A multi-sport athlete at Upper Darby High and Beaver College, she was a member of the Royal's golf team for three seasons(1941-42-43). She took up golf at age 11. She once called golf a "silly" game and followed her fathers instructions when she took junior golf lessons. She is a long time member of the Lianerch Country Golf Club. The highlights of her lengthy career were her victories in the United States Golf Association events. She triumphed at the U.S. Amateur of Merion Golf Club in 1949, 11 months after giving birth to her daughter, Nancy and while 2 months pregnant with her second child. She won the U.S. Senior Womens Amateur title in 1977, 1980, 1981 and 1983 and is one of 17 golfers to win four or more USGA individual titles. She also was a member of the victorious 1950 Curtis Cup team, which defeated Great Britain and Ireland 71-11, and she captained the 1966 Curtis Cup Team that defeated Great Britain and Ireland, 13-5. She also captained a USGA squad in the Womens World Team competition in Hong Kong in 1984. She won nine Philadelphia Womens Championships (1946,'56,'59,'62,'69,'70,'73,'83,' and '92, three Pennsylvania State titles (1946, '52, '55) and many local tournaments.