Catherine C. Morse (born June 15, 1955) 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 ...

. Morse was born in

Rochester, New York Rochester () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, and Yonkers, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 United States census. Located in W ...

. She won the 1972 New York State Junior Amateur, and the New York State Women's Amateur in 1974 and 1976. She was runner-up to

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 1972

U.S. Girls' Junior The United States Girls' Junior Championship is one of the thirteen United States, 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 ...

. Morse played college golf at the

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, i ...

. In 1977, she won the AIAW national individual intercollegiate golf championship and led her team to the team title. She was inducted into the university's Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. Morse joined the LPGA Tour in 1978 and won just once, at the 1982 Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Classic. She dedicated the win to her late fiancé, Jim Meyer, who died four months earlier.Triumph is Bittersweet
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Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (1)

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