Harriet Cauthen
MGA Hall of Fame 2024
Born in Jackson, on April 7th, 1938, Harriet Cauthen began her amateur career at Clarksdale High School. She led her teams to four Big Eight conference titles while claiming three state championship medalist honors in the early 1950s.
Following high school, Cauthen attended Ole Miss. From there, she would continue her life-long dedication to the game of golf both on and off the course. Cauthen would win her first Mississippi Women’s Amateur title in 1962. She would go on to win four more throughout her career (1965, ‘66, ‘74 and ‘82) and was named the Mississippi Women’s Player of the Year by the Clarion-Ledger in 1982.
At the national level, Cauthen made four USGA championship fields over three age divisions. In 1979 she made her USGA championship debut at the U.S. Women’s Amateur at Memphis Country Club. In 1987 she made the field at the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am hosted by Southern Hills. Cauthen closed her USGA championship career with appearances in two U.S. Women’s Senior Amateurs (1997, Round of 36 & 2000).
She served as a board member for the Southern Golf Association, was an area representative for the Mississippi Women’s Golf Association and held prestigious positions at her respective clubs. Her influence and advocacy for women’s golf, not only in Mississippi but across the South has led to her induction into both the Coahoma County Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.
With nearly 100 team and individual wins across six decades and countless lives touched, the Mississippi Golf Association welcomes Harriet Cauthen into the Mississippi Golf Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2024.