Although she was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1941, Pat Piper’s long and distinguished golfing career had a distinct Manitoba focus.
She was living in Yorkton, Saskatchewan when she won the Saskatchewan Junior Womens’ Championship in 1957 and 1959 and was the runner – up in 1958. She was a member of the Saskatchewan Junior Team in 1957 and the Saskatchewan Amateur Teams in 1958 and 1959. In addition, she won four consecutive Saskatchewan Northeastern Championships, 1956 to 1959.
Piper still had junior eligibility and won the Manitoba Junior Womens’ Championship in 1961 playing as a member of Rossmere Country Club. She was also a member of the Manitoba Junior team that year and together with Marion Lawrence they were the national runners-up at the Canadian Junior in the team competition.
Piper was runner-up in the 1961 and 1964 Manitoba Amateur Championship ironically both times to her sister, Marg Homenuik, who herself has been an Honoured Member of the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame since 2004. She was a member of the Manitoba Womens’ Amateur Teams in 1960, 1961 and 1973.
She was runner – up in the City and District Championship in 1962 and 1963.
Senior golf presented another opportunity to excel and in 1994, Piper won the Manitoba Senior Womens’ Championship playing out of John Blumberg Golf Course. She was on four consecutive Manitoba Senior Teams (1991 through 1994).
In 1992, Piper was the runner – up in the Canadian Senior Womens’ Championship and the low Canadian. In part for this accomplishment she was a finalist for the Amateur Golfer of the Year Award in Manitoba in 1992. As well, that year Score Magazine ranked her 7th among Senior Women Golfers in Canada.
Piper was inducted into the Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.
Pat Piper is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., October 2, 2017.