Alexa Stirling

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I I . Q U O T A T I O N S A N D A N N O T A T I O N S “I only hope when I leave competitive golf, I can be like Alexa. I’ve never met a golfer or a woman that I’ve thought so much of. Alexa is the finest competitor and the finest lady the game has ever known” Patty Berg*, Founding member of the LPGA, and World Golf Hall of Fame member *Said after watching Alexa (age 53) play her last competitive round (Patty had already won 8 of her record 15 majors)

“No woman golfer has ever been more admired and beloved by those she played against than Alexa Stirling” James A. Barclay * *Wrote Golf in Canada, was curator of the golf museum of the Royal Canadian Golf Association and was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame for leadership and for his careful research and writing. He was the author of the only biography of Alexa, The Golfer and the Carpenter, but died in 2011 before it was published.

“The most stylish and dangerous woman golfer ever to breach British shores”

Bernard Darwin*, British golf writer and World Golf Hall of Fame member *First writer ever to cover golf on a daily basis, and competed in The Amateur Championship on 26 occasions and the first Walker Cup

“It is no exaggeration to say that Ms. Stirling’s going will leave a gap…(she) has made a host of friends on this side” Eleanor Helme*, British Golf Illustrated *British golf journalist, author and 1923 English Ladies Amateur Champion

“(Alexa’s) form has been the model for countless women golfers whom she inspired to better games. I succumbed to her influence the first time I saw her play” “When she gave her full attention to golf ... she was almost invincible ... and when her powers were at their crest she went undefeated at match play for more than a few years.” Glenna Collett Vare*, World Golf Hall of Fame member *Won Six US Amateur Championships, two Canadian Ladies Opens, and the French Ladies Open. The Vare trophy is given annually to the LPGA player with the lowest scoring average of the season

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