This year’s award is being presented posthumously to Marion Miley.

She won every elite amateur tournament including the WWGA Amateur Championship in 1935 and 1937.

Marion and her mother were murdered on September 28, 1941, in an apartment at Lexington (Kentucky) Country Club, she was 27. Her death made headlines around the world.

In 1941 WWGA Directors created a gold bracelet in memory of Marion.

First awarded to the low qualifier in the Amateur and WWGA Open, when the Open was discontinued in 1967, the bracelet became the trophy for the low qualifier in the WWGA Amateur and Junior Championships.

Greg Griffith, Head Golf Professional & General Manager at Lexington Country Club in Kentucky will be accepting the award and prominently display in the club’s Miley trophy case.

Courtney Trimble
2023 Guest Speaker

Originally from Georgia, Courtney Swaim Trimble resides in the Chicago area with her husband and two sons.

She received her Bachelor’s Degree from Auburn in 2002 where she was a four-year letter winner, All-American, played in two U.S. Women’s Open’s and a member of the victorious 2002 U.S. Curtis Cup team.

All the triumphs this former college golf coach earned, made her passionate about helping players advance through their golf careers, that is the primary reason she founded “Fore Hire”. Her company assists women players in golf job opportunities, making connections and transitioning into the next phase of their career.

She is on a mission to show women that opportunities exist within the golf industry. She is a consultant to Women’s Golf Coaches Association and a Director of the Women’s Western.