Inductees

Townes has been around the game of golf since growing up in Springfield and, for more than 30 years, has championed the sport in several ways. A Parkview High School graduate, she served on the Board of Directors of the Missouri Women’s Golf Association from 1989 to 1993, working as vice president in the first few years before being promoted to president. Townes also has played competitively, as she was a co-medalist of the Missouri Women’s Golf Association Championship in 1992. She also was a member of the Joplin Horton Smith Cup Team from 1987 to 2004. Nine times she won the Briarbrook Country Club Women’s Championship, the Joplin City Championship twice, and the Tri-State once. She has since been inducted into the Joplin Golf Hall of Fame. Townes also is a member of SWAG, the Springfield Women’s Ambassadors of Golf organization that promotes the sport to women. She currently is a realtor with AMAX Real Estate in Springfield.