Kathy Whitworth, whose LPGA Tour victories spanned nearly a quarter-century and who became the first woman to earn $1 million on the LPGA, died on Christmas Eve, her longtime partner said. She was 83.
LPGA great Kathy Whitworth lines up a putt on May 27, 1976. Whitworth, whose 88 victories are the most by any golfer on a single professional tour, has died at 83.
“Kathy left this world the way she lived her life — loving, laughing and creating memories,” Odle said in a statement the LPGA Tour released.Whitworth won the first of her 88 titles in the Kelly Girls Open in July 1962. She won six majors during her career and broke Wright’s record of 82 career wins when she captured the Lady Michelob in the summer of 1982.“Winning never got old,” Whitworth once said.
She was the LPGA player of the year seven times in an eight-year span . She won the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average seven times and was the leading money winner in eight seasons.Snead was credited with a record 82 wins on the PGA Tour, a total Woods has matched. Wright won 82 times on the LPGA Tour, while Sorenstam had 72 wins when she retired after the 2006 season at age 36.“I think Mickey had the best swing and was probably the greatest golfer,” Betsy Rawls once told Golf Digest.
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