Scholarship Established in Honor of Hall of Fame Saratoga Golfer 

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Dottie Pepper, a Saratoga Springs High School graduate and member of the Blue Streak Hall of Fame, said she was rendered “speechless” after a scholarship was established in her honor.

The Dorothy L. Pepper ’87 Endowed Scholarship for Women’s Golf was created by Alec and Susan Taylor with the goal of supporting and expanding scholarship funding for women’s golf, Furman University announced last week.

Pepper is a CBS Golf analyst and a former professional golfer who won two major championships and 17 LPGA Tour events. Prior to her career in the pros, she was a standout golfer at both Furman and Saratoga. 

“Dottie is an icon,” Alec Taylor said in a news release. “She’s the best announcer in professional sports. She’s modest, a world-class golfer. Her comments are so insightful. Everything about her epitomizes Furman.”

Pepper said she was looking forward to mentoring players who benefit from the scholarship named after her. 

“It’s an opportunity to touch so many networks that golf provides and open doors to, and to provide a valuable education, too,” Pepper said.

Pepper was heavily recruited out of Saratoga Springs High School, where she graduated in 1983. She was named All-American three times at Furman, and was a standout on Saratoga’s golf team, starting in the 8th grade. She won the New York State Amateur (1981) and New York Junior Amateur (1981 and 1983) titles, was a member of the 1981 Junior World Cup team, and was a low amateur at the 1984 U.S. Women’s Open. She was inducted into the Blue Streak Hall of Fame in 2010.