Jean Ashley Crawford

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Jean Ashley Crawford (born January 10, 1939) is a former American amateur golfer who played from the mid-1950s to the late 1960s. She won the Broadmoor Invitational in 1955 at age 16 and the Kansas Women's Amateur in 1961. She rose to national prominence in 1960 by reaching the U.S. Women's Amateur final, where she defeated defending champion Barbara McIntire and Ann Casey Johnstone before losing to JoAnne Gunderson. She won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1965, beating Anne Quast Welts in the final. In 1967 she again reached the final, losing to Mary Lou Dill. At that time she was working as a schoolteacher in Kansas. Crawford represented the United States on three Curtis Cup teams (1962, 1966, 1968) and served as non-playing captain in 1972. She had seven top-four finishes in the Kansas Women's Golf Championship. After her playing career, she served on the USGA Women's Committee and was elected to the Kansas Golf Hall of Fame in 1992.