Kathy Whitworth
Chronology
| 1939 | Born September 27 in Monahans, Texas |
| 1954 | Begins playing golf |
| 1957 | Begins attending Odessa Junior College in Odessa, Texas; wins first of two New Mexico State Amateur titles |
| 1958 | Drops out of college to turn professional; finishes almost last in Titleholders Championship in Augusta, Georgia |
| 1961 | Attends 6-week golf clinic held by Patty Berg, co-founder of LPGA |
| 1962 | Wins first LPGA tournament |
| 1967 | Becomes president of the LPGA for first time; other years as president are 1968, 1971 and 1989 |
| 1985 | Wins last LPGA tournament |
| 1986 | Loses entire retirement fund of $388,000 when Technical Equities Corporation declares bankruptcy |
| 1988 | Mother diagnosed with cancer, goes into remission by 1991; serves as vice president of LPGA |
| 1989 | Serves as president of LPGA for final time |
| 1990 | Acts as captain for first U.S. team to play the Solheim Cup |
| 1991 | Retires from professional golf |
| 1995 | Finishes tied for 35th in the Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions |
| 1996 | Competes in the Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions and the Nabisco Dinah Shore |
| 2001 | Finishes tied for 13th at Hy-Vee Classic in Des Moines, Iowa; competes in the Great Lakes Classic in Green Bay, Wisconsin |
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