News Release

For Immediate Release: January 22, 2007

Headline: Bay State's Own Roberta Bolduc Named Chairman of the USGA Women's Committee

* the following is an excerpt from a USGA press release

Far Hills , NJ – Roberta Bolduc of Longmeadow, Mass., has been appointed to serve a one-year term as chairman of the USGA's Women's Committee. She succeeds Marcia Luigs of Carmel, Ind., who served consecutive one-year terms.

Bolduc takes over as chairman in 2007 after serving as first vice chairman of the 16-member Committee for the past two years.

The Women's Committee, which is appointed annually by the USGA Executive Committee, represents the Association in matters relating to women's golf. Its principal responsibilities include overseeing the administration of the women's championships conducted by the USGA, making recommendations to the Executive Committee regarding key policies and strategies to enhance the game, and supporting the development and promotion of women's golf.

Bolduc has been a member of the Women's Committee since 1997. She was chairman of the Senior Women's Amateur Championship Committee in 2003 and 2004 and has served on the USGA Handicap and Women's Handicap Procedure Committees. She served as chairman of the 1995 U.S. Girls' Junior Championship held at Longmeadow Country Club, where she is a former member of the Board of Governors and where she served as the club's first woman president from 1998-2001.

She has served on the Women's Trans National Golf Association Executive Committee and the WGAM, and is a past president of the Women's Eastern Golf Association. She played in the inaugural U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship in 1987 and has played in nine USGA Senior Women's Amateurs. In addition, she was the 1999 and 2000 WGAM Senior champion and the 1995 Women's Eastern Senior champion.

Bolduc and her husband, Bob, have one daughter, Kathleen, and three grandchildren. In addition to her numerous golf activities, she serves on the board of trustees for Bay Path College and the Baystate Health Foundation and is a founding director of the Ronald McDonald House of Springfield (Mass.). She is a 1965 graduate of Marymount College of Kansas.