Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame
An All-American type girl on the LPGA Tour. She carried a basketball with her to every event and was shooting baskets constantly. Joining the Tour in 1974, Britz's first title was the 1979 USGA Women's Open Championship at Brooklawn Country Club in Fairfield, Connecticut in which her 72-hole score of 284 tied the low aggregate score for the event at that time. Britz also finished second that year in the LPGA Championship and was awarded the LPGA's Peter Jackson Award for her performances in the majors that year. Britz won her second LPGA title the following year in the Mary Kaye Classic and remained on the LPGA Tour through the 1999 season.
Britz, who took up the game at age 17 in Luverne, Minnesota, did not turn professional until age 30. She spent five years teaching high school and three years teaching college before turning professional. Britz also won the 1969 Minnesota Women's Public Links Championship.
A friendly, happy-go-lucky weekend golfer at Keller Golf Club who never took the game too seriously and was content to play with anyone. Clark, a dapper dresser, played high school golf in Cedar Rapids, Iowa before he came to Saint Paul, Minnesota in the late 1920's.
Clark won the 1940 USGA Public Links Championship at Rackham Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan in record setting fashion, 8 and 6 over Mike Dietz. Clark then went on to win three consecutive Minnesota Public Links Championships in 1941, 1942 and 1943.
In the next years Clark eased out of tournament golf and spent more time bowling, a sport in which he was considered one of Saint Paul's best.
