Becky Pearson (born January 22, 1956) is an American professional golfer who played on the

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...

Golfing career

Before turning professional, Pearson won the Minnesota Junior Girls State Championship twice. While living in

North Branch, Minnesota North Branch is a city in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States, at the junction of Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highway 95. The population was 10,125 at the 2010 census. It is named for the north branch of the Sunrise River, which flo ...

, she reached the quarter-finals at the

United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship The United States Girls' Junior Championship is one of the thirteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA h ...

in 1973 after defeating defending champion

Nancy Lopez Nancy Marie Lopez (born January 6, 1957) is an American former professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three major championships. Amateur career Lopez won the New Mexico Women's ...

in the second round. Pearson earned All-American honors twice while attending

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and was the runner-up to

Lori Castillo Lori Castillo (born 1961) is an American professional golfer from Hawaii. She is one of only three golfers to have won both U.S. Girls' Junior (1978) and U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links (1979 and 1980), and was the first female to hold two USG ...

at the 1979

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. Pearson won once on the LPGA Tour in 1986 at the

Chrysler-Plymouth Classic The Chrysler-Plymouth Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1976 to 1989.LPGA Tournament ...

. The North Chisago Historical Society awarded Pearson in 2008 along with two others their Women in History Award.Women in History Award
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Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (1)

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

References

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* American female golfers FIU Panthers women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golfers from Florida Golfers from Minnesota Sportspeople from Boca Raton, Florida People from North Branch, Minnesota 1956 births Living people {{US-golf-bio-stub