Barbara Joy McIntire (born January 12, 1935)[1] is an American amateur golfer.
[1] Living in Florida, she began playing golf as a young girl and at age 15 made a splash at the 1950 U.S. Women's Amateur by eliminating six-time Champion Glenna Collett Vare in the opening round.
[1] A student at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida in 1956, McIntire came close to becoming the first amateur to win the U.S. Women's Open when she was tied with professional Kathy Cornelius at the end of regulation play but lost in the ensuing playoff.
[1] The following year, she won the 1960 British Ladies Amateur, becoming one of eight women to simultaneously hold the American and British titles and earning her the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine.
A member of the U.S. Curtis Cup team in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966 and 1972,[1] McIntire won her second U.S. Women's Amateur in 1964[1] and went on to dedicate herself to the game of golf, serving on the United States Golf Association Women's Committee from 1985 to 1996 and its chairperson for 1995 and 1996.