Zahn, of Nevis, Minn., coached the University of Minnesota women’s golf team from 1982 to 1987, contending for the Big Ten championship during her tenure and eventually reaching a national ranking of 18th. As a competitive player, Zahn won six individual Minnesota state titles, including two Women’s State Amateurs (stroke play), in 1976 and 1981; three Women’s State Match Play titles, 1976, 1979 and 1986; and a Senior Women’s State Amateur, in 2006; she nearly won six more times, finishing as runner up, or second place, in these tournaments during a run from 1977 to 1983. Zahn also qualified for four USGA amateur championships (the 1982 U.S. Women’s Amateur, and the 2005-2007 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur).
