Since 1982, Julia Baldwin has been involved with junior golf as a volunteer and as a LPGA Teaching Professional. As a young girl growing up in Goodwater, AL, she longed to become a teacher. The racial climate and family circumstances caused Julia to leave school before graduation. Later in life she realized she could achieve her dream by becoming a golf teaching professional. She has been involved with the Tee Set, Police Athletic League, LPGA Junior and Urban Youth Golf Program, Tiger Woods Foundation, Midnight Golf Program, City of Detroit Recreation Department, and the MWGA LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Program. During her 27 years of teaching golf to juniors, Julia has brought the game of golf to thousands of young people in Detroit. Her contributions have been acknowledged by Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick with a Congressional Resolution in 2006. She also received the “Spirit of Detroit Award” from the Midnight Golf Program in 2006.

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# Golfer of the Year Michigan Chronicle Newspaper League – 1981, 1983

# All Star Team, Ladies Division, Michigan Chronicle Newspaper League – 1982

# 1st Place, Championship Division, Local UGA 59th National Tournament – 1986

# 1st Place Championship Division, Detroit NAACP Golf Tournament - 1988

# Volunteer Instructor, Tee Set Junior Golf Program – 1982 – 1990

# Volunteer Instructor, Police Athletic League – 1992

# Assistant Golf Commissioner Police Athletic League - 1993

# Instructor for LPGA Junior Golf Program – 1993

# Coordinator, LPGA Urban Youth Golf Program – 1994 – 1997

# Recipient of the Crescent City Golf Foundation Award (New Orleans) – 1997

# Tiger Woods Foundation, Group Leader and Instructor, Palmer Park – 1998

# Board of Directors, Midnight Golf Program – 2001

# Detroit Parks and Recreation Junior Golf Instructor – 2002

# Belle Isle Golf Professional – 2002- 2008

# Golf Professional Police Athletic League – 2003 – 2008

# Golf Professional MWGA LPGA-USGA Girls Golf Program – 2007, 2008, and 2009

Deb joined the MWGA in 1996 (23 years) and has served on the Board of Directors since 2000 (19 years). She has served as Board Secretary for 19 years and been a member of the Tournament Committee for 18 years. She was instrumental in standardizing and computerizing our tournaments and procedures for registration, recording results, and financial reports. As a player, she has won the MWGA Golfer of the year 4 times and MWGA Player of the Year 7 times. She has represented the Publinks in the Women’s Atlas Trophy Matches 4 years. She qualified and played in the US Senior Women’s Amateur Championship in 2009.

 

# MWGA member since 1996 – 23 years

# MWGA Board Member – since 2000 – 19 years

# MWGA Board Secretary and Tournament Committee, 19 and 18 years

# MWGA Match Play League Member – 15 years – Champion 2007, 2013, and 2018

# WMGA Member – 2008, 2009 – Club Champion - 2009

# Observer and Eccentric Women’s Champion in 1989

# MWGA Golfer of the Year – 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2011

# MWGA Player of the Year – 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013

# Women’s Atlas Cup Publink Team – 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2012

# Qualified and played in the US Senior Women’s Amateur Championship in 2009

# GAM Senior Women’s Honor Roll Top Five in 2007 and 2009

Martha has been a dedicated member of the MWGA since 1986. She has served as a MWGA Board Member and Governor of the GAM. She has been a Rules Official for 30 years. She has participated in and supported the MWGA with a loyalty not often seen. She has mentored and volunteered with kindness and humor. She brightens every event she attends or works and truly deserves to be recognized by the MWGA.

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#  MWGA Member since 1986

#  MWGA Board Member – 1988 and 1989

#  GAM Governor – 1999 – 2003

#  WMGA that conducted the MI WM’s AM Championship – 1998 – 2004

#  Women’s Interstate Mid-Amateur Championship Board of Directors - 1986 - 1996

#  MWGA, GAM, NCAA, and USGA Rules Official – 1988 – 2018 (30 years!)

#  Rules Chair for women’s weekly golf league – 40 years

#  Michigan Women’s Golf Leadership Award – 2001