Alberta Golf is proud to announce the newest members of the Alberta Golf Hall of Fame, as the class of 2025 was announced officially today. Cathy McMillan (Galusha) and Jackie Little (Davies) both boast impressive playing records throughout their careers which include a combined four Alberta U19 (Junior) Championships, two Alberta Women’s Amateur Championships, four Alberta Women’s Senior Championships, five Canadian Championships (ranging from Junior Girls to Women’s Senior), and a plethora of interprovincial and international teams.
Little and McMillan will both be given the Alberta Golf Hall of Fame Player Award and will join a long list of the top provincial players including names like Betty Stanhope-Cole, Marilyn O’Connor, Rae Milligan-Simpson, and many more. The Player Award is presented to any player that is deemed to have brought recognition to the province through excellence in golf championship play at the international, national, provincial, and regional levels.
Cathy McMillan was a staple in the competitive golf landscape for over 50 years, as she competed against and with many of the names already enshrined in the Alberta Golf Hall of Fame. Bursting onto the scene with a win at the 1963 Canadian Junior Girls Championship, McMillan then added two Alberta Junior Girls victories in the following years. From 1965 to 1991, she would go on to make 15 Alberta Interprovincial Teams, including the 1973 team that won the Women’s Interprovincial Team Championship. She finished as runner-up seven times at the Alberta Women’s Amateur in that span before making the switch to the Senior side of things. Then from 1996 to 2006, she made every Alberta Women’s Senior Interprovincial team, including being a member of the four teams that won the interprovincial championships in 1997,1998,1999, and 2001. In 2006 she capped off her provincial career with a win at the Alberta Women’s Senior Championship. She also played in the 2004 Irish Senior Women’s Championship where she finished third and played in the 2004 British Senior Women’s & USGA Senior Women’s Championships.
In the late 2000’s McMillan focused more on growing the game in the province and was the Director of Player Development at Alberta Golf from 2004-2009, and continues to volunteer her time with local golf competitions at her home club of Ponoka Golf Club.
Jackie Little found success early and often in Alberta. Coming out of the Glendale Golf & Country Club, Little won both the Alberta Junior and Juvenile Girls Championships in 1974 and 1976, won the Alberta Women’s Amateur in 1978 and 1981, and was a member of four Alberta Junior Girls Interprovincial teams and three Alberta Women’s Interprovincial teams. She then moved to British Columbia where she continued her dominance winning five BC Amateurs, five Senior Amateurs, and two Mid-Masters. She continued to come back to Alberta in the summer and win three Alberta Women’s Senior Championships. In addition to her provincial victories; she won the PNGA Women’s Senior twice, four national championships including a Mid-Amateur, Mid-Master, and a Senior victory, and has been a member of World Amateur teams and a Canadian Commonwealth Team.
Little is still playing on the Senior circuit and won the 2024 Alberta Women’s Super Senior Championship and hopes to continue to add to her impressive legacy.
The 2025 Alberta Golf Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction will take place on October 30, 2025 at the Edmonton Country Club with invitations being sent out in July to all the esteemed guests.
At this time Alberta Golf would like to call for future nominations to the Alberta Golf Hall of Fame. Please use the link below to fill out a nomination form, and email this to Taylor Tracey, taylor@albertagolf.org.