Carol Michelle Walker (born 17 December 1952) is an English

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Life

Walker was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. She won the Hovis International in 1972. She turned professional in 1973 and played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 1974 to 1981. Her best finish was a T-2 at the 1976 Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Classic where she lost a four-player playoff to

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. Walker was a founding member of the

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and won six times on the tour between 1979 and 1984. Walker was Europe's Solheim Cup captain the first four times the Cup was held (

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

and

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

), captaining Europe to its first victory in the competition in 1992. She coached the Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup team in 1994, 1996 and 1998. She has been appointed captain of the 2019 European team for the

Junior Solheim Cup The Junior Solheim Cup is a version of the Solheim Cup for girls aged 12 to 18. It was inaugurated in 2002. It is currently officially called the PING Junior Solheim Cup. The Junior Solheim Cup follows a similar format to The Solheim Cup and featu ...

at Gleneagles. Walker was head professional at the Warren Golf Club in Essex from 1986 to 2001. In the

1993 Birthday Honours The 1993 Queen's Birthday honours were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as part of the Queen's b ...

list she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to Women's Golf. She works as a golf coach, radio and television commentator and public speaker.

Professional wins (6)

Ladies European Tour wins (6)

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

Carlsberg Championship – York *

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

Lambert & Butler Matchplay The British Women's Matchplay was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour. The tournament was initially held in England between 1979 and 1987. In 1988 the tournament moved to Spain, and the final installment in 1991 was ...

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

Carlsberg Championship – St Pierre *

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...

Sands International The Sands International was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour held in England. It was played annually between 1983 and 1985 at Saunton Golf Club, near Braunton, North Devon North Devon is a local government ...

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

Baume & Mercier International Baume or Baumé may refer to: Places in France * Baume-les-Dames, a commune in the Doubs department * Baume-les-Messieurs, formerly Baume-les-Moines, a commune in the Jura department ** Baume Abbey, near Baume-les-Messieurs * Saint-Maximin-la-Saint ...

Lorne Stewart Matchplay Championship The British Women's Matchplay was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour. The tournament was initially held in England between 1979 and 1987. In 1988 the tournament moved to Spain, and the final installment in 1991 was ...

Team appearances

Amateur * European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England):

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

(winners),

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

(winners) * Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1971 (winners) * Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland):

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

Commonwealth Trophy The Astor Trophy is a women's team golf tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. It has been played every four years since 1959. From its foundation until 2007 it ...

(representing Great Britain): 1971 (winners)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Mickey English female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships Officers of the Order of the British Empire Sportspeople from Leeds 1952 births Living people