 Born in Dayton August 12, 1918, Janet Shock and her brother Don had a distinct advantage. They grew up around the golf business. Her father was the manager at Community Golf Course. Moraine Country Club professional, Alex Campbell, taught Janet to play. Mr. Kettering gave Mr. Campbell permission to use the property adjacent to what is now Kettering Memorial Hospital to give lessons. Obviously, Miss Shock was one of his better pupils.
In 1933, business teacher, Dick Sommers, asked Janet to join the first golf team at Kettering Fairmont High School. She played all four years. During the summer vacations, Janet’s brother, Don, had the opportunity to compete in junior tournaments while she dominated the Dayton City Amateur Championship and the Dayton District Golf Championship, winning the former from 1935 to 1937 and again in 1953 and 1954, and the latter from 1935 through 1939 when the tournament was discontinued.
After high school, Janet Shock headed off to college. At Denison University, she was asked to play on the men’s golf team. Her female physical education teacher was against her participation. However, the president of the university said that if she could qualify for the team, she could play. She qualified, was accepted by her male counterparts, and promptly dropped the physical education class. Her first year on the team, Denison captured the 1938 Ohio Conference Championship. Janet was inducted into Denison’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980.
During her junior year at Denison, Janet met Charles “Chuck” Beardsley. He was a basketball star and president of the junior class at Denison and is also a member of its Hall of Fame. Janet remembers him as a “big man on campus.” They were married in 1943 while he was in the service, stationed in Missouri. Chuck also enjoyed golf and played to a 10 handicap. Sadly, Chuck passed away in 1992 at age 75. Their son Craig, a corporate pilot, still lives in Dayton and enjoys golfing with his buddies. Their Daughter, Phyllis Kwedar, now lives in Texas but played competitive golf in the Dayton area for many years. Her three children are athletes as well. Janet’s granddaughter, Lauren, recently completed her collegiate golf career at Rhodes College.
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| Mrs. Beardsley’s brother, Don Shock, who passed away in April of 2011 was the long time golf professional and is the emeritus professional in perpetuity at Columbus Country Club, was a large influence on her game. Janet, Craig, Phyllis, Lauren and Greg have all spent many happy hours on the CCC driving range under Don’s tutelage - laughing, learning, and enjoying each other’s company. |
| Playing Bio | | Dayton City Amateur Championship - Winner – 1935, 36, 37, 53, 54 - Runner-up – 1938,40, 62, 64,66, 71 | | Dayton District Golf Championship - Winner 1935, 36, 37, 38, 39 | | Women’s Ohio State Golf Association Championship - Competed in 7 decades - Winner – 1938, 40, 42 - Runner-up – 1936, 1960 - Medalist – 1938, 40 - Semi-finalist – 1936, 48 | | USGA Women’s Amateur Championship - Quarterfinalist - 1938 | | Women’s Western Golf Association Junior Championship - Semifinalist – 1936 | | Women’s Western Golf Association Amateur Championship - Quarterfinalist – 1944 | | Denison University Men’s Team - 1937 – 1940 - Ohio Conference Champions in 1938 | | Fairmont High School Boys Team - 1933 – 1936 Lettered | | 1987 Senior Olympics - Fifth Place | | Carling Sports Award 1962 – for outstanding achievement in amateur golf | | Dayton Amateur Golf Hall of Fame – Inducted 1978 | | Denison University Athletic Hall of Fame – Inducted 1980 | | Ohio Golf Hall of Fame – Inducted 1993 | | Fairmont High School Hall of Fame – Inducted 2000 | | Sugar Valley Country Club Hall of Fame – Inducted 2003 | | United States Golf Association Junior Girls and Senior Women’s Board - 20 years service | | Ohio Junior Girls Invitational Committee (Judy Shock Memorial) - 17 years service | | Janet Beardsley Junior Girls Golf Tournament - 1993 to 2013 |
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