Betty Jameson
| Betty Jameson | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Elizabeth May Jameson |
| Nickname | Betty |
| Born |
May 9, 1919 Norman, Oklahoma |
| Died | February 7, 2009 (aged 89) Boynton Beach, Florida |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Career | |
| College | University of Texas |
| Turned professional | 1945 |
| Retired | 1970 |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (Founder) |
| Professional wins | 18 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 13 |
| Other | 5 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 3) |
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| Western Open | Won: 1942, 1954 |
| Titleholders C'ship | 5th: 1956, 1961 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | 3rd/T3: 1956, 1958 |
| U.S. Women's Open | Won: 1947 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 1951 (member page) |
| Commissioner's Award (LPGA Founders) |
2000 |
Elizabeth May "Betty" Jameson (May 9, 1919 – February 7, 2009) was an American professional golfer. She was one of the thirteen founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) in 1950. She won three major championships and a total of thirteen events during her career, one as amateur and twelve as a professional. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Jameson was born in Norman, Oklahoma and graduated from Dallas' Sunset High School in 1939. She started playing golf at age 11. She won the 1932 Texas Publinx title at the age of 13 and the Southern Championship when she was 15. She won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1939 and 1940. She won the Women's Western Amateur in 1940 and 1942. In 1942, she also won the Women's Western Open, a major at the time, while still an amateur.
Jameson turned professional in 1945. She was one of the thirteen women who founded the LPGA in 1950. She won a total of thirteen events, including three major championships. In 1947, she won the U.S. Women's Open with a 295 total at the Starmount Forest Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina, marking the first time a female golfer scored lower than 300 in a 72-hole tournament. She won the 1954 Womens' Western Open again. In 1967, when the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame was created, Jameson was one of the six inaugural inductees. The LPGA recognized her induction year into the Hall of Fame of Women's Golf, 1951, as her official induction year into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame and the World Golf Hall of Fame. She competed in her final LPGA event, the Burdine's Invitational, in 1970.
Jameson conceived the idea of annually honoring the golfer with the lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour and, in 1952, donated a trophy for that in the name of Glenna Collett Vare. She was inducted into the Women's Sports Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1999, and was listed as "...as one of the (LPGA) association’s top 50 players and teachers." In 2004, August 14 was proclaimed "Betty Jameson Day" in Delray Beach, Florida, to commemorate her career accomplishments.
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