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Betsy King
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| Personal Information |
| Birth |
August 13, 1955 (1955-08-13) (age 52) Reading, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Height |
5 ft 6 in (1.676 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States |
| Residence |
Limekiln, Pennsylvania, USA |
| College |
Furman University |
| Career |
| Turned Pro |
1977 |
| LPGA wins |
34 |
| Career earnings |
$7,637,622 |
| Best Results in Major Championships |
| Kraft Nabisco |
Won 1987, 1990, 1997 |
| LPGA Championship |
Won 1992 |
| U.S. Women's Open |
Won 1989-90 |
| Women's British Open |
59: 2002 |
| du Maurier Classic |
2: 1989, 1993 |
| Awards |
LPGA Tour
Player of the Year |
1984, 1989, 1993 |
LPGA Tour
Money Winner |
1984, 1989, 1993 |
| LPGA Vare Trophy |
1987, 1993 |
| Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year |
1987, 1989 |
| Best Female Golfer ESPY Award |
1994 |
| Elected to World Golf Hall of Fame |
1995 |
| LPGA William and Mousie Powell Award |
1996 |
| Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA) |
2002 |
Betsy King (born August 13, 1955 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is a professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 6 major championships and thirty-four LPGA Tour victories in all.
[edit] Career
King played collegiately at Furman University, where Beth Daniel was a teammate. King was low amateur at the 1976 U.S. Women's Open, then joined the LPGA Tour in 1977. She won her first tournament at the 1984 Women's Kemper Open. She won three titles in 1984, and added 21 Top 10 finishes to earn LPGA Tour Player of the Year honors. From 1984 through 1989, King won a total of 20 LPGA events, more wins than any other golfer in the world, male or female, during that time period[1].
After that first win in 1984, King won at least once each of the next 10 years, with a high of six victories in 1989. She finished in the Top 10 on the money list every year from 1985-95, and again in 1997. Along the way, King was named Player of the Year three times, won two scoring titles and three money titles. In 1993 she won a scoring title and the money title, but only one tournament. She finished second five times, including at two majors. She averaged a major a year from 1987 to 1992, then won a sixth major in 1997. The last of her 34 LPGA wins came in 2001. With her 30th win in 1995, she gained entry into the World Golf Hall of Fame[2].
From 1994 to 2004, there was an event on Tour hosted by King. King was also a worker for charitable causes, organizing Habitat for Humanity house building projects and working in former Soviet bloc countries with orphan relief agencies. She played for the United States in the Solheim Cup five times and was the captain of the 2007 United States team. She lead the team to a 16-12 win over Europe in the 2007 Solheim Cup held in Halmstad, Sweden between 14 and 16 September 2007. Notably, she is the last American to date to be the leading money winner on the LPGA Tour[3].
[edit] LPGA wins (34)
- 1984 (3) Women's Kemper Open, Freedom/Orlando Classic, Columbia Savings Classic
- 1985 (2) Samaritan Turquoise Classic, Rail Charity Classic
- 1986 (2) Henredon Classic, Rail Charity Classic
- 1987 (4) Circle K Tucson Open, Nabisco Dinah Shore, McDonald’s Championship, Atlantic City LPGA Classic
- 1988 (3) Women’s Kemper Open, Rail Charity Golf Classic, Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
- 1989 (6) The Jamaica Classic, Women’s Kemper Open, USX Golf Classic, McDonald’s Championship, U.S. Women's Open, Nestle World Championship
- 1990 (3) Nabisco Dinah Shore, U.S. Women's Open, JAL Big Apple Classic
- 1991 (2) LPGA Corning Classic, JAL Big Apple Classic
- 1992 (3) LPGA Championship, The Phar-Mor in Youngstown, Mazda Japan Classic
- 1993 (1) Toray Japan Queens Cup
- 1995 (1) ShopRite LPGA Classic
- 1997 (1) Nabisco Dinah Shore
- 2000 (2) Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open, LPGA Corning Classic
- 2001 (1) ShopRite LPGA Classic
LPGA Majors are shown in bold.
[edit] Other wins
- Note: King won this title before it became a major championship.
[edit] Results in LPGA Majors
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" = tied
WD = withdrew
DQ = disqualified
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
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