of Trans Miss”
Jonya Stapp, Miami, is playing in the A flight of the Trans
Mississippi Women’s Golf tournament, which has been in progress since Monday at
the Omaha Golf and Country club course. She was defeated Tuesday in her first
round and won matches Wednesday and Thursday. She posted a 78 in Wednesday’s
play and won on the 18th hole in Thursday’s play.
The tournament is the second largest women’s amateur
tournament in the nation and draws players from across the United States and
seven foreign countries. Next week Jonya plans to be in St. Louis for the
Women’s U.S. National amateur tournament, the last big tournament of the season
and the largest women’s amateur championship competition.
1972 August 17 “Jonya Selected as Top Beauty in Golf”
America’s most beautiful golfer of 1972 is Miss Jonya Stapp,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnie F. Stapp of Miami, according to a vote of U.S.
golf writers and announcers who were polled by “Golf Digest,” national
magazine.
A representative of the magazine, in a call to the Stapp
home this morning, said Jonya was the “overwhelming choice” for the honor. An
interview with the winner was not immediately available because Jonya was in
Tulsa this morning to enroll as a junior at the University of Tulsa.
Jonya, whose father is the golf professional at the Miami
Country club, was nominated in the national contest by Miamian Pat Campbell
earlier this year. Rules require that contestants must be at least 16 years of
age and have a golf handicap of 10 or less. Jonya, who stands 5-4 and weighs 115, has
achieved numerous golf and beauty honors in recent years.
Her consistency in winning over male golfers with other
colleges probably led to the NJCAA rule against girl participants in the NJCAA
golf program. This prevented Jonya from being a member of the NEO team the past
season. *The reality is that Title IX became the standard, and the college would
or could not support her on a men’s team. They did not offer a woman’s golf
team.
Jonya was among the leaders in the early phase of 36-hole
qualifying rounds for the National Women’s Amateur Golf tournament at the St.
Louis Country club, when she was disqualified because of the “Titleist” brand
ball she was using.
The tournament officials had listed 44 brands of balls that
could be used, including two from the Titleist company—one with red and black
imprint and the other with all-black imprint. Jonya’s white ball had red
imprint and was not on the list, reportedly through oversight.
Jonya assumed blame for not checking the list more carefully. Seeing the Titleist brands on the list, she assumed her ball was included. She had used that brand recently in winning A-flight runner-up honors at the Trans-Mississippi tourney in Omaha, Neb. The manufacturer of the ball in New Bedford, Mass., has criticized the disqualification, declaring the ball has measured up to all tests required of the U.S. Golf Association for competition sanctioned by this organization.
1972 September 3 “Invitational Golf Begins Saturday”
The Miami Country club’s 17 annual invitational golf
tournament will draw some 140 golfers from the several states for its two-day
run. Defending champion, Dwight Collins of Springdale, Arkansas will be in the
field.
1972 September 10 “Cordell, Stewart Share Lead Here”
Mark Cordell of Miami and Bill Stewart of Springfield,
Missouri (Payne Stewart’s father) led the field of 142 golfers in the Miami
Country club’s 17th annual invitational golf tournament with even
par rounds of 72s in Saturday’s first 18-hole rounds.
Chi Galloway and Marvin Porter of Joplin stroked 73’s. Next
at 74 were John Robinson, Jr., Dave Cross, Tulsa, and Frank Jacobs, Joplin.
Jim Scaletty of Parsons, Ks, the 1970 Miami champion became the second player to card a double eagle since Johnie Stapp became pro here 19 years ago. Bill Neel scored the other about six years ago. Scaletty, who total a 78 Saturday, go his double eagle by shooting a two on the par 5 ninth hole.
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1972 September 11
Second place went to Marvin Porter, Cadillac-Buick dealer at
Joplin, with 73-73-146. Winning third place with a 74-74-148 was Frank Jacobs
of Joplin, night club operator.
Mark Cordell of Miami, a junior at Oklahoma State University who tied champion Stewart for medalist honors with a 72, shot 77 for a total of 149 and shared fourth place with Bob James of Tulsa and Chi Galloway of Joplin.
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Dick Allred of Miami, won first in President’s flight with
79-74-153. Other Miamians playing were Bob Hill, jr., 154, Tom Cordell, 159;
Bob Klein 160; John Robinson, Jr., 162; Jack Doan 162; Scotty Jackson, 168; Kent
Jeffries, 169; Lou Mirjanich, 170.
In A flight Dr. W.D. Neal of Miami shot 87-77-161 for first.
Other Miamians were Bill Harsch, 172; Hank Garwood, 180; Bill Hatfield, 180.
