Susan Marchese

Susan Marchese started her illustrious career in golf with two state high school championships while attending Duchesne Academy in the late 70’s. She followed that by tying for top individual Big Eight conference honors in 1981 while competing for the University of Oklahoma.

Nine times from 1982 to 1995 the Omaha native won the state women’s stroke play championship, and six times lined the state women’s match play title. Her six match play victories is the most ever in that event, one more than those by Lucille Mann and Jean Hyland, both whom were previously inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Marchese was also a nine-time winner of the Omaha City Women’s Championship.

At the national level, Marchese has qualified for more than 20 USGA events, becoming a quarter-finalist at both the U.S. Amateur and U.S. Mid-Amateur championships.

Susan’s mother Betty, a past state champion who died in 1994, was inducted into the Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame in 1991. Sam Marchese (who often chided sportswriters for always identifying Susan as “Betty Marchese’s daughter”) is hereby properly recognized as her father.

Susan also has three sisters, Cathy Rush, Barb Marchese and Debby Conry, who was previously the head Men’s and Women’s golf coach at Creighton; and brother Tim Marchese, who has twice been the runner-up in the state amateur championship