Mary Gay
Inducted In
1988
Mary Gay was born in Toronto on September 16, 1931 and showed an early aptitude for golf. She started playing at the Waterloo County Golf and Country Club, Galt, at the age of thirteen. She won the ladies’ club championship at age sixteen in 1947, and the Hamilton and district championship in 1951. She played tournament golf for the next eight years.
Gay was Ontario champion in 1952 and runner-up three times. She was runner-up three times in the Canadian Close Championship and five times in the Canadian Open Championship. She was an inter- provincial team member for Ontario (three times) and Alberta (twice). She represented Canada on ladies’ golf teams in international competition in Great Britain in 1953 and 1959. In 1952 she was runner-up to Marlene Streit for the Canadian Female Athlete of the Year award.
In curling, Gay skipped the winning rinks in 1962 and 1963 in the Ontario Business Women’s championship.
Gay worked for Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada. She was a member of the Westmount Golf and Country Club since 1952.