[2] After a 20 year interval of not playing the sport, in 2018 she agreed co-chair 118th U.S. Women's Amateur and was tapped to serve as (non-playing) captain of the 2020 U.S. Curtis Cup team (postponed until 2021).
[7][8] In her youth, she excelled in swimming, equestrian sports, lacrosse, field hockey, tennis and basketball before concentrating on golf as a teenager.
[1] After winning many junior and collegiate titles, she won the 1990 Canadian Women's Amateur by nine strokes.
"[1] At age 30, she began having pain in her joints and within a few months became unable to bend two fingers on each hand and couldn't grip a golf club; the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis was made in October 1996.
[1] She had a strong desire to raise a family to begin with, and to stay clear of the pro golf lifestyle.
[10] Ingram admitted that chairing the tournament has stimulated her interest in golf after all these years saying, "My arthritis is a lot better with the new drugs that are out.
The Golf Club of Tennessee, where her husband was president, was selected to host the 2018 U.S. Women's Amateur and she agreed to co-chair the event.
The eight-player women's team was to compete against Great Britain in June, 2020,[11] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The match was eventually held at Conwy Golf Club on the northern coast of Wales in August, 2021.
[12] After getting back to playing golf again, she won the 2020 Tennessee Women's Senior Amateur at Nashville's Richland Country club.