LuMar M. Slocum, a graduate of Western Maryland College, did not start to play golf until 1946, when she joined Fountain Head Country Club. She was 28 years old and a physical education teacher in the public school system in Washington County.

In the years that followed, Lumar’s name became synonymous with women’s golf in the area. She was the Ladies Club champion at Fountain Head 10 times and runner-up four times in a 28-year period starting in 1955. She won the Spring Handicap Championship at Fountain Head four times, despite giving up strokes to all of her opponents.

LuMar won the mixed Scotch Two Ball Progressive Championship with three different partners between 1960 and 1965.

LuMar was one of the first ladies to score a hole-in-one at Fountain Head, on May 18, 1953. She has played in at least two exhibition matches with professionals at Fountain Head, one with Betsy Rawls and another with Mickey Wright.

LuMar was a charter member of Beaver Creek Country Club and helped organize the women’s golf program there. She was club champion at Beaver Creek seven times from 1961-75.

She competed in many Maryland State Women’s Amateur events and in 1985, late in her career, won the fourth flight on the Hillendale course in Baltimore. LuMar has competed in the Maryland State Seniors Olympics golf program and currently holds the record in the 65-69 age group, shooting a 91 at Mount Pleasant in Baltimore in 1984. Her career lowest handicap was an eight.

She also helped with the junior program in Washington County and was an instructor at clinics and a monitor in competitive events.

In 1988, LuMar won the Maryland State Senior Golf Olympics, held at Mount Pleasant, setting a record in the 70-74 age division and earning a spot in nationals at St. Louis in 1989.