Ellen Port

Ellen Fuson Port (born September 21, 1961) is an amateur golfer and former golf coach.

Port was born in North Kansas City, Missouri on September 21, 1961.

During her childhood, Port participated in basketball, swimming and tennis.

While attending North Kansas City High School, Port was the 1979 girls recipient for best competitor in sports for the high school.

For her post-secondary education, Port chose tennis over basketball while attending the University of Missouri.

In 1983, Port received a Bachelor of Education from Missouri.

After her studies, Port left North Kansas City to live in St. Louis.

Port began playing golf in 1986 when she started working for John Burroughs School.

As a coach at John Burroughs School, Port began to teach field hockey and golf in the early 1990s.

With the golf teams at John Burroughs, Port was the coach of two teams that won championships held by the Missouri State High School Activities Association.

At amateur events, Port has won over twenty combined amateur championships held by the Missouri Golf Association and Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association from 1992 to 2021.

As a United States Golf Association player, Port has won the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur four times and the United States Senior Women's Amateur Golf Championship three times.

With her seven wins, Port is tied for fifth for most career wins by an USGA golfer.

As a member of the Missouri Golf Association, Port won the Amateur Championship nine times between 1992 and 2014.

At the Women's Western Amateur, Port reached the quarterfinals during the 1992 and 2001 events.

At the U.S. Women's Amateur, Port did not qualify in two prior years before reaching the quarterfinals in 1992.

For Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association events, Port won the Metropolitan Women's Amateur Championship sixteen times from 1993 to 2018.

At team events, Port was part of the American Curtis Cup team that won in 1994, lost in 1996 and captained the winning team in 2014.

As a Women's Trans National Golf Association player, Port won their Amateur Championship in 1994.

Her win at the 2021 Metropolitan Senior Amateur made Port the first female golfer to ever win the championship event for male golfers.

The following year, Port was the senior winner during the 2022 Women's Amateur Championship held by the Amateur Golf Alliance.

In team events, Port was on the American Curtis Cup team that won in 1994 and lost in 1996.

At United States Golf Association events, Port won the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur in 1995, 1996, 2000 and 2011.

She also was second at the Amateur Championship five times from 1996 to 2013.

During the 1996 edition, Port reached the final 16 of the match play before she was defeated by Kim O'Connor.

During this time period, Port won the event back to back from 2000 to 2003.

During this championship, Port was the back-to-back winner from 2000 to 2006.

She also was the runner-up at this event in 2002.

In the 2003 edition, Port reached the first round of match play.

Port was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.

Competing at the United States Senior Women's Amateur Golf Championship, Port won the 2012, 2013 and 2016 editions while also finishing in second in 2021.

With her seven championship wins, Port is second for most USGA wins won by a female golfer and tied for fifth for most wins by an USGA golfer.

Port was also captain of the American team that won the Curtis Cup in 2014.

At the 2021 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball, Port and Lara Tennant did not qualify for the playoff round.

After leaving John Burroughs in 2015, Port continued to teach golf with the women's team at Washington University in St. Louis until 2018.

Port was 53 years old when she was cut from the 2015 U.S. Women's Amateur and was older than all of the other golfers to play at that year's event.

With Washington, Port and her team was tied for tenth at the 2018 NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships.

At the age of 56, Port was the oldest ever U.S. Women's Amateur golfer in the match play round during the 2018 event.

With a 33rd finish in 2018, Port later finished the 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur in 105th.

At the Senior Amateur Championship, Port won the event in 2020 and 2021.