Winners: Ada Mackenzie, Golf
Ada Mackenzie on the green.
Date:1926
Collection:Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
1933 - Feature Story
The wonder is how Ada Mackenzie ever had the time to be so good on the golf course, particularly in 1933. She took the Ontario Ladies Amateur Championship at her former club, Mississauga, and then added both the Canadian Open and Canadian Closed Ladies Amateur titles. She did all this while still running the Toronto Ladies Golf Club, the women-only club she founded and opened in 1926, primarily because she believed women should be allowed weekend morning tee times, always set aside for male members, and no other club would feature such a consideration. Mackenzie also ran her own clothing company and store, which designed, manufactured and sold women’s clothing for athletes. As if all that weren’t enough, she still held down a full-time job in a bank. Yet she remained practically unbeatable on the golf course.
Career Highlights
- 1955-1960, 1962, 1965 Canadian Senior Women’s Championship
- 1933 Bobbie Rosenfeld Award (Canada’s female athlete of the year)
- 1927, 1932 United States Women’s Amateur Championship semi-finalist
- 1926 -1927, 1929, 1931, 1933 Canadian Ladies’ Closed championship
- 1919, 1925, 1926, 1933, 1935 Canadian Ladies’ Amateur Championship
Ada Mackenzie swinging on the green.
Date: 1920’s
Collection: Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
Trophy won by Ada Mackenzie at the Ladies Championship Golf Tournament in Jasper, Alberta.
Date: 1935
Collection: Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
Plate won by Ada MacKenzie for having the low qualifying score at the United States Golf Association Women's Golf Championship in Garden City, New York.
Date: 1927
Collection: Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
Wooden driver used by Ada Mackenzie.
Date: 1920-1940
Collection: Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & Museum
Ada MacKenzie resting on her golf club.
Date: 1920’s
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Ada Mackenzie (left) and U.S. golfer Helen Buck at the Women’s National Golf Tournament in Summit, New Jersey.
Date: September 28, 1936
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Ada Mackenzie posing on the green.
Date: September 19, 1929
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Ada Mackenzie on a golf green.
Date: September 30, 1932
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
