Betty Jameson
Name:
Elizabeth May "Betty" JamesonCountry:
USALived:
[1919-2009]. Born on May 9, 1919 in Norman, Oklahoma. Died on Feb 7, 2009 in Boynton Beach, Florida (aged 89).Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golfer; one of 13 founders of the LPGA (1950).Turned Pro:
1945MAJORS (3): US Women's Open (1947); Western Open (1942, 1954). US Women's Amateur champion (1939, '40). Inducted in the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1951 (via the LPGA Hall of Fame).
Former LPGA Tour player and one of 13 women who founded the LPGA in 1950.
Played as the Homestead Four-Ball. Winning team : Betty Jameson & Mary Lena Faulk. Second-placed team : Ruth Jessen & Wiffi Smith.
Played as the White Mountain Open. Second-placed Fay Crocker finished 4 shots behind Jameson.
Played as the Richmond Open. Mary Lena Faulk finished in second place behind Jameson.
America
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Played as the Virginia Hot Springs Four-Ball. Winning Team : Betty Jameson & Mary Lena Faulk. Second-placed team : Beverly Hanson & Mickey Wright finished 3 shots back.
Played as the Sarasota Open. Louise Suggs finished 2 shots behind Jameson.
Played as the Babe Zaharias Open. Second-placed Patty Berg finished 8 shots behind Jameson.
Majors
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The Women's Western Open (25th). Jameson (USA) beat Louise Suggs (USA) 6 and 5 in the final. [Glen Flora CC, Waukegan, IL].
Played as the Serbin Miami Beach Open. Jameson won after a playoff against Betsy Rawls and Babe Zaharias.
America
George S. May
Played as the World Championship of Women's Golf. Second-placed Patty Berg (USA) finished 1 shot behind Jameson (USA). [Tam O'Shanter CC, Niles, nr Chicago, IL. Now the municipal Tam O'Shanter Golf Course].
Majors
WPGA
The US Women's Open (2nd) (June 26-29; first time on a stroke-play basis). Second-placed Sally Sessions (USA, amateur) and Polly Riley (USA, amateur) finished 6 shots behind Jameson (USA). [Starmount Forest CC, Greensboro, NC].
Majors
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The Women's Western Open (13th). Jameson (USA, amateur) beat Phyllis Otto (USA) 9 and 7 in the 36-hole final. [Elmhurst CC, Addison, nr Chicago, IL - now Oak Meadows GC].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (44th). Defending champion Jameson (USA) beat Jane Cochran (USA) 6 and 5 in the final. [Pebble Beach Golf Links, Monterey Peninsula, CA].
Amateur
USGA
The US Women's Amateur Championship (43rd). Jameson (USA) beat Dorothy Kirby (USA) 3 and 2 in the final. [Wee Burn CC, Darien, Conn.].
124th US Open: the No.2 Course at Pinehurst once again plays host to this most illustrious championship (June 13-16). Wyndham Clark defends his title, having won at Los Angeles CC in 2023.
79th Women’s US Open: the second women’s major championship of the season gets underway at Lancaster CC in Pennsylvania. It’s the second time the championship has been held here.
(May 30-June 2).
Nelly Korda: won the Mizuho Americas Open (May 16-19) at Liberty National GC, continuing her extraordinary form in LPGA events. This was her sixth win in seven starts in 2024.
Xander Schauffele: recorded his first major championship win, and second record-equalling low score of 62 in a major. Only he, Branden Grace, Rickie Fowler and Shane Lowry have achieved this feat in a men’s major championship.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club: With a clubhouse that might befit a Roman Emperor, and a golf course to match, you can be sure of a memorable outing at Rome's most talked about golf facility.
Jim Fazio's original layout was much changed to create a modern Ryder Cup course ... now one of the Eternal City's (and Italy's) most revered.
Here at Prince’s Golf Club you'll find 27 excellent holes of links golf. Just over the fence and sharing similar terrain is Royal St George’s; but Prince’s is far from overshadowed by its venerable neighbour. The three nine-hole loops at Prince's, laid out over gently undulating terrain, are sure to bring a smile of satisfaction to all lovers of links golf.
Stay&Play at Prince's: excellent onsite Lodge accommodation available
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