Kathy Whitworth’s victories spanned nearly a quarter-century and she was the first woman to earn US$1-million on the LPGA
Kathy Whitworth set a benchmark in golf no one has ever touched, whether it was Sam Snead or Tiger Woods, Mickey Wright or Annika Sorenstam. Her 88 victories are the most by any player on a single professional tour.
“Kathy left this worth the way she lived her life – loving, laugh and creating memories,” Odle said in a statement released by the LPGA Tour. Whitworth was the AP Female Athlete of the Year in 1965 and in 1967, when she easily beat out Wimbledon singles champion Billie Jean King. Whitworth was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1982.
Whitworth was born in Monahans, a small West Texas town, and learned to play golf in New Mexico. She started at age 15 in Jal, New Mexico, on the nine-hole course built for the El Paso Natural Gas employees. Wright had the more aesthetically pleasing swing. Whitworth was all about grinding, and about winning.
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