Jo Ann Heller has played golf since age ten, and went to school with Betsy King and played competitive golf with her. She was the PIAA girls champion as a senior at Exeter High School. She served as a club representative for the WBCGA at age eighteen and has supported the organization for many years. Jo Ann has six Berks County Women's Amateur titles, three Central Penn Betty Fehl-Fegely crowns, and several more titles and mixed championships with her husband Mike. She served as the Tournament Director for the LPGA Betsy King Classic at the Berkleigh Country Club for eight years. Jo Ann worked as the Head Golf Professional and Director of Golf at Golden Oaks Golf Club prior to working as Director of Golf at Blackwood Golf Course. In 2007, WBCGA created the Jo Ann Heller Better Ball of Partners Championship to honor Jo Ann for her contributions to women’s golf on a national and local level.
The tournament was discontinued in 2025.
Past Champions Tournament Location
2024 April Zhou & Terri Raihl - Gross ............................Blackwood GC
Linda Woolnough & Joanne Noble - Net
2023 April Zhou & Shappy Irwin - Gross .......................Blackwood GC
Gretchen Mertz & Denise Turato - Net
2022 Lynn Woolnough & Joanne Noble - Gross .........Moselem Springs Golf Club
Alice Reich & Susan Brombacher - Net
2021 Jane Moyer & Joy Wallace - Gross .......................Berkshire Country Club
Denise Turato & Betsy Saul - Net
2020 Jane Moyer & Joy Wallace - Gross ......................Heidelberg Country Club
Deb Olsen & Doris Reidenhour - Net
2019 Jane Moyer & Joy Wallace - Gross ......................Berkshire Country Club
Corky Mock & Liz Egner - Net
2018 Jane Moyer & Joy Wallace - Gross ......................Moselem Springs Golf Club
Deb Olsen & Doris Reidenhour - Net
2017 Jane Moyer & Joy Wallace - Gross ......................Heidelberg CC
Michaelann Galiyano & Pam Sanders - Net
2016 Flossy Laudenbach & Joy Wallace – Gross .........Berkshire CC
Nancy Brandi & Lucia Gracia - Net
2015 Flossy Laudenbach & Joy Wallace – Gross .........Moselem Springs GC
Leslie Gawthrop & Ellen Turner - Net
2014 Andee Calibeo & Yupha Muzyka......................... Reading CC
2013 Kelly Emes & Kathy Frey....................................... Berkshire CC
2012 Kelly Emes & Kathy Frey....................................... Golden Oaks GC
2011 Kelly Emes & Kathy Frey....................................... Heidelberg CC
2010 Kelly Emes & Kathy Frey....................................... Berkshire CC
2009 Kelly Emes & Kathy Frey....................................... Reading CC
2008 Kelly Emes & Kathy Frey....................................... Moselem Springs GC
2007 Heather Kappasser & Roberta Grauer............... Golden Oaks GC