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She organized several amateur golf tournaments in her life, [1] including the California Women's Amateur Championship, presenting the idea to S.F.B. Morse. [4] She also founded the junior version of the tournament. [5] She was also named one of the five most influential women in golf by Golf Digest. [1] Lengfeld died in 1986 at the age of 88. [2]
Below is a list of female golfers, professional and amateurs, sorted alphabetically. Category:Lists of golfers contains lists of golfers sorted in several other ways: by nationality , by tour and by type of major championship won ( men's , women's or senior ).
Dame Lydia Ko DNZM (born 24 April 1997) is a New Zealand professional golfer and the reigning Olympic champion. She first reached number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings on 2 February 2015 at 17 years, 9 months and 9 days of age, making her the youngest player of either gender to be ranked No. 1 in professional golf.
The Golf Writers Association of America named Sörenstam Female Player of the Year for the eighth time (1995,1997, 2000–2005), [77] [78] [79] Associated Press voted her Female Athlete of the Year for the third consecutive year [80] [81] [82] and she became the first woman to win the Golf Writers' Trophy twice in the 55-year history of ...
Dame Laura Jane Davies, DBE (born 5 October 1963) is an English professional golfer.She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, [2] [3] being the second non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list [2] as well as winning the Ladies European Tour (LET) Order of Merit a record seven times: in 1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2006.
The most powerful women in the world — as deemed by Forbes — have been revealed. With the release of their female-specific 2024 Power List, the magazine has crowned 100 women the ultimate ...
The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006.They are sanctioned by 12 women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA Tour), Ladies European Tour, Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan (LPGA of Japan Tour), Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA ...
Yani Tseng (Chinese: 曾雅妮; pinyin: Zēng Yǎní; born 23 January 1989) is a Taiwanese professional golfer playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.She is the youngest player ever, male or female, to win five major championships [3] and was ranked number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for 109 consecutive weeks from 2011 to 2013.