Betsy King (born August 13, 1955 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is a professional golfer. August 13 is the 225th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (226th in leap years), with 140 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City of Reading seal Reading (pronounced red - ing) is the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania. ... Golf (gowf in Scots) is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs, and is one of the few ball games that does not use a fixed standard playing area. ...
King was the leading money winner on the LPGA Tour in 1984, 1989 and 1993 and finished in the top ten on the money list every year from 1984 to 1995 and again in 1997. She won 34 titles on the tour, including six major championships. She played for the United States in the Solheim Cup five times. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association. ... Womens golf has evolved a set of major tournaments which parallels that in mens golf, but the womens system is younger and has been less stable that the mens. ... The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. ...
Notably, she is the last American to date to be the leading money winner on the LPGA Tour.
THE TOUR Championship (the capitalisation is official) is the final event of golfs PGA Tour season. ... The U.S. Womens Open Golf Championship is one of the LPGAs major championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Womens British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship. ... THE TOUR Championship (the capitalisation is official) is the final event of golfs PGA Tour season. ... The U.S. Womens Open Golf Championship is one of the LPGAs major championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Womens British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship. ... THE TOUR Championship (the capitalisation is official) is the final event of golfs PGA Tour season. ...
This table lists players with 20 or more wins on the LPGA Tour as of March 19, 2006. ... This article lists all the women who have won the LPGA Tours past and present major championships by number of victories. ...
External links
Profile on the LPGA's official site
Golf Stars Online - links to features and profiles