Golf: Illinois Valley Women’s Golf Invitational Honor Roll for 2024

A history of the Illinois Valley Women’s Golf Invitational. The 65th annual tournament will be held Sunday at Deer Park Golf Club in Oglesby.

Year	Location	Individual champion	Team champion
1958	South Bluff	June Anderson, Mendota GC	Not available
1959	South Bluff	June Anderson, Mendota GC	Not available
1960	South Bluff	June Anderson, Mendota GC	Not available
1961	South Bluff	Doris Vicini, Pine Hills	Not available
1962	Not available	June Anderson, Mendota GC	Not available
1963	Mendota GC	June Anderson, Mendota GC	Not available
1964	Pine Hills	June Anderson, Mendota GC	Not available
1965	Pine Hills	Mary Dagraedt, South Bluff	Not available
1966	DaDeCo	Doris Vicini, Pine Hills	Not available
1967	Deer Park	Judy Krafcky, Pine Hills	Pine Hills
1968	Morris CC	Wilma Tibbetts, Mendota GC	Pine Hills
1969	Spring Creek	Kay Hines, Pine Hills	Bureau Valley
1970	Not available	Estelle Green, Bureau Valley	Not available
1971	DaDeCo	Kay Hines, Pine Hills	Deer Park
1972	Deer Park	Kay Hines, Pine Hills	Bureau Valley
1973	Edgewood	Kay Hines, Pine Hills	Bureau Valley
1974	Lacon CC	Jo Beth Camp, Lacon CC	Lacon CC
1975	Mendota GC	Kay Hines, Pine Hills	Mendota GC
1976	Not available	Louise Hill, Edgebrook	Not available
1977	South Bluff	Marianne Barnes, Lacon CC	Spring Creek
1978	Spring Creek	Marsha Leonard, Twin Creek	Spring Creek
1979	Twin Creek	Marsha Leonard, Twin Creek	Tall Oaks
1980	DaDeCo	Julie Baxter, Tall Oaks	Bureau Valley
1981	Deer Park	Sue Arbogast, Twin Creek	Tall Oaks
1982	Edgewood	Kathy Beck, DaDeCo	Tall Oaks
1983	Hidden Lake	Julie Baxter, Tall Oaks	Hidden Lake
1984	Tall Oaks	Kathy Beck, Deer Park	Tall Oaks
1985	Bureau Valley	Judy Kalkwarf, Tall Oaks	Tall Oaks
1986	Lacon CC	Judy Kalkwarf, Tall Oaks	Hidden Lake
1987	Mendota GC	June Anderson, Mendota GC	Mendoa GC
1988	Morris CC	Jeri Dolezal, Mendota GC	Morris CC
1989	Spring Creek	Judy Kalkwarf, Tall Oaks	Tall Oaks
1990	Tall Oaks	Deb Seggerman, Tall Oaks	Tall Oaks
1991	Twin Creek	Judy Kalkwarf, Tall Oaks	Tall Oaks
1992	Bureau Valley	Julie Orrison, Lacon CC	Bureau Valley
1993	Canceled
1994	Deer Park	Kristy Pytel, Deer Park	Deer Park
1995	Lacon CC	Gina Steele, Spring Creek	Edgewood
1996	Edgewood	Janet Nave, Lacon CC	Edgewood
1997	Spring Creek	Roberta Benevento, Green River	Spring Creek
1998	Hidden Lake	Roberta Benevento, Green River	Spring Creek
1999	Tall Oaks	Judy Kalkwarf, Tall Oaks	Tall Oaks
2000	Bureau Valley	Roberta Benevento, Green River	Green River
2001	Deer Park	Penny Derick, Spring Creek	Tall Oaks
2002	Edgewood	Penny Derick, Edgewood	Edgewood
2003	Lacon CC	Carrie Riordan, Spring Creek	Edgewood
2004	Oak Ridge	Carol Balconi, Edgewood	Edgewood
2005	Spring Creek	Carrie Riordan, Spring Creek	Edgewood
2006	Deer Park	Carol Balconi, Edgewood	Edgewood
2007	Edgewood	Carrie Riordan, Spring Creek	Edgewood
2008	Green River	Carrie Riordan, Deer Park	Edgewood
2009	Hunter’s Ridge	Carrie Riordan, Deer Park	Hunter’s Ridge
2010	Oak Ridge	Cheri Russell, Morris CC	Spring Creek
2011	Spring Creek	Carrie Riordan, Deer Park	Oak Ridge
2012	Deer Park	Katie Farrell, Hunter’s Ridge	Oak Ridge
2013	Edgewood	Carol Balconi, Edgewood	Edgewood
2014	Green River	Tammy Howlett, Green River	Green River
2015	Hidden Lake	Michelle Schmidt, Spring Creek	Spring Creek
2016	Oak Ridge	Cheri Russell, Morris CC	Prophet Hills
2017	Spring Creek	Cathy Verhulst, Prophet Hills	Prophet Hills
2018	Wyaton Hills	Carol Towne, Wyaton Hills	Wyaton Hills
2019	Edgewood	Cheri Russell, Morris CC	Spring Creek
2020	Canceled	not held due to COVID-19
2021	Prophet Hills	Cathy Verhulst, Prophet Hills	Prophet Hills
2022	Spring Creek	Kirsten McLendon, Deer Park	Deer Park
2023	Wyaton Hills	Cheri Russell, Morris CC	Deer Park
2024	Deer Park	Kirsten McLendon, Deer Park	Deer Park

Compiled by Kevin Hieronymus

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Golf: Illinois Valley Women’s Golf Invitational Honor Roll for 2024

Kevin Hieronymus