Betsy King

Betsy King
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Betsy King
Born	(1955-08-13) August 13, 1955 Reading, Pennsylvania
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Limekiln, Pennsylvania
Career
College	Furman University
Turned professional	1977
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (1977-2005)
Professional wins	39
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	34
Ladies European Tour	1
LPGA of Japan Tour	1
Other	3
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 6)
ANA Inspiration	Won: 1987, 1990, 1997
Women's PGA C'ship	Won: 1992
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 1989, 1990
du Maurier Classic	2nd/T2: 1989, 1993
Women's British Open	59th: 2002
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	1995 (member page)
LPGA Tour Money Winner	1984, 1989, 1993
LPGA Tour Player of the Year	1984, 1989, 1993
LPGA Vare Trophy	1987, 1993
GWAA Female Player of the Year	1987, 1989
Best Female Golfer ESPY Award	1994
LPGA William and Mousie Powell Award	1996
Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA)	2002

Betsy King was also a childhood name for Lizzie Lloyd King.

Betsy King (born August 13, 1955) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.

Career

King was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. King graduated from Exeter Township High School in 1973. She played collegiately at Furman University, and was on the 1976 national championship team that included future LPGA players Beth Daniel, Sherri Turner and Cindy Ferro. King was low amateur at the 1976 U.S. Women's Open, then joined the LPGA Tour in 1977. She won her first tournament at the 1984 Women's Kemper Open. She won three titles in 1984, and added 21 top-10 finishes to earn LPGA Tour Player of the Year honors. From 1984 through 1989, King won a total of 20 LPGA events, more wins than any other golfer in the world, male or female, during that time period.^[1]

After that first win in 1984, King won at least once each of the next 10 years, with a high of six victories in 1989. She finished in the top-10 on the money list every year from 1985–95, and again in 1997. Along the way, King was named Player of the Year three times, won two scoring titles and three money titles. In 1993 she won a scoring title and the money title, but only one tournament. She finished second five times, including at two majors. She averaged a major a year from 1987 to 1992, then won a sixth major in 1997. The last of her 34 LPGA wins came in 2001. With her 30th win in 1995, she gained entry into the World Golf Hall of Fame.^[1]

From 1996 to 2004, there was an event on Tour, the Wachovia LPGA Classic, hosted by King. She was also a worker for charitable causes, organizing Habitat for Humanity house building projects and working in former Soviet bloc countries with orphan relief agencies. She played for the United States in the Solheim Cup five times (1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998) and was the captain of the 2007 United States team. She led the team to a 16-12 win over Europe in the 2007 Solheim Cup held in Halmstad, Sweden between 14 and 16 September 2007. She is the last American to date to be the leading money winner on the LPGA Tour.^[1]

In 2001, King was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.

Professional wins (39)

