Babe Zaharias
Name:
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson ZahariasCountry:
USALived:
[1911-1956]. Born on June 26, 1911 in Port Arthur, Texas. Died on Sept 27, 1956 in Galveston, Texas, aged 45.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golfer, Olympic athlete (track & field), golf writer, singer, actress, golf writer and administrator; one of 13 founders of the LPGA (1950).Turned Pro:
1947Played as the Peach Blossom Open. Second-placed Marilynn Smith finished 2 shots behind Zaharias.
Played as the Tampa Open. Second-placed Louise Suggs finished 1 shot behind Zaharias.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Zaharias (USA) won the Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.
Played as the Serbin Open. Second-placed Patty Berg finished 1 shot behind Zaharias.
Majors
USGA
The US Women's Open (9th) (July 1-3). Second-placed Betty Hicks (USA) finished 12 shots behind Zaharias (USA), who recorded her third and final US Women's Open win. [Salem CC, Peabody, Mass.].
Played as the Sarasota Open. Patty Berg and Louise Suggs finished 9 shots behind Zaharias.
Played as the All-American Open. Second-placed Louise Suggs finished 8 shots behind Zaharias.
America
George S. May
Played as the All American Open. Second-placed Louise Suggs (USA) finished 9 shots behind Zaharias (USA), who recorded her fifth win in this event. [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL; now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
Played as the Sarasota Open. Second-placed Betsy Rawls finished 7 shots behind Zaharias.
Played as the Babe Zaharias Open. Second-placed Louise Suggs finished 1 shot behind Zaharias.
Played as the Orlando Mixed Foursome. Winning team : Babe Zaharias & Al Besselink. Second-placed team : Anderson & Chapman.
Majors
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Played as the Titleholders Championship (13th). Second-placed Betsy Rawls (USA) finished 7 shots behind Zaharias (USA). [Augusta CC, Augusta, GA].
Played as the Fresno Open. Second-placed Marilynn Smith finished 3 shots behind Zaharias.
Played as the Women's Texas Open. Polly Riley finished in second place behind Zaharias.
America
Weathervane
Played as the Miami Weathervane. Second-placed Betty Jameson (USA) and Louise Suggs (USA) finished 5 shots behind Zaharias.
America
George S. May
Played as the All American Open (Aug 2-5). Second-placed Betsy Rawls (USA) finished 10 shots behind defending champion Zaharias (USA). [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL; now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
Played as the All-American Women's Open. Patty Berg finished in second place behind Zaharias.
Played as the Orlando Florida Two-Ball. Winning team of Babe Zaharias & George Bolesta beat Alice Bauer & Pete Cooper 6 and 5 in the 36-hole final.
Played as the Richmond Women's Open. Second-placed Louise Suggs finished 1 shot behind Zaharias.
Played as the Tampa Women's Open. Second-placed Louise Suggs finished 7 shots behind Zaharias.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Zaharias (USA) won her second straight LPGA Tour Money List, with 1951 season earnings of $15,807 on the Tour. For the second straight year Patty Berg (USA) was second on the money list.
Played as the Women's Texas Open.
Played as the Valley Open. Second-placed Patty Berg finished 6 shots behind Zaharias.
America
Weathervane
Played as the Dallas Weathervane. Second-placed Patty Berg (USA) finished 4 shots behind Zaharias (USA). [Lakewood CC, Dallas, TX].
America
Weathervane
Played as the Indianapolis Weathervane. Patty Berg (USA) finished in second place behind Zaharias (USA).
America
George S. May
Played as the World Championship of Women's Golf (Aug 9-12). Second-placed Patty Berg (USA) finished 6 shots behind Zaharias (USA), who won this event for the fourth straight year. [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL. Now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
Played as the All-American Women's Open. Second-placed Patty Berg finished 10 shots behind Zaharias.
Zaharias (USA) was overall winner of the 1950 Cross Country 144-hole Weathervane Tournament, which was played as four two-round events in Chicago, Cleveland, New York and Pebble Beach. She won the Cleveland and Pebble Beach events.
Awards
LPGA Tr
Zaharias (USA) won the inaugural LPGA Tour Money List, with 1950 season earnings of $14,800 on the Tour. Patty Berg (USA) was second on the money list.
Majors
x
Played as the Titleholders Championship (11th). Second-placed Clare Doran (USA, amateur) finished 8 shots behind Zaharias (USA). [Augusta CC, Augusta, GA].
Majors
x
The Women's Western Open (21st). Zaharias (USA) beat Peggy Kirk (USA) 5 and 3 in the final. [Cherry Hills CC, Englewood, nr Denver, CO].
America
George S. May
Played as the World Championship of Women's Golf. Second-placed Patty Berg (USA) finished 7 shots behind Zaharias (USA), who won this event for the third straight year. [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL. Now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
America
George S. May
Played as the All American Open. Second-placed Patty Berg (USA) finished 10 shots behind Zaharias (USA), who recorded her third win in this event in five years. [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL; now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
Majors
LPGA
The US Women's Open (5th) (Sept 28-Oct 1). Second-placed Betsy Rawls (USA, amateur) finished 9 shots behind Zaharias (USA), who this championship for the second time. [Rolling Hills CC, Wichita, Kansas].
America
Weathervane
Played as the Cleveland Weathervane. Second-placed Patty Berg (USA) finished 8 shots behind Zaharias (USA).
America
Weathervane
Played as the Pebble Beach Weathervane. Second-placed Patty Berg (USA) finished 2 shots behind Zaharias (USA).
America
George S. May
Played as the World Championship of Women's Golf (Aug 11-14). Second-placed Patty Berg (USA) finished 8 shots behind defending champion Zaharias (USA). [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL. Now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
Majors
WPGA
The US Women's Open (3rd) (Aug 12-15). Second-placed Betty Hicks (USA) finished 8 shots behind Zaharias (USA), who claimed the fifth of her ten major championship titles. [Atlantic City CC, Northfield, NJ].
America
George S. May
Played as the inaugural World Championship of Women's Golf (Aug 7/8). Second-placed Patty Berg (USA) finished 1 shot behind Zaharias (USA). [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL; now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
America
George S. May
Played as the All American Open (Aug 3-6). Second-placed Patty Berg (USA) finished 3 shots behind Zaharias (USA), who won this event for the second time in three years. [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL; now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (44th). Zaharias (USA) beat Jacqueline Gordon (Eng) 5 and 4 in the final. [No.1 course, Gullane GC, Gullane, East Lothian].
Majors
x
Played as the Titleholders Championship (8th). Second-placed Dorothy Kirby (USA, amateur) finished 5 shots behind Zaharias (USA, amateur). [Augusta CC, Augusta, GA].
America
George S. May
Played as the All American Open. Second-placed Betty Jameson (USA) finished 7 shots behind Zaharias (USA). [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL; now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (46th). Zaharias (USA) beat Clara Sherman (USA) 11 & 9 in the final. [Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Oklahoma].
Majors
x
The Women's Western Open (16th). For the second straight year Zaharias (USA, amateur) beat Dorothy Germain (USA, amateur) in the final; this time by 4 and 2. [Highland G&CC, Indianapolis, Indiana].
Majors
x
The Women's Western Open (15th). Zaharias (USA, amateur) beat Dorothy Germain (USA, amateur) by 7 and 5 in the final. [Park Ridge CC, Park Ridge, nr Chicago, IL].
Majors
x
The Women's Western Open (11th). Zaharias (USA, amateur) beat Mrs Russell Mann 5 and 4 in the final. [Blue Mound G&CC, Wauwatosa, nr Milwaukee, WI].
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
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