Jean Hyland

Following graduation from Lincoln High and the University of Nebraska, Jean Hyland soon began to dominate women’s golf in Nebraska (along with Hall of Famer Dorothy Schwatrzkopf).

Jean won the first of her seventeen Lincoln City titles in 1950 and the most recent in 1991. She also captured the Nebraska State match play championship five times — 1957, 61, 62, 68, and 74 — and was runner-up on five other occasions.

Hyland was one of just two Nebraskans to qualify for the championship flight of the Women’s Trans Mississippi tournament when it was held at Omaha Country Club in 1972.

Jean has played an active role in NWAGA (Nebraska Women’s Amateur Golf Association), serving on the committee to organize and write the constitution for NWAGA in 1972. She was also the organization’s treasurer from 1975-1977, and tournament chair from 1978-1982.

Hyland was inducted into the Lincoln Journal Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame in 1982. Also, in 1986, she and Schwartzkopf became the first women to be inducted into the Lincoln High School Athletic Hall of Fame.

Jean and he’s husband Paul now enjoy golf year-round by spending their retirement winters in Arizona.