University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

Maggie (Loney) Green, the 2001 Big Rivers Conference Player of the Year at River Falls High School, was the WIAC Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005 as the Blugolds won conference golf championships. 

Green finished fourth individually as the Blugolds achieved their highest finish ever with a third-place tie in the 2005 NCAA Division III Championships.  She placed among the top 20 individuals in all four of her NCAA Championships and the Blugolds never finished lower than sixth as a team.  Green received national accolades in each of her four seasons.  She was the WGCA Freshman of the Year in 2003, honorable mention All-American as a sophomore and first team All-American as a junior and senior.

In addition to capturing first place in two conference tournaments, Green was the meet medalist in eight other invitationals during her Blugold career.  In winning the Whitewater Invitational in 2005, she set a course record with a 66 on her final round at the Prairie Woods Golf Course in Avalon.

Green was named to the WIAC's All-Centennial team for golf in 2013 and also was selected as the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram's Female Athlete of the Year for 2005, the same year in which she qualified for the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship.

John Rawdon, who coached Green her first three and a half seasons as a Blugold, said "Maggie had a burning desire to become better."  He added that "her ability to create the team atmosphere in an individual sport was a pure joy to watch," as was her "ability to be humble, kind, honest, demanding and unselfish."  He pointed out that "her ability to bring others to her level is without question her biggest asset."

John Means, who coached Green her final semester, said "As a change in coaches can be difficult for an established player, Maggie welcomed me and embraced the training, putting her teammates always before herself."  He added that "Maggie often asked me what else she could do to get better and worked on those aspects of the game every practice."  She also "kept the team together at practice and at the golf house that several of the players lived in."

After receiving her Bachelor of Business Administration degree with a marketing major and mass communications-advertising minor, Green continued her career in golf.  She is a certified PGA of America-Class A PGA Professional.  She has worked at the Desert Mountain Golf Club in Phoenix, Arizona since 2008 and became the Head Golf Professional & Retail Manager of the Chiricahua Golf Course at Desert Mountain in 2014.  She was part of the retail team at Desert Mountain Club that received the Association of Golf Merchandiser's Platinum Award this year and won the Cashman Award for Visual Excellence from the AGM in 2020.  She was a volunteer at the 2011 British Open and also the 2012 U.S. Open in the merchandise tents.