Betty Jameson

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Betty Jameson
Personal information
Full nameElizabeth May Jameson
NicknameBetty
Born(1919-05-09)May 9, 1919
LPGA Tour (Founder)
Professional wins18
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour13[1]
Other5
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 3)
Western OpenWon: 1942, 1954
Titleholders C'ship5th: 1956, 1961
Women's PGA C'ship3rd/T3: 1956, 1958
U.S. Women's OpenWon: 1947
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame1951 (member page)
Commissioner's Award
(LPGA Founders)		2000

Elizabeth May Jameson (May 9, 1919 – February 7, 2009) was an American

Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) in 1950.[2] She won three major championships and a total of thirteen events during her career, one as amateur and twelve as a professional. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
.

Amateur career

Jameson was born in

U.S. Women's Amateur in 1939 and 1940. She won the Women's Western Amateur in 1940 and 1942. In 1942, she also won the Women's Western Open
, a major at the time, while still an amateur. She was selected to the DISD Athletics Hall of Fame and is a Member of the Sunset High School Hall of Fame.

Professional career

Jameson turned professional in 1945. She was one of the thirteen women who founded the LPGA in 1950. She won a total of thirteen events, including three

Burdine's Invitational
, in 1970.

Jameson conceived the idea of annually honoring the golfer with the lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour and, in 1952, donated a trophy for that in the name of

Glenna Collett Vare.[4] She was inducted into the Women's Sports Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1999, and was listed as "...as one of the (LPGA) association’s top 50 players and teachers."[3] In 2004, August 14 was proclaimed "Betty Jameson Day" in Delray Beach, Florida
, to commemorate her career accomplishments.

Jameson had to stop playing golf, other than doing some occasional chipping and putting, because of pain in her wrists caused by carpal tunnel syndrome. She took up painting for her own enjoyment and sold a few works to friends. However, according to her obituary in the New York Times, she was reportedly destitute when she died at her home, which was then in Boynton Beach, Florida.[5][6]

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (13)

Other wins (5)

Major championships

Wins (3)

Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
1942 Women's Western Open 9 & 7 United States Phyllis Otto
1947 U.S. Women's Open −9 (76-75-74-70=295) 6 strokes United States Polly Riley (a), United States Sally Sessions (a)
1954 Women's Western Open 6 & 5 United States Louise Suggs

See also

References

  1. ^ "LPGA All-Time Winners List" (PDF). lpga.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 29, 2010.
  2. ^ "About the LPGA - Our Founders". LPGA.
  3. ^ a b Litsky, Frank (February 9, 2009). "Betty Jameson, an L.P.G.A. Founder, Dies at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Lemon, Del. "Jameson, Elizabeth May". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  5. ^ "Original LPGA founder passes away at age 89". Golf Channel.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Boynton Beach's Betty Jameson, LPGA founder and Hall of Famer, dies at 89". Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. February 7, 2009. Archived from the original on March 14, 2009.

External links

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