Kathy Whitworth
LPGA Hall of Famer Kathy Whitworth has won more professional tour victories than any other golfer on either the LPGA or PGA Tours.
Growing up in Jal, New Mexico, Whitworth captured the New Mexico State Women’s Amateur in 1957 and 1958.
Kathy boasts 88 careers wins and was the first female player to break the $1 million barrier. She won a total of six major championships. Whitworth was LPGA Player of the Year seven times between 1966 and 1973, won the Vare Trophy for best scoring average by an LPGA Tour Player a record seven times between 1965 and 1972 and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1975.
She was named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year in 1965 and 1967. She was Named "Golfer of the Decade" by Golf Magazine for the years 1968 to 1977 during the 1988 Centennial of Golf in America celebration. She received the 1985 William Richardson Award from the Golf Writers Association of America for consistent outstanding contributions to golf.
After her playing days concluded, she assumed responsibility as the LPGA’s vice president and ultimately its president. She now oversees the administration of the annual Kathy Whitworth Invitational Junior Girls Golf Championship and the Kathy Whitworth Foundation.
Kathy is also a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and the Women’s Sports Hall of Fame.
Birthplace: Monahans, Texas
Born: September 27, 1939
Died: December 24, 2022