Carolyn Cassidy Cudone (September 7, 1918 – March 1, 2009) was an American amateur

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Early life

Cudone was raised in

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Career

Cudone is best known for her performance as a seniors' golfer. Among her amateur career successes was her 1958 victory at the

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. She was a member of the on the 1956 U.S.

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team and in 1970 was team captain. However, it was at the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur where she enjoyed her most noted success. Of the ten Championships she participated in, Cudone won a record five straight titles between 1968 and 1972, the most wins in a row in any

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championship. Cudone was a member of the Dunes Golf and Beach Club.

Honors

The Carolyn Cudone Intercollegiate Championship is named in her honor. She was inducted into the South Carolina Golf Hall of Fame in 1979. She was inducted into the

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in 2000, and finally she was inducted into the Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame in 2009.Myrtle Beach Golf Hall of Fame Inducts Six

Tournament wins

*New Jersey State Women's Golf Championship: 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1965 *New Jersey stroke-play: 11-time winner *

: 1958 *Women's Metropolitan Amateur: 1955, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965 * U.S. Senior Women's Amateur: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing the United States):

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, 1970 (non-playing captain, winners)

References

External links

USGA obituary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cudone, Carolyn American female golfers Amateur golfers Golfers from New York (state) Golfers from South Carolina Sportspeople from Staten Island Sportspeople from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 1918 births 2009 deaths 21st-century American women 20th-century American sportswomen