Beatrice (Bea) Rohman

Beatrice (Bea) Rohman was a two-time Nebraska women’s champion who was an active member of the USGA Junior Girls Committee and the Trans-Mississippi board of directors.

A lifelong Nebraskan who was a member of the Country Club of Lincoln, she won her first state title on the final hole in a downpour at Happy Hollow in Omaha against Ruth Moore of York. Be a was a runner-up the next year, then regained the title in 1934 with a 4&2 victory over Mrs. C.R. Bangh of Omaha at the Shrine Club in Lincoln. She was medalist in the 1935 qualifying but withdrew from match play because of illness.

She served from 1955 to 1967 on the USGA Junior Girls Committee and from 1950 to 1968 on the Trans board, mostly as corresponding secretary. Her involvement with the Trans committee began when her club held the 1949 tournament. She taught junior golf at the Country Club during World War II when there was no pro at the club.

Bea Rohman passed away at age 89 in 1983.