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Danielle Ammaccapane
Danielle Ammaccapane (born November 27, 1965) is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. Her daughter, with husband Rod Kesling, is child actor Laura Ann Kesling. Amateur career Ammaccapane was born in Babylon, New York. She had a successful junior and amateur career and won the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links in 1985. She played her collegiate golf at Arizona State University becoming NCAA National Champion in 1985, All-American First team in 1985 and 1986 and All-American Second team in 1987. She was also All-Conference First team from 1984–1987 and won the Pac-10 championship in 1987. She became a member of the Arizona State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. She represented the United States in the 1986 Curtis Cup. Professional wins (7) LPGA Tour wins (7) Team appearances Amateur *Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1986 Professional *Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 1992 *Handa Cup The Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babylon (village), New York
Babylon is a village in Suffolk County, New York. The population was 12,166 at the 2010 census. Its location is approximately from New York City at the Queens border, and approximately from Manhattan. Its official name is The Incorporated Village of Babylon. It is commonly referred to as Babylon Village, to distinguish it from the Town of Babylon, of which it is a part. History What is now Babylon Town and Village was originally part of Huntington Town and known as Huntington South. Lightly settled from 1689, its main industry, in common with much of the area along Great South Bay and South Oyster Bay (both actually lagoons), was the harvesting of salt hay, which was used as cattle feed and bedding. When a coherent community grew up in the area by 1803, prominent local citizens sought to adopt a new name. An influential local lady, Mrs. Conklin, was used to living inland in what is now considered Dix Hills and was at unease with the home site that her grandchildren would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liselotte Neumann
Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann (born 20 May 1966) is a Swedish professional golfer. When she recorded her first LPGA Tour win, by claiming the 1988 U.S. Women's Open title, Neumann also became the first Swedish golfer, male or female, to win a major championship. Early years Neumann was born and grew up in Finspång, Sweden. Her father Rune was a former football player and coach of a local girls football team. After practicing different sports and supported by her father, her mother Ingegerd and her brother Mats, Neumann began playing golf at the local 9-hole course at Finspång Golf Club. She showed early promise and won the unofficial national youth championships, Colgate Cup, at three different levels, as a 12, 14, and 16-year-old. Neumann has later given a lot of credit, for her successful career, to her local coach since her early years, Pierre Karlström. Neumann also has showed her loyalty to her first golf club by, three times during the peak of her career in the 1990s, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Titleholders Championship
The Mercury Titleholders Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1990 to 1999. It was played at three different courses in Florida. The event was separate from the , a former major championship on the LPGA Tour, and also from the , which will become the final official event of the LPGA season starting in 2011.
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1998 LPGA Tour
The 1998 LPGA Tour was the 49th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 16 to November 22. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Se Ri Pak and Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, four each. Annika Sörenstam led the money list with earnings of $1,092,748. This was the first year that non-American winners outnumbered American winners (19 to 17). There were four first-time winners in 1998: Amy Fruhwirth, Rachel Hetherington, Se Ri Pak, Pearl Sinn. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1998 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catriona Matthew
Catriona Isobel Matthew (née Lambert; born 25 August 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career Catriona Lambert was born in Edinburgh, and grew up in North Berwick. She learned to play golf on the Children's Course and North Berwick West Links in the town. She had a successful junior and amateur career, becoming Scottish Girls champion in 1986 and Scottish Under-21 Stroke Play champion in 1988 and 1989. She captured the Scottish Amateur title in 1991, 1993 and 1994, and the British Amateur title in 1993. She is also a two-time winner of the St Rule Trophy played at St Andrews. She was a member of the 1990, 1992 and 1994 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup teams. She graduated from the University of Stirling in 1992 having studied accountancy, this being one of a few British universities offering golf scholarships. Professional career Matthew qualified for the LPGA To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromi Kobayashi (golfer)
is a Japanese professional golfer. She has won 15 tournaments internationally, including four on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. Professional career Kobayashi turned pro in 1985. She won six titles on the LPGA of Japan Tour in 1989. In 1990, she joined the LPGA Tour and was named LPGA Rookie of the Year. She won four tournaments between 1993 and 1998. She also won one title on the Ladies European Tour, the Evian Masters in 1997. Professional wins (15) LPGA of Japan Tour (11) *1989 (6) Sky Court Ladies, Tohoku Queens, Mizuno Ladies Open, Japan Women's Open Golf Championship, Junon Women's Open, Daio Paper Elleair Women's Open *1991 (1) Itsuki Classic *1995 (2) Fujitsu Ladies, Kibun Women's Classic *1998 (1) Japan Classic (co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour) *2002 (1) Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open Tournament in bold denotes major championships in LPGA of Japan Tour. LPGA Tour (4) LPGA Tour playoff record (3–1) Ladies European Tour (1) *1997 (1) Evian Masters Team appearances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayumi Hirase
Mayumi Hirase ( ja, 平瀬真由美, born 30 October 1969) is a Japanese professional golfer who played on the LPGA of Japan Tour and the LPGA Tour. Hirase won 18 times on the LPGA of Japan Tour between 1989 and 2000. Hirase won once on the LPGA Tour in 1996. Professional wins (19) LPGA of Japan Tour (19) *1989 (3) Miyagi TV Cup Ladies Open, Ben Hogan & Itsuki Classic, JLPGA Lady Borden Cup *1990 (1) Fujisankei Ladies Classic *1991 (1) Marukoh Ladies *1992 (1) Mitsubishi Electric Ladies *1993 (3)[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Geddes
Jane Geddes (born February 5, 1960) is a retired American professional golfer. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1983 and won two major championships and 11 LPGA Tour events overall. Geddes was the Vice President of Talent Relations of WWE. Career Geddes was born in Huntington, New York. She played college golf at Florida State University and was a member of the school's national championship team in 1981. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1983, posting runner-up finishes three times from 1984 to 1985. Geddes broke through for her first professional victory when she won the 1986 U.S. Women's Open by defeating Sally Little in an 18-hole playoff. Then she won again the very next week. The year 1987 was her best, as she posted five victories, including the Mazda LPGA Championship, and four second-place finishes, finishing third on the money list. In all, seven of Geddes' 11 career wins came from 1986 to 1987. Geddes won twice in 1991 and her last win was at the 1994 Chicago Challenge. Gedde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edina Realty LPGA Classic
The Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1990 to 1998. It was played in the Minneapolis – Saint Paul, Minnesota area: at the Edinburgh USA Golf Course in Brooklyn Park from 1990 to 1996 and at the Rush Creek Golf Club in Maple Grove in 1997 and 1998. Winners ;Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic *1998 Hiromi Kobayashi ;First Bank Presents the Edina Realty LPGA Classic *1997 Danielle Ammaccapane *1996 Liselotte Neumann *1995 Julie Larsen ;Minnesota LPGA Classic *1994 Liselotte Neumann *1993 Hiromi Kobayashi ;Northgate Computer Classic *1992 Kris Tschetter *1991 Cindy Rarick ;Northgate Classic *1990 Beth Daniel Beth Daniel (born October 14, 1956) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1979 and won 33 LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fa ... References External linksEdinburgh USA Golf Course [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 LPGA Tour
The 1997 LPGA Tour was the 48th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 9 to November 23. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,236,789. There were four first-time winners in 1997: Cindy Figg-Currier, Pat Hurst, Michele Redman, and Wendy Ward. Nancy Lopez won the last of her 48 LPGA career victories in 1997. The tournament results and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 1997 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. |
Lori West
Lori Jeanne West is an American-Canadian pediatric cardiologist. She holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cardiac Transplantation at the University of Alberta. Early life and education West was born in the United States. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Florida, where she was initially most interested in field biology and ornithology. Following this, West earned her medical degree at the Tulane University School of Medicine in 1983 and completed her pediatric training at the University of California, Los Angeles. She also decided to train in pediatric cardiology and moved to Toronto to study at the Hospital for Sick Children. As pediatric transplantation became more popular, West chose to pursue her DPhil from Balliol College, Oxford in 1995. Career Upon returning to North America, West took over the transplant program at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children in 1994. While serving in this role, she pioneered the procedure to successfully transpl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muffin Spencer-Devlin
Muffin Spencer-Devlin (born October 25, 1953) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She was born in Piqua, Ohio and joined the LPGA in 1979. She is openly gay and, in 1996, became the first LPGA player to come out as gay. Spencer-Devlin made a cameo appearance as a member of Starfleet Medical in the feature film ''Star Trek Generations ''Star Trek Generations'' is a 1994 American science fiction film and the seventh film in the Star Trek (film series), ''Star Trek'' film series. Malcolm McDowell joins cast members from the 1960s television show ''Star Trek: The Original Ser ...'' that was released in 1994, and made a brief appearance in " The Chute", the third episode of the 1995 series '' Star Trek: Voyager''. Professional wins LPGA Tour wins (3) References External links * * * American female golfers Rollins Tars women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golfers from Ohio Lesbian sportswomen LGBT golfers LGBT people from Ohio American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
