Michigan Women’s Golf Assoc. 2022 Hall of Fame Inductees
Joan Cleland
Joan has been a member of the MWGA since 2000 and served on the Board from 2003 – 2005 as Publicity Chair. Since then, Joan has served in multiple leadership Roles for the MWGA, plus she has served on the committees for the Legacy Celebration and the 100th Anniversary of the Michigan Women’s Amateur.
Joan was very successful in managing large committees and complex programs with speakers, panel discussions, invited guests, exhibitors, dinners, awards, fund-raising, and publicity. The Legacy honored the late Shirley Spork, a Founder of the LPGA, the late Mary Fossum, long term coach of the MSU Women’s Golf Team, and Betty Richart, a Chairman of the USGA Women’s Committee and long-time volunteer for women’s golf.
Pat DeMaire
Pat DeMaire has been a MWGA Member since 1995 (27 years) and served on the Board of Directors in 2001 – 2003. She has been a member of the WMGA since 2002. She has been a Governor of the GAM since 2004 for 17 years and is currently serving as an Honorary Governor.
She has served as a Rules Official since 1995 for many GAM, MWGA, and WMGA Tournaments. She has outstanding expertise in Course Rating and has been a Course Rater for the GAM since 1997 and has completed more than 260 Course Rating Days, averaging 10+ ratings a year for 17 years. She was Course Rater of the Year in 2014, and has volunteered for the USGA at the US Women’s Open, the US Open, and the US Senior Open.
Adrianne Danzeisen-Clor
Adrianne Danzeisen-Clor was a member of the MWGA Board of Directors from 1991 – 1994. She served on the USGA Women’s Amateur Public Links (WAPL) Committee from 1992 - 2005. She attended the USGA/PGA Rules School to become a Rules Official for the USGA, MWGA, and GAM. She was a GAM Course Rater and Captain from 1991 – 2017. She was Course Rater of the Year in 2002 and 2013. She and her husband Ken owned and operated Clor’s Outpost, a retail golf shop, near Hillsdale from 1991 – 2019.
She completed training to become a member of the Professional Golf Teachers Association of America and is a Class A Master Teaching Professional. She gave golf lessons and ran the junior golf program in Hillsdale County until 2018. She completed training and certification for golf club fitting for most club manufacturers. She has received multiple honors for club fitting – and was recognized by Golf Digest as America’s 100 Best Club Fitters.
Julie Massa
Julie Massa was born in Oregon and excelled in high school golf and was medalist and won the Oregon Amateur Championship in 1983. She played for the Arizona State University Women’s Golf Team from 1981 – 1986. She married Darryl Massa and moved to Michigan in 1989 and they raised 3 daughters, who all played on the MSU Women’s Golf Team.
Julie has won 16 GAM Championships and has been GAM Senior Women’s Player of the Year the last 6 years. She was named the GAM Women’s Senior Player of the Decade in 2020. She has qualified and played in 20 USGA Championships including the US Junior Girls (2), US Women’s Amateur (2). US Women’s Mid-Amateur (10), and US Senior Women’s Amateur (6). Inducted into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame in 2021.
Francine Pegues
Francine Pegues has been the director of the MWGA LPGA*USGA Girl’s Golf Program (GGP) for 14 years. She operated the Driving Range on Belle Isle from 2015 – 2017, which hosted our GGP during that time. She became a GAM Foundation Board Member in 2019 and a GAM Governor in 2021. Francine has taken the GGP to a whole new level. With her organizational skills, community connections and lots of passion, she has developed a program superior to other GGPs.
She hires qualified professional golf pros to instruct the kids in proper techniques and has provided the kids with healthy snacks, lessons in nutrition and health, and information about future education and careers. Several participants have played on high school golf teams and some play on college golf teams. Annually, she takes a bus load of kids to an LPGA Tour Event to participate in the GGP at the tournament and to witness the great professional women golfers.
Barbara Porter
Barbara Porter was a MWGA Board Member for 16 years. She served as Membership Chair, Promotions Chair, and Course Coordinator, scheduling all competitions at various locations throughout the state. She and Lori Rogers were instrumental in developing the first MWGA Competitions Handbook outlining all the necessary steps to run a first-class event with the aid of the computer. The Handbook gave consistent quality to MWGA Tournaments.
She served as President for 6 years. During those years, she expanded MWGA focus and broadened its horizons during the inception of the Girls Golf Program and the involvement of the MWGA in the Women’s Golf Alliance, a nation-wide organization of Women’s Golf Associations. For several years, she coordinated the Girls Golf Program at Rouge Park and processed the budgeting for all the programs through 2015 in order to secure grant money from the LPGA. She remains an active volunteer for the MWGA Girls Golf Program.
Darci Stocker
Darci Stocker has won 5 MWGA Golfer of the Year Awards and has won 5 MWGA State Championships. She has participated in 12 Atlas Cup Trophy Matches. She has been a successful girls and boys high school golf coach for the past 17 years. She has received several awards as a coach and is currently on the Flint Junior Golf Association Board of Directors.
Oakland University Women’s Golf team – lettered two years
MWGA Golfer of the Year – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015 and 2020
MWGA Player of the Year – 2004, 2009, 2010 and 2011
GAM Top Ten Honor Roll – 2012 and 2013
GAM Top Ten Women’s Mid-Am – 7 times
Club Championships – Flint (6), Fortress (5), and Davison (6)
Coach of Girls and Boys High school Golf teams – 17 years (2002 – 2019)
Michigan High School Golf Coaches Division 1 Coach of the Year 2012
