The committee conducts or supervises golf tournaments for women, mostly amateur events (except for the U.S. Open) and selects the Curtis Cup members.
In this role, Graham was responsible for running the USGA's top three women's events: the Open, the Amateur, and the Mid-Amateur.
She was appointed by the USGA as (non-playing) captain of the 1990 United States World Amateur golf team which won the international competition that year in New Zealand.
Tennessean sportswriter Jimmy Davy called Graham "one of the most influential people in women's amateur golf".
Two weeks after their wedding her husband had to go overseas to serve in the military in World War II, stationed in India as an army newspaper correspondent.
Tennessean sportswriter Jimmy Davy called Graham "one of the most influential people in women's amateur golf".
[8] Graham readily admitted that, despite her avid pursuit of the game, her personal golf skills were not the reason for her prominence in the sport.
It began with a letter-writing campaign to the country clubs in 15 southern U.S. states by two women, Mrs. Willard Parker Sullivan (Birmingham) and Mrs. George Harrington (Atlanta).
[10] She hosted the 60th WSGA tournament at her home course at Belle Meade Country Club in Nashville with a field of 144 players.
The two best scores of the three-player team counted, winning the Espirito Santo Trophy for the U.S.[13] Graham was Chairman of the Women's Committee of the USGA in 1987 and 1988.