This award represents the highest honor conferred by the Women’s District of Columbia Golf Association. The Briggs Award for Distinguished Service is given periodically to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to the advancement of golf. It honors the person who has worked unselfishly to promote the best aspects of the game.

Named for the late Sharon Briggs, a championship golfer from Montgomery Village Country Club, the award recognizes the attributes that Sharon exhibited so admirably throughout her life: selfless dedication to the betterment of the game, generous service to the golf community, appreciation for the ways in which the game can help others, and an exemplary sense of sportsmanship and fair play, both on and off the course.

2006 – Ann Bergquist

• Instigator of inaugural Maryland State Golf Association (MSGA) Women’s Senior Tournament - 1985
• Member Founding Committee Maryland State Golf Association – Women’s Division (MSGA-WD) 1995
• Recipient Distinguished Service Award (MSGA-WD) 1996
• Member Kenwood Country Club (KCC) Board of Governors 1985-1992 and 1996-1999
• Chairman KCC Women’s Golf Association  1985-1986
• Chairman KCC Golf Committee 1989
• KCC Delegate to MSGA-WD 1998-2006
• Captain KCC WDCGA team 1989 and 1990
• Recipient Jack Weber Award KCC for long term contribution to golf 1998
• WDCGA Executive Board member 1985-1988
• WDCGA Rules Committee Chair 1999-2000
• WDCGA Rules Committee member 1987-2000 and 2002 –Present
• WDCGA Handicap Committee member 1970’s to 1980’s
• Chaired  various WDCGA tournaments in mid-1980’s, 2004, 2006
• KCC Women’s Golf Champion 1993
• BS degree in education – University of Maryland 1947
• MA degree in eduction – University of Maryland 1953
• Widow, mother, equestrian, tennis player and golfer

2004 – Pat Kaufman 

·         Founding President -Maryland State Golf Association-Women’s Division 1995-99

·         President - WDCGA 2001-2002

·         Member USGA Regional Associations

Committee 1996-98

·         Member & Chairman USGA Women’s

Mid-Amateur Championship Committee

1998- Present

·         Member USGA Women’s Committee

2001-Present

·         Member Middle Atlantic Golf Association Rules Committee 2002-Present

·         Member Middle Atlantic Golf Association Executive Board 2003-05

·         BS degree in biology – Wheeling College 1966

·         MS degree in molecular biology – West Virginia Univ. 1970

·         Doctor of Laws, J.D. – Catholic University 1979

·         Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Golfer!

  2002 - Ruth Ann Verell

·         President – Virginia State Golf Association- Women’s Division 1998-99

·         President – WDCGA 1979-80

·         Member USGA Regional Associations Committee 1998-2000

·         Rules Chairman – VSGA 2001-2002

·         Rules Chairman – WDCGA 2001-2004

·         20 –time Club Champion Belle Haven