Mary Lena Faulk
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Mary Lena FaulkCountry:
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[1926-1995]. Born on April 15, 1926 in Chipley, Florida. Died on Aug 3, 1995 in Delray Beach, Florida (aged 69).Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golfer and golf intructor.Turned Pro:
1955MAJORS (1): Western Open (1961). Total LPGA Tour wins (10).
Former LPGA Tour player, who retired from the Tour in 1965.
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Played as the St Petersburg Women's Open. Second-placed Betsy Rawls (USA) and Clifford Ann Creed (USA) finished 3 shots behind Faulk (USA), who recorded the last of her 10 LPGA Tour wins. [Sunset G&CC, St Petersburg, Florida; now called Vinoy GC].
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Played as the Visalia Ladies Open. Kathy Whitworth finished in second place behind Faulk.
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Played as the Peach Blossom Open. Shirley Englehorn finished in second place behind Faulk.
Majors
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The Women's Western Open (32nd). Second-placed Betsy Rawls (USA) finished 6 shots behind Faulk (USA). [Belle Meade CC, Nashville, TN].
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Played as the Babe Zaharias Open. Louise Suggs finished in second place behind Faulk.
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Played as the Eastern Open.
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Played as the Triangle Round Robin.
Played as the Macktown Open. Joyce Ziske and Marlene Hagge finished in second place behind Faulk.
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Played as the Homestead Four-Ball. Winning team : Betty Jameson & Mary Lena Faulk. Second-placed team : Ruth Jessen & Wiffi Smith.
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Played as the St Petersburg Open. Second-placed Louise Suggs (USA) finished 3 shots behind Faulk (USA), who recorded her second LPGA Tour win. [Sunset G&CC, St Petersburg, Florida; now called Vinoy GC].
Played as the Kansas City Open. Betsy Rawls finished in second place behind Faulk.
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Played as the Virginia Hot Springs Four-Ball. Winning Team : Betty Jameson & Mary Lena Faulk. Second-placed team : Beverly Hanson & Mickey Wright finished 3 shots back.
Amateur
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The US Women's Amateur Championship (53rd). Faulk (USA) beat Polly Riley (USA) 3 and 2 in the final. [Rhode Island CC, Barrington, RI].
Tournaments:
PGA Championship: the year’s second men’s major championship is hosted by Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Soudal Open: Belgium’s return to European Tour golf sees 36-hole Rinkven International GC host the Soudal Open, the country’s national open championship (May 12-15).
Who's Who:
Scottie Scheffler: bags the 2022 Masters Tournament title, and with it a fourth win in six starts on the PGA Tour and his first major championship victory.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys.
Golf Son Gual is located just a few kilometres from Palma (Mallorca). Palma's Old City shows clear influences from the city's Arab past.
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