Patricia Cornett

Cornett burst into the golf scene in 1971 at the US Girls Junior Tournament. At North Salinas High School, she was the first female in Monterey County to compete in male varsity sports. She earned All American honors at Stanford in 1975, the same year she won her first state women’s amateur title. She won again in 1983. Cornett competed in more than 50 USGA tournaments, qualified for the US Women’s Open eight times, was runner-up in the US Women’s Mid-Amateur in 1987, and was chosen captain of the US Curtis Cup Team in 2012. Golf Digest ranked Cornett the No. 7 best physician-golfer in the country and first among women.