Photographs of LPGA legend Mickey Wright, who turns 80 on Valentine’s Day.
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Photographs of LPGA legend Mickey Wright, who turns 80 on Valentine’s Day.
Mickey Wright, of La Jolla, Cal., slogs her way out of an 11th fairway trap at the rain-soaked Wanakah Country Club in Buffalo, N.Y. on Aug. 31, 1950. Wright beat Katherine McKinnon of West Palm Beach, Fla., 2 and 1, on the 17th green to qualify for tomorrow’s finals of the USGA National Junior Girls Golf Championship. (AP Photo)
Participants check their scores after completing the first qualifying rounds in the Women’s Western Amateur Golf Championship at Plum Hollow in Detroit, Mi. on July 30, 1951. From left are, Mickey Wright of San Diego, Ca.; Barbara Romack of Sacramento, Ca.; Bonnie Randolph of Columbus, Ohio; and Judy Baker of Lima, Ohio. Baker is the only one who did not qualify from this group. (AP Photo)
Winners in four divisions of the All-American golf tournament at Tam O’Shanter in Chicago line up with Matt Niesen, center, tournament chairman, who presented the trophies they hold, Aug. 8, 1954. From left to right: Arnold Palmer, men’s amateur; Mickey Wright, women’s amateur; Niesen; Babe Zaharias, women’s professional; and Jerry Barber, men’s professional. (AP Photo/Edward Kitch)
Mickey Wright of Dallas swings her putter on the 18th green and sinks a 15-foot birdie putt at the Dallas Civitan Open golf tournament at Glen Lakes Country Club in Dallas, Texas, May 26, 1963. Wright won the tourney with a 72-hole score of 283. (AP Photo)
Mickey Wright sports her fourth U.S. Open Women’s Golf Championship trophy after defeating Ruth Jessen 72-70 in an 18-hole playoff in this July 13, 1964 photo at San Diego Country Club. (AP Photo)
The gallery follows Mickey Wright’s iron shot from the fairway at the Toronto Golf Club, 1967. The game will be broadcast on “Shell’s Wonderful World of Golf” in early February on NBC. (AP Photo)
FILE - This Sept. 8, 1976 file photo shows Mickey Wright holding a World Golf Hall of Fame plaque bearing her likeness in Pinehurst, N.C., where she was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Wright can appreciate Inbee Park’s pursuit of a fourth straight major this year at the Women’s British Open. She just can’t relate to all the attention over a potential Grand Slam. (AP Photo/File)
UNITED STATES - MARCH 26: Golf: Mickey Wright at Augusta National, Augusta, GA 3/26/1956 (Photo by Hy Peskin/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (SetNumber: X3647)
UNITED STATES - JUNE 28: Golf: US Open, Closeup of Mickey Wright in action during drive at Dunes GC, Myrtle Beach, SC 6/28/1962 (Photo by James Drake/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (SetNumber: X8564)
Nancy Lopez (winner) and Mickey Wright (2nd place) at post round interview during 1979 Coca-Cola Classic at Upper Montclair CC in Clifton, NJ. (Photo by LPGA/LPGA via Getty Images)