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Ann Gregory (July 25, 1912 – February 5, 1990) was an African-American amateur golfer. [1] Black newspapers had called her "The Queen of Negro Women's Golf." [2] As stated in Arthur Ashe's book, Hard Road to Glory, many observers called Gregory the best African-American female golfer of the 20th century.
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 ).
Tan was introduced to golf by her father when she was five. [2] When she was 14, her parents quit their jobs and moved the family to Australia to support her golf development. [ 3 ] In 2018, she triumphed at the Tasmanian Amateur Championship, defeating Isabelle Simpson, 9 and 8, in the final. [ 4 ]
[14] [15] She received the 1986 William Richardson Award from the Golf Writers Association of America for consistent outstanding contributions to golf. [16] She is also a member of the New Mexico Hall of Fame, [17] Texas Sports Hall of Fame, [18] Texas Golf Hall of Fame, [15] and the Women's Sports Foundation Hall of Fame. [19] [20]
This table lists players with 11 or more wins on the Ladies European Tour. [1] It does not include official wins on other professional tours, of which a few of the golfers listed, such as Laura Davies and Annika Sörenstam, have many.
From 1956 to 1968, she was the dominant woman in amateur golf, and accumulated five U.S. Women's Amateur titles (1957, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968), ranking her second only to Glenna Collett Vare who had six. She was runner-up two other times (1956, 1964).
Born in Atlanta, Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager.She won the Georgia State Amateur in 1940 at age 16 and again in 1942, [3] was the Southern Amateur Champion in 1941 and 1947, [4] and won the North and South Women's Amateur three times (1942, 1946, 1948). [5]
Megan Khang (born October 23, 1997) is an American professional golfer.She plays on the LPGA Tour and is the first player of Hmong descent to do so. [1]Khang's parents were refugees from the Vietnam War from Laos and came to the United States with their respective families in the 1970s.