LPGA Tour (34)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (6)
Other LPGA Tour (26)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Mar 25, 1984	Women's Kemper Open	−9 (71-72-73-73=289)	3 strokes	Pat Bradley
2	Apr 29, 1984	Freedom/Orlando Classic	−14 (69-67-66=202)	2 strokes	Alice Miller
3	Aug 26, 1984	Columbia Savings Classic	−7 (72-70-67-72=281)	1 stroke	Muffin Spencer-Devlin
4	Mar 3, 1985	Samaritan Turquoise Classic	−8 (69-68-72-71=280)	Playoff	Patty Sheehan
5	Sep 2, 1985	Rail Charity Classic	−11 (65-73-67=205)	2 strokes	Janet Anderson
6	Aug 10, 1986	Henredon Classic	−11 (70-67-70-70=277)	Playoff	JoAnne Carner
7	Sep 1, 1986	Rail Charity Classic	−11 (70-72-63=205)	Playoff	Cathy Gerring Alice Ritzman
8	Mar 22, 1987	Circle K Tucson Open	−7 (70-71-72-68=281)	2 strokes	Jan Stephenson
9	Apr 5, 1987	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−5 (68-75-72-68=283)	Playoff	Patty Sheehan
10	Jun 7, 1987	McDonald's Championship	−6 (72-68-71-67=278)	2 strokes	Ayako Okamoto
11	Aug 23, 1987	Atlantic City LPGA Classic	−6 (70-71-66=207)	3 strokes	Nancy Lopez
12	Mar 6, 1988	Women's Kemper Open	−8 (73-72-66-69=280)	1 stroke	Beth Daniel
13	Sep 5, 1988	Rail Charity Golf Classic	−9 (68-68-71=207)	2 strokes	Margaret Ward
14	Sep 11, 1988	Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship	−3 (71-70-72=213)	1 stroke	Colleen Walker
15	Jan 15, 1989	The Jamaica Classic	−11 (64-68-70=202)	1 stroke	Nancy Lopez
16	Feb 26, 1989	Women's Kemper Open	−14 (63-72-67=202)	2 strokes	Jane Geddes
17	Apr 23, 1989	USX Golf Classic	−13 (67-70-72-66=275)	Playoff	Lynn Adams
18	Jun 25, 1989	McDonald's Championship	−16 (69-65-71-67=272)	2 strokes	Pat Bradley Shirley Furlong
19	Jul 16, 1989	U.S. Women's Open	−6 (67-71-72-68=278)	4 strokes	Nancy Lopez
20	Aug 27, 1989	Nestle World Championship	−13 (66-71-70-68=275)	1 stroke	Pat Bradley Patty Sheehan
21	Apr 1, 1990	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−5 (69-70-69-75=283)	2 strokes	Shirley Furlong Kathy Postlewait
22	Jul 15, 1990	U.S. Women's Open	−4 (72-71-71-70=284)	1 stroke	Patty Sheehan
23	Aug 19, 1990	JAL Big Apple Classic	−15 (75-67-63-68=273)	3 strokes	Beth Daniel
24	May 26, 1991	LPGA Corning Classic	−15 (69-73-65-66=273)	6 strokes	Deb Richard
25	Jul 21, 1991	JAL Big Apple Classic	−9 (73-66-67-73=279)	1 stroke	Ayako Okamoto
26	May 17, 1992	Mazda LPGA Championship	−17 (68-66-67-66=267)	11 strokes	JoAnne Carner Liselotte Neumann Karen Noble
27	Jul 12, 1992	The Phar-Mor in Youngstown	−7 (71-67-71=209)	Playoff	Donna Andrews Beth Daniel Meg Mallon
28	Nov 8, 1992	Mazda Japan Classic	−11 (66-72-67=205)	Playoff	Helen Alfredsson
29	Nov 7, 1993	Toray Japan Queens Cup	−11 (68-70-67=205)	1 stroke	Jane Geddes
30	Jun 25, 1995	ShopRite LPGA Classic	−9 (66-71-67=204)	2 strokes	Beth Daniel Rosie Jones
31	Mar 30, 1997	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−12 (71-67-67-71=276)	2 strokes	Kris Tschetter
32	Feb 19, 2000	Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open	−12 (67-67-70=204)	2 strokes	Brandie Burton
33	May 28, 2000	LPGA Corning Classic	−12 (69-68-69-70=276)	Playoff	Vicki Goetze-Ackerman Kelli Kuehne
34	Jul 1, 2001	ShopRite LPGA Classic	−12 (65-69-67=201)	2 strokes	Lorie Kane

LPGA Tour playoff record (8–6)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1979	Wheeling Classic	Debbie Massey	Lost to par on first extra hole
2	1985	Samaritan Turquoise Classic	Patty Sheehan	Won with eagle on first extra hole
3	1986	Henredon Classic	JoAnne Carner	Won with par on second extra hole
4	1986	Rail Charity Classic	Cathy Gerring Alice Ritzman	Won with birdie on second extra hole
5	1986	Konica San Jose Classic	Amy Alcott Ayako Okamoto Patty Sheehan	Sheehan won with birdie on first extra hole
6	1987	Mazda Classic	Kathy Postlewait	Lost to par on first extra hole
7	1987	Nabisco Dinah Shore	Patty Sheehan	Won with par on second extra hole
8	1988	Crestar Classic	Juli Inkster Rosie Jones Nancy Lopez	Inkster won with eagle on first extra hole
9	1989	USX Golf Classic	Lynn Adams	Won with birdie on first extra hole
10	1992	The Phar-Mor in Youngstown	Donna Andrews Beth Daniel Meg Mallon	Won with birdie on first extra hole
11	1992	Mazda Japan Classic	Helen Alfredsson	Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
12	1993	du Maurier Ltd. Classic	Brandie Burton	Lost to birdie on first extra hole
13	1994	Toray Japan Queens Cup	Woo-Soon Ko	Lost to par on first extra hole
14	2000	LPGA Corning Classic	Vicki Goetze-Ackerman Kelli Kