Ginger Brown-Lemm, entering her second year as head women's golf coach at Arkansas State, has made huge strides to improve the women's golf program. Brown-Lemm has a plan for the ASU program and is excited about taking the Red Wolves to new heights, and is already quickly leading them in that direction.
Under Brown-Lemm's leadership, her squad has cut 12 shots off their scoring average and recorded one team win and three individual titles. They have moved from next to last in the Sun Belt conference standings to fourth.
They began 2009 with a Howl by recording top-six team finishes in five of six tournaments, claiming the 2009 Lady Red Wolf Classic championship and laying claim to two individual titles - Cassie Huffer and Jennifer Welch. Brown-Lemm's enthusiasm for the Red Wolves golf program, along with her wealth of both professional coaching and playing experience, made her a natural fit for the head coaching duties at Arkansas State.
She has the distinction of being a Class 'A' PGA professional and comes to ASU after serving as a PGA club and teaching professional at various clubs around the nation, including Diamante Club in Hot Springs Village and The Woodlands Country Club in Houston, Texas. She also served as Executive Director and Head Golf Professional for The First Tee of Arkansas at the Jack Stephens Youth Golf Academy in Little Rock. Under her direction, The First Tee of Arkansas was named one of the nation's "Top 5 Model Junior Programs" by Golf Digest in 2003. Also in 2003, she was named "Top 40 Under 40" by Arkansas Business magazine. Brown-Lemm brings a strong level of experience to Arkansas State.
A native of Hope, Ark., Brown-Lemm was a National Coaches Association High School All-American while playing for the Bobcats. She competed on the boys' golf team in high school, and in 1985 was inducted into the Hope High School Hall of Fame.
She continued her playing career at the University of Texas, where she twice earned All-Southwest Conference honors. She also won the inaugural Tour Tulsa, hosted by the top ranked University of Tulsa. She placed in the top ten 45 percent of her collegiate career. Ginger won a total of 13 Arkansas State Amateur championships before pursuing her professional career. After graduation from Texas, she turned pro, qualified and competed in the 1990 US Women's Open and competed professionally for two years.
Ginger is married to her husband of 14 years, Floyd, and has two children, Parker 12 and Paige 10 - both students in the Jonesboro School District.
