{{Short description|American golfer (born 1938)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} '''Ann Linen Probert''' (born December 31, 1938) is an American amateur golfer from New Jersey. Probert has competed in 10 Senior Women's international events and notched 17 holes-in-one during her career.<ref name=wmga/> She is a recipient of the United States Golf Association's (USGA) Ike Grainger Award,<ref name=teetalk>{{cite journal | journal=Tee Talk | url=http://www.wmga.com/sites/default/files/teetalk_fall2009.pdf | issue=Fall 2009 | title=USGA honors Ann Probert with the Ike Grainger Award}}</ref> which recognizes distinguished service to the association over 25 years. (Grainger was a president of the USGA.)<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Isaac B. (Ike) Grainger, 104, An Expert on Golf's Rules | date=October 14, 1999}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Probert grew up in West Orange, New Jersey near the 18th hole of the Rock Springs Country Club.<ref name=pursuit/><ref>Knox, Erin. [sports.nyhistory.org/ann-probert/ Ann Probert], New-York Historical Society. Accessed June 28, 2018. "(Golf. Born, West Orange, NJ, Dec. 31, 1938.) Ann Linen Probert grew up around the game of golf, as she lived just a short distance from the 18th hole of the Rock Springs Country Club in West Orange."</ref> She graduated from the Beard School (now the Morristown-Beard School) in Orange, New Jersey in 1956. Probert then earned her bachelor's degree at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1960.<ref name=married>[https://www.nytimes.com/1960/07/03/archives/ann-linen-bride-of-e-w-probert-a-yale-graduate-smith-alumna-wed-in.html "Ann Linen Bride Of E. W. Probert, A Yale Graduate; Smith Alumna Wed in East Orange to Law Student at Virginia"], ''The New York Times'', July 3, 1960. Accessed June 28, 2018.</ref> In 1986, Morristown-Beard School inducted Probert into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=549 | title=Hall of Fame}}</ref>
While playing as a junior, Probert captured the 1956 New Jersey Girls' Golf Championship in Maplewood, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Ann Line Gains Title | date=July 28, 1956}}</ref> In August of that year, she won the Metropolitan Girls Golf Championship in Union, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Miss Linen Takes Junior Title On 83; Rock Spring Golfer Captures Metropolitan Crown--Miss Wolfensohn Next at 85 | date=August 25, 1956}}</ref>
==Golfing career== Probert won the Women's New Jersey Golf Association's 36-hole Stroke Play Championship for five consecutive years (1978-1982).<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=Bernardsville News | title=Somerset Hills Golfers Dominate N.J. Stroke Play | date=August 19, 1992}}</ref> She captured the club championship at Somerset Hills 25 times (in 6 different decades) and at Mountain Lake, Florida in Lake Wales, Florida 22 times. Probert also won the Garden State Women's Golf Championship 14 times. During her career, she represented the WMGA at the Griscom Cup 11 times. The Griscom is an annual competition played among women's golf associations in the New York, Philadelphia, and Massachusetts metropolitan areas.<ref name=wmga>{{cite web | url=http://www.njsga.org/communications/news/wmga14/ | title=PALUCK, LAMB, PROBERT CITED BY WMGA; DEPIRO NAMED PRESIDENT| date=31 October 2014}}</ref> Probert also played in the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship six times (1996,<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Trenton Times | title=The Local Scene | date=October 2, 1996}}</ref> 1999, 2003,<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Trenton Times | title=Senior Women's Amateur | date=September 10, 2003}}</ref> 2004, 2005,<ref>{{cite news | title=U.S. Senior Women's Amateur Championship | newspaper=The Trenton Times | date=September 20, 2005}}</ref> 2006, and 2009.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Bangor Daily News | date=July 30, 2009 | first=Ryan | last=McLaughlin | title=Rancourt wins 2nd straight U.S. Amateur next for WMSGA champion}}</ref>)
Probert served on the USGA's Junior Girls Championship Committee for 11 years and the women's committee for 9 years. She also served on the Women's Nominating Committee,<ref name=teetalk/> and chaired the Women's Amateur and Senior Women's Amateur championships.<ref name=pursuit>{{cite news | newspaper=The Star-Ledger | date=August 9, 2001 | title=Probert is in hot pursuit of the one that got away | first=Kate | last=Smith}}</ref> In 1990, Probert co-chaired the Curtis Cup, an international competition between the U.S. and the United Kingdom, with her husband Edward Probert.<ref>{{cite news | title=United States golfers looking to recapture Curtis Cup; Match takes place this weekend at Somerset Hills Country Club | date=July 26, 1990 | newspaper=Echoes-Sentinel}}</ref> She served as president of the Women's Metropolitan Golf Association (WMGA) from 1991 to 1992.<ref name=wmga/> In 2014, WMGA awarded Probert an honorary membership.<ref>{{cite journal | journal=Tee Talk | issue=November 2014 | url=http://www.wmga.com/sites/default/files/tee_talk_november_final_2.pdf | title=2014 Annual Meeting}}</ref>
==Advocacy against domestic violence==
Probert volunteered for the Jersey Battered Women's Service (JBWS) in Morristown, New Jersey. JBWS, a community organization, has provided services to women who face domestic violence or abuse since 1976.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jbws.org/about_jbws.html | title=About JBWS}}</ref> Probert served on their Board of Directors and co-chaired their campaigns.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Bernardsville News | title=Jersey Battered Women's Service builds a dream | first=Joy | last=Catania | date=July 8, 1998}}</ref> She also served as the chair of the Hope Classic golf tournament benefiting JBWS.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=The Bernardsville News | title=Jersey Battered Women's Service hosts classic golf and tennis outing | date=July 20, 2000}}</ref> In 1994, JBWS awarded Probert their first Distinguished Service Award.<ref>{{cite news | newspaper=Echoes-Sentinel | title=Grand Tastings III benefits Battered Women's Shelter | date=June 8, 1994 | first=Marian H. | last=Mundy}}</ref>
==Family== On July 2, 1960, Probert married Edward Probert, a fellow amateur golfer.<ref name=married/> The couple has 3 children and 5 grandchildren, all of whom are avid golfers themselves.
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