PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The municipal golf course in Maine’s largest city is getting its first PGA pro in four years.
Abby Spector is the most recognizable name in women’s golf in Maine, and now that name is attached to Riverside Golf Course in Portland. The Portland Press Herald reports that she was named the Director of Instruction in March.
Spector was four-time state high school girls’ champion at Waterville High and seven-time Maine Women’s Amateur champion. She also had a stellar career at the University of North Carolina.
A shot at the LPGA circuit seemed a certainty until October 2003, when complications from heart surgery nearly ended her life. The episode eliminated any chance of her playing at such a high level again.
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