Amy Alcott

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Amy Alcott (born February 22, 1956 in Kansas City / Missouri ) is an American professional golfer . She has been participating in the LPGA Tour since 1975 and has won five major women's tournaments (including the US Women's Open 1980) and a total of 29 LPGA tour events. She has been a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame (since 1999) and of the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (since 2000) .

Career

In 1973, Amy Alcott won the US Junior Championship, her most important success as an amateur. In 1975 she became a professional golfer.

Amy Alcott won a total of 29 tournaments on the LPGA tour. Her first win came in 1975 with the Orange Blossom Classic , and in 1975 she was also named Rookie of the Year . Her first victory in a major tournament was in 1979 when she won the Peter Jackson Classic . It was followed by victory at the US Women's Open in 1980 . In 1983, 1988 and 1991 she won the Nabisco Dinah Shore tournament , the 1991 win was also her last win on the tour.

Her most successful years with a total of four tournament victories were 1979, 1980 and 1984. In 1983 she was the sixth professional golfer with a career prize money of over 1 million US dollars, and in 1988 she was third, surpassing the 2 million US dollar Brand, in 1994 her career prize pool rose to over $ 3 million. During her playing days, she earned a total of 3.4 million US dollars in prize money.

In the 2000s she worked several times as a co-designer on new golf courses.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Achievements on the World Golf Hall of Fame page (accessed May 17, 2020)
  2. ↑ Biography at the Ladies Professional Golf Association (accessed May 17, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Alcott, Amy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American golfer
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Kansas City / Missouri