The US Open Golf Tournament

 Sue Johnson was born in Cleveland, Ohio.  She got her BA from Wittenberg University and Masters degree from Kent State University.  She moved to Manhattan Beach, California in 1996 when she got married.

While in Cleveland,  she taught Junior High / Middle School Mathematics for 25 years.  She received Math Teacher of the year award from both the Greater Cleveland Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics.  

Sue loved to use her mathematics skills in helping with scoring and statistics for various sporting events.  She started working professional golf tournaments in 1973 and started traveling to help with scoring on the Champions Tour in 1989. 

She also started helping at local Synchronized Swimming competitions in 1972.  In 1975, Sue was made National Scoring Chair, a position that she still holds. 

Sue has run the scoring for many international Synchronized Swimming events including

• 6 Olympic Games (Rio will be # 7)
• 5 World Championships
• 5 World Masters
• 4 Pan American Games

She has also received several honors for her work in synchronized swimming at the international level.

• Paragon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame (2013)
• FINA silver pin (2013)
• Synchronized Swimming Hall of Fame – Contributor (1991)