B flight players were Straton Henley, 169, Dick Lowry 170,
Mark Wojcik, 172, Delmer Barnes, 173; Pat Wilson, 181; Ray Enyart, 182.
C flight B. Ames, Joplin won in a playoff with H.D.
Robinson, Miami, each with 91-87-178. Lloyd Tate, 183; Odes Rodecape, 185, Bud
Gaines, 187; Bill Oliver, 188; David Robinson, 188; John Elmburg, 189; Jack
Burns, 190, George Wojcik, 191; Bob Garwood, 192.
D flight was won by Joe Tooley with 180. Next were Ted
Lowry, 188; Cy Elmburg, 189; Harry Dean, 197; Bob Hill, Sr., 203, Sam
Fullerton, 205.
Excellent weather prevailed for the tournament, which was
under the direction of Jack Doan and club pro Johnie F. Stapp, club officials
and members of the Miami Ladies Golf Association.
1972 September 24 “Ladies Club Champion”
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1972 September 24 "Ladies Golf Notes"
Play this week will be the Pro vs. Members, from the red tees. The pairings:
No. 1 hole: Marian Richards, Barbara Gust, Billie Pace, and Evelyn Hatfield. Cora Wilson, Marylyn Adams, Louise Whitney, Barbara Shouse. Peg Murphy, LaVon Young, Helen Moore, and Val Dale. Hattie White, Geneva Ramsey, Mary VanBeber, Erin Wojcik. Jean Ann Blue, Yvonne Temple, Ruth Heyburn, Clara Barton. Beverly Jackson, Dollie Humes, Faye Berentz, Sue Barnes. Hattie Wall, Noma Newman, LaRue Gaines, Virginia Sapp, Lib Lillard.
No. 6 hole: Grace Burns, Jean Phillips, Aileen Bradshaw. Rose Pratt, Doris Wilson, Helen Jo Painter and Frances McKinney. Martha Elliott, Mabel Pursley, Pauline Adkison, Dorothy Hester. Sue Enyart, Gail Beck, Mary Robinson. Wanda Couch, Helen Stapp, Roma Dahl, Gladys Wetzel. Bonnie Moody, Barbara Bennett, and Caryl Rohwedder.
1972 October 13 “Jonya Featured in Current Issue of Golf
Digest”
Two full pages of the November issue of Golf Digest magazine, which has pages twice the size of most “digest” publications, are devoted to Jonya Stapp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnie F. Stapp of Miami.
A sub-heading on one of the Golf Digest’s pages reads,
“Beauty Queen Jonya Stapp is Miss Grand Lake and One Grand Golfer.”
Achievements of the 5-4, 115-pound beauty are reviewed, along with a putting
picture on a Miami Country club green.
One page is devoted entirely to a color picture showing
Jonya at the top of a swing. A Golf Digest photographer flew to Miami, Oklahoma
from the metropolitan New York area to take pictures. Two years ago, a French
girl won the beauty honor. A California golfer was the winner last year.
1972 October 15 “Ladies Golf Notes”
Winners in Miami Ladies Golf competition this past week were
Championship, Evelyn Hatfield; Class A, Mae Tate; Class B, Peg Murphy; Class C,
Rose Pratt; and Class D, Bonnie Moody.
1972 November 3 “Lady Golfers Meet, Have New Officers”
The Miami Ladies Golf Association held its annual fall
coffee Wednesday at the Country club. The table was beautifully decorated with
an arrangement of fall flowers, which was given to Marylyn Adams as winner of
the door prize.
The new president is Aileen Bradshaw. Serving with her will
be Gail Beck, Vice President; Caryl Rohwedder, secretary; Mary Robinson,
treasurer, and Erin Wojcik, representative.
Hostesses for the coffee were Pauline Taylor, Pauline Adkison, Gail Beck and Mary Robinson. Other attending were Hattie Wall, Cora Wilson, Frances McKinney, Peg Murphy, LaRue Gaines, Jean Phillips, Dorothy Hester, Billie Pace, Helen Stapp, Sue Enyart, Caryl Rohwedder, Evelyn Hatfield, Rose Pratt, Rosalie Patterson, Bonnie Moody, Mavis For, Faye Berentz, Gladys Wetzel, Clara Barton, Ruth Heyburn, Virginia Sapp, Lottie Mae Russell, Sue Barnes, Lib Lillard, Mary Van Beber, Yvonne Temple, Lois Garwood, Marian Richards, Joyce Rutter, Noma Newman, Millie Carter, Jean Ann Blue, Geneva Ramsey, Barbara Shouse, LaVon Young and one new member, Judy Weld.
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