Kathy Whitworth - Chronology
lpga tournament president golf
| 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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