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Nancy Lopez

Selected Writings By Lopez:



(With Peter Schwed) The Education of the Woman Golfer. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979.

(With Don Wade) Nancy Lopez's The Complete Golfer. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1987.

Awards and Accomplishments

1976 Named All-American and University of Tulsa's Female Athlete of the Year
1978 Wins LPGA Championship; named LPGA Rookie of the Year
1978-79 Named LPGA Player of the Year; awarded Vare Trophy
1985 Wins LPGA Championship; named LPGA Player of the Year; awarded the Vare Trophy
1987 Inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame
1989 Wins LPGA Championship; inducted into the Professional Golf Association (PGA) World Golf Hall of Fame
1997 Receives the Hispanic Heritage Award
2002 Receives PGA of America's PGA First Lady of Golf Award

The Complete Golfer. New York: Galahad Books, 2000.

Additional topics

Famous Sports StarsGolfNancy Lopez - Nationally Ranked Amateur, Sensational Rookie Year, Chronology, Slumps Then Rebounds, Related Biography: Baseball Player Ray Knight