Winning the Charleswood Golf Club women’s championship an astonishing 36 times is a remarkable feat on its own, but it is only one facet of the very successful golf career of Marjorie (Marj) Edey.
She also made a name for herself at other Manitoba golf courses, as witnessed by her winning the provincial amateur women’s championship five times in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950 and 1951; and the provincial senior women’s championship four times in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1965. Throw in six victories in the women’s City and District championship for good measure.
Marj played on a total of 15 provincial women’s golf teams over the years. She was on 12 amateur teams in 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958 and 1959; and on three senior teams in 1973, 1974, 1975.
She was recognized for her major contributions to her club in 1980 when the Charleswood Golf Club retired the Alcrest Cup, which she had won so often, and replaced it with the Edey Cup for the succeeding women’s club champions. She died in 1981.
She was the first female golfer inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1984 and is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 27, 2004.