She began playing golf at an early age after her family opened their own driving range and nine-hole golf course. Growing up in a family of golfers in the Washington, D. Patty Berg would follow in The D. Dettweiler was one of 13 players who co-founded the new association.
She passed away in Marlene Hagge and sister Alice Bauer got an early start in golf at age 3, thanks to golf pro father, Dave Bauer. Opal Hill began playing golf at age 31, when physicians urged her to add gentle exercise as she battled a long-time kidney ailment. At one point, she was told she only had three years to live. Curtis Cup teams. Her amateur career was launched when she won the Texas Publinx Title at age Jameson turned pro in , and won seven times prior to the start of the LPGA.
Two years after her professional debut, she won the U. That score marked the first time a woman had scored lower than for a hole tournament. It was the idea of this freethinking player to institute the concept of the Vare Trophy, which continues to be awarded to the LPGA Tour player with the lowest scoring average each year.
A native of North Muskegon, Mich. But eventually, Sessions directed her focus solely toward golf. That same year and playing as an amateur, she finished as runner-up to Betty Jameson at the U.
In , Stephenson posed in a bathtub full of golf balls, seemingly nude, for a promotional calendar. It would become the most iconic photograph of her career. In , Pak won the U. A decade later, Inbee Park won the U.
The s belonged to Sorenstam. No player won more during the decade. One of her most notable moments came in , when she became the first player in tour history to shoot In , she made history again as she became the first player in more than 50 years to compete on the PGA Tour at Colonial Country Club.
In , when the Rolex Rankings were established, Sorenstam became the first player to be ranked No. Sorenstam was named Rolex Player of the Year eight times in her career, eclipsing the record previously held by Kathy Whitworth.
She died in , and was never a factor in tournaments after the LPGA founding in - that was because Sessions had leukemia and her golf performance started to tail off in the late s.
Prior to the onset of the disease, Sessions produced great results around her home state of Michigan and finished second in the U. Women's Open. Of all the LPGA founders, Smith's career lasted the longest - at least in terms of remaining competitive on the tour she helped create. She also has the distinction of being the first female broadcaster to work a men's golf telecast in the U.
Read more about Marilynn Smith. Shirley Spork is a co-founder twice over. So it only makes sense that she won that award twice herself, first in and again in Spork is best-known as a teacher of the game; she never won a LPGA tour event.
She did make a mark as a competitor, though, by winning the "National Collegiate Championship" in , the first playing of what later evolved in an indirect line into the NCAA Championship. Read more about Louise Suggs. Babe Didrikson Zaharias was arguably the greatest female athlete of all-time; she was inarguably the most important golfer in the early history of the LPGA.
Her star power is what kept the LPGA going during its first few years of existence. She was known to call a promoter, negotiate an exhibition appearance for herself, and then say, "And I'll bring along a few of the girls. But not before leaving a legacy of accomplishment, and not before establishing herself as one of the greatest and most-important golfers of all-time.
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