Shirley Englehorn
| Shirley Englehorn | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Shirley Ruth Englehorn |
| Nickname | Dimples |
| Born |
December 12, 1940 Caldwell, Idaho |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1959 |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (1959–79) |
| Professional wins | 12 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 11 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Western Open | 3rd: 1967 |
| Titleholders C'ship | T6: 1964 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 1970 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T3: 1964 |
| du Maurier Classic | T52: 1979 |
Shirley Ruth Englehorn (born December 12, 1940) is an American former professional golfer. She won 11 tournaments during her LPGA Tour career, including one major, the 1970 LPGA Championship.
Born and raised in Caldwell, Idaho, Englehorn was introduced to golf by Shirley Spork, one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA, and also studied with Johnny Revolta, an 18-time PGA Tour winner and the PGA Championship victor in 1935.
She won many amateur and open events, including the McCall Open in 1957 and 1958, the Idaho Open from 1957 to 1959 and the Pacific Northwest Amateur in 1958. She also won the Oregon Open in 1959 and was the youngest player ever to receive the Dorothy Pease Trophy (Trans-Miss) at the age of 15.
After graduation from Caldwell High School in 1958, Englehorn turned pro at age 18 in 1959 and joined the LPGA Tour. She was sponsored by the Athletic Round Table of Spokane from 1960 through 1962. Despite a career-threatening equestrian accident in Georgia in March 1960, Englehorn recovered and won her first tournament at age 21 in July 1962 at the Women's Eastern Open in Sutton, Massachusetts. She won a total of 11 events on the LPGA Tour, including one major championship, the LPGA Championship in 1970 in a playoff over Kathy Whitworth, her third victory at Sutton.
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