Louise Wilson, an inductee in both the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame and the Kentucky Golf Hall of Fame, died June 23. She was 96.
Born Dec. 29, 1929, Wilson was a member of the Women’s Falls Cities Golf ***** ociation for amateurs. She was a multi-time winner of the Women’s Kentucky State Amateur Championships and a course record holder at Harmony Landing in Oldham County.
According to previous Courier Journal reporting, Wilson played in her first Falls Cities tournament in 1947 and won it multiple times from 1952-2003. She was also a semi-finalist in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship in 1961. She was later inducted in the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Kentucky Golf Hall of Fame in 1991.
Her golf journey began when she was 12, living with her family in Cherokee Triangle. She walked to the public Cherokee Golf Course, where the pro in residence gave her free lessons.
“I think I developed an addiction,” she told The Courier Journal in 2015. “I remember one Saturday I played 54 holes carrying my bag."
Born Dec. 29, 1929, Wilson was a member of the Women’s Falls Cities Golf ***** ociation for amateurs. She was a multi-time winner of the Women’s Kentucky State Amateur Championships and a course record holder at Harmony Landing in Oldham County.
According to previous Courier Journal reporting, Wilson played in her first Falls Cities tournament in 1947 and won it multiple times from 1952-2003. She was also a semi-finalist in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship in 1961. She was later inducted in the Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Kentucky Golf Hall of Fame in 1991.
Her golf journey began when she was 12, living with her family in Cherokee Triangle. She walked to the public Cherokee Golf Course, where the pro in residence gave her free lessons.
“I think I developed an addiction,” she told The Courier Journal in 2015. “I remember one Saturday I played 54 holes carrying my bag."
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