TRIVIA : Decker won the 1988 VSGA Amateur for the first of his 27 titles . Whom did he defeat in the title match ?
TRIVIA : How many times did Andrews finish in the top 10 on the LPGA ’ s season-ending money list ?
Keith Decker
CROWNING MOMENT : Decker , a member at Chatmoss CC in Martinsville , won back-to-back State Open of Virginia championships in 2001 and 2002 , the only amateur to accomplish the feat in the era of combined State Opens ( 1985 – present ). Decker won another State Open of Virginia in 1996 and has been the low amateur at the event two other times .
SIMPLY THE BEST : Decker won the VSGA Senior Amateur last summer at The Omni Homestead Resort ’ s Cascades Course , giving him 27 career VSGA titles — either solo or with a partner in four-ball championships . The next player on the list : Giles , with 15 titles . Decker still has plenty of years left to add to his tally .
ALL-TIMER : With the USGA retiring the State Team Championships , Decker remains as the only player in the United States to play in all 12 editions of the event .
Donna Andrews
CROWNING MOMENT : A native of Lynchburg , Andrews reached the pinnacle of professional women ’ s golf when she won the Nabisco Dinah Shore championship in 1994 , the lone major victory of her career . In all , Andrews won six LPGA titles , the last of which came in 1998 when she finished atop the leaderboard at the Longs Drugs Challenge .
AMATEUR SUCCESS : Andrews won 10 VSGA titles , more than any woman in history . Included was a run of five straight wins in the VSGA Women ’ s Amateur from 1985 – 89 . She turned pro shortly thereafter .
INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM : Andrews , who played college golf at the University of North Carolina , was a member of two Solheim Cup squads ( 1994 and 1998 ) and captained the U . S . Junior Solheim Cup team in 2007 .
SNEAD : PGA OF AMERICA / GETTY IMAGES ; DECKER AND MCDOWELL : VSGA ARCHIVES ; ANDREWS : LPGA TOUR |
TRIVIA : The Wallace McDowell Trophy is awarded to the winner of what VSGA championship ? |
Wallace McDowell
CROWNING MOMENT : McDowell served as the essential link between the once all-volunteer VSGA to the organization that now has 12 full-time employees and offers services to men , women and juniors across the Commonwealth .
EARLY ROOTS : A retired banker , McDowell began volunteering at VSGA events in the late 1960s . He took over as executive secretary in 1973 after the unexpected death of VSGA president Jose Davila . McDowell played a huge role in helping the VSGA launch its VIP Golf Card Program and what is now called the VSGA-VIP Scholarship Foundation , along with the VSGA One-Day Program .
HONORS : Shortly before his death in 2010 , McDowell was inducted into the Middle Atlantic Golf Association Hall of Fame .
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TRIVIA ANSWERS :
Andrews : Three ( third in 1998 , fifth in 1994 , ninth in 1993 ).
Decker : Dicky Linkous of Roanoke
Snead : Peter Oosterhuis
McDowell : The VSGA Four- Ball Stroke Play Championship .
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