Vicki Pettit Foss Memorial Scholarship in Women’s Golf

Mrs. Vicki Pettit Foss was a graduate of Wichita East High School. At the age of 14, she out-finessed a field of seasoned competitors to win the 1956 Wichita Women’s City Championship. She shot a 69 during the opening round at Sim Park and in the semi-finals, she shot a 32 on the front nine, a score that held for 20 years.

Two years following her win in the Wichita Women’s City Championship, Mrs. Pettit Foss won the long ball contest at Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colo., with a drive of 265 yards. Mrs. Pettit Foss attended Wichita State University and considered Crestview Country Club golf course, now Braeburn at WSU, her home turf.

In 1961, she married Mr. Larry Foss, a professional baseball player for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the 1962 New York Mets. They raised two children. Mrs. Pettit Foss was the longtime office manager for the orthopedic practice of Poole and Pollack, but her love for golf never diminished. In 1971, she won the Kansas Women’s Golf Amateur Championship.

Considered a great ambassador of the game, in 2007, following her passing, the Vicki Pettit Foss Memorial Scholarship in Women’s Golf was established at WSU. This scholarship will continue her lifelong love of the game by inspiring young women to further their education and pursue their own dreams of golf.