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Mary Kate Lynch

Team Manager, USNDP

Mary Kate Lynch serves as the Team Manager for the Curtis Cup, Men’s and Women’s World Amateur Team and World Junior Girls Teams. Lynch also assists the USNDP coaching staff with the delivery of national camps, training sessions, intercountry matches and tournament scheduling. 

Prior roles:

  • Lehigh University, Head Women’s Golf Coach, 2017 – 2024

  • Lehigh University, Athletics, Partnership Representative, 2021 – 2024

  • Lehigh University, Athletics, Event Manager, 2018 – 2022

  • First Tee - Raritan Valley, Program Director, 2016 - 2018

  • Saint Francis University, Head Women’s Golf Coach, 2011 – 2016

  • First Tee - Monmouth and Ocean, Program Director, 2009 – 2011

Education:

  • Saint Francis University – B.S., Sociology

  • Saint Francis University – M.S., Human Resource Management

Family:

  • Born and raised in Somerville, N.J.; now lives in Bethlehem, Pa.

  • She and her husband Ryan have two sons, Owen and Brooks.

Favorite Travel Destination:

  • Ocean City, Maryland

Favorite Golf Memory:

  • Winning three conference team championships as a player at St Francis University

Funniest Golf Memory:

  • Making a hole-in-one on my first shot of the day at a First Tee outing in front of a group of 10- to 11-year-old girls. They had never been on a course before, and it was hysterical that they thought a hole-in-one was totally normal and expected!