Spiegelberg (now Matelski) lives in Steilacoom, Wash. She grew up playing Lakewood’s Oakbrook Golf and Country Club – a club which sent Executive Director John Bodenhamer and Director of Rules and Competition John Saegner, and later Troy Andrew, to administration in Washington Golf – so she was in familiar company when capturing the state’s first Women’s Amateur. The course was accommodating to her game, too. “Twin Lakes set up perfectly for me,” she said. “I didn’t hit the ball very far, but I hit it straight.” Yet rather than use that victory as a springboard for more golf success, Matelski pushed away from golf to get married, raise a daughter and a son, and pursue a career in selling real estate. She played in only a handful of events thereafter, including the 2003 Women’s Amateur in Longview, before stepping away from the game for a long time. But then a funny thing happened – her children showed an interest in golf and wanted to play, which got mom back on the golf course.
