Sharon Briggs Award
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.
Award Recipients
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 education – University of Maryland 1953
- Widow, mother, equestrian, tennis player and golfer
2004, Pat Kaufman
- Member USGA Executive Committee 2008-present
- Member USGA Women’s Committee 2002-2007
- Member USGA Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship Committee 1998-2002, Chairman 2004-07
- President - WDCGA 2001-2002
- Founding President -Maryland State Golf Association-Women’s Division 1995-99
- Member Middle Atlantic Golf Association Executive Board 2003-05
- Member Middle Atlantic Golf Association Rules Committee 2002-present
- B.S. Biology – Wheeling College 1966
- M.S. Molecular Biology – West Virginia University 1970
- J.D. – Catholic University Columbus School of Law 1979
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