Betty Stanhope-Cole

Betty Stanhope-Cole

Category: Player – Amateur

Inducted: 1991

Born: September 21, 1937
Place of Birth:  Calgary, Alberta

Ranked as Canada’s top woman golfer in 1974 and 1976, Betty Stanhope Cole is among the elite of Canada’s female amateurs. Winner of the Canadian Junior Girls’, Canadian Ladies’ Open Amateur and Canadian Ladies’ Close Amateur, Cole represented Canada five times between 1963 and 1976 and played on 25 Alberta interprovincial teams. In 1980, she gave up competitive golf to devote her time to the CLGA.

National:

  • 1956 Canadian Junior Girls Champion
  • 1957 Canadian Ladies’ Champion
  • 1967 Canadian Ladies’ Close Champion

Provincial:

  • Winner of Eastern Provinces title in 1964.
  • Alberta Junior Girls: 1955-1957
  • Alberta Ladies’ Amateur Champion: 1957-1959, 1963, 1966-1968, 1972, 1974-1976, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984
  • 1988 Winner of sixteen Alberta Ladies titles between 1957 and 1984, and runner-up ten times.
  • 1966 Saskatchewan Ladies Champion

Teams:

  • Played on five Canadian teams, 1963 to 1976.
  • Played in 29 Interprovincials; 25 for Alberta, and 2 for ontario and 2 for Saskatchewan
  • World Amateur Team: 1964, 1974, 1976
  • Commonwealth Team: 1971

 

Awards:

Inducted to Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1980

Inducted to Alberta Golf Hall of Fame in 2005

 

Resources:

Photos of Betty from our collection.