| In 1936 she won the Corby Cup for the first time. As the story goes, she had one of the later tee times, playing towards the end of the field. Many assumed that a certain Mrs. Marr would be the winner, who shot a 76 and was sitting in one of the white lawn chairs along with many others, waiting for the field to complete the tournament. A Caddie declared that there was some young kid out on the course shooting lights out. That KID was Marion who turned in a score of 75, beating out Mrs. Marr.
She won The Corby Cup again, 32 years later in 1968. Ironically enough, she sunk a 10- foot putt on the first hole of a playoff defeating a fellow Manor member, a youngster by the name of Pat Tyrell.
In 1937, she played in the Mason Dixon Championship losing to Patty Berg, 4 &3. She went on to win the consolation flight.
In 1938, she had a very remarkable year.
Locally
June, she won the WDCGA Championship, defeating Helen Dittweiler.
October she won the Middle Atlantic Championship at Rodgers Forge Club in Baltimore again defeating Helen Dittweiler 2 &1. She set the course record (77) in doing so. Helen shot 79 and later turned Pro.
Nationally:
At the 43rd Women’s Amateur held in Darien, Connecticut she defeated Glena Collett Vare, a five time US Champion and Curtis Cup Team Member. She lost her next match on the 23rd hole to Maureen Orcott Crew, another member of the Curtis Cup Team.
She also had the opportunity to play with the great athlete, Babe Didrikson Zaharis.
She was the Guest of Honor at the NBC-WMAL closing day tournament, an affiliated WDCGA event.
She also was honored at a Testimonial Dinner held at Manor Country Club, receiving a diamond and sapphire ring and bracelet.
1939
She won the Phyllis Keeler Miller Tournament, which had 123 competitors, in a playoff. She shot an 81.
She has won the numerous local Cup Tournaments far too many to mention.
Club Championships
In the years spanning 1936-2002 Marion won the Women’s Championship at Manor Country Club NINE times. She was a finalist this year and lost on the 19th Hole to Barbara Dimaio.
She also won the Women’s Championship at Indian Spring Country Club numerous times in the early days of her career, often holding both titles in the same years.
She attended George Washington University and the University of Maryland.
She took time off from competitive golf, while she raised her two sons and daughters, some of which are here today.
More recently Marion was a 2002 Maryland State Amateur Flight winner. In 2005 she was the Super Senior Champion in the Maryland State Senior Championship.
She is the current Handicap Chairman at Manor Country Club, a position she has held for a number of years.
She is never too busy to help a new golfer, or give words of encouragement, on and off the golf course.
She is still going strong, and is an inspiration and HERO to all of us who have the privilege of knowing her.
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