The Association of Golf Writers (AGW) is proud to announce the appointment of Lewine Mair as President of the Association.
In the 83-year history of the AGW, Mair is the first woman to be awarded this honour, confirmed today at the annual general meeting of the Association at Royal St George’s, host venue for this week’s 149th Open Championship.
“I am delighted that Lewine has agreed to become the first woman president of the AGW,” said Chairman Martin Dempster.“Lewine is a highly-respected figure in the game, having already served as the AGW’s first woman Chairman from 2007-2010.
“She has been a trusty committee member for a lengthy period of time and we could not have a more worthy first woman President than Lewine.
“I am sure her late husband, Norman, would have been very proud of this moment, as, of course, will be the case with her children and grandchildren.”
Mair becomes the 14th President of the Association and takes over following the passing of Jock MacVicar, who died in April.
“I can't tell you how honoured I feel to be named as the first woman President of the AGW and to be following in the footsteps of so many well-known AGW writers,” said Mair. “There are too many to mention, though I do want to single out my immediate predecessor, Jock MacVicar, whose time in the role was so unfairly cut short.
“It has been an enormous honour to serve the Association as Chairman and now, with 43 years of AGW membership under my belt, I hope to be of some use to Martin Dempster, our excellent Chairman, and his team.”
Mair became the first woman to hold a specialist position on the sports pages of a national paper in the UK when, in 1997, she was appointed as golf correspondent to the London Telegraph and is currently a Senior European correspondent for Global Golf Post.
