Hall of Fame golfer Kathy Whitworth has died at the age of 83.
THE COLONY, TX - MAY 06: Kathy Whitworth presents the champion's trophy to Sung Hyun Park of South Korea following the 2018 Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic at Old American Golf Club on May 6, 2018 in The Colony, Texas.
Bettye Odle did not disclose a cause of death, saying only that Whitworth died suddenly Saturday night while celebrating with family and friends. All that was missing from her career was the U.S. Women's Open, the biggest of the women's majors. Upon being the first woman to surpass $1 million in career earnings in 1981, she said, “I would have swapped being the first to make a million for winning the Open, but it was a consolation which took some of the sting out of not winning.”
“I think Mickey had the best swing, and was probably the greatest golfer,” Betsy Rawls once told Golf Digest."But Kathy was the best player of the game that I have ever seen.” “I was really fortunate in that I knew what I wanted to do,” Whitworth once told Golf Digest. “Golf just grabbed me by the throat. I can’t tell you how much I loved it. I used to think everyone knew what they wanted to do when they were 15 years old.”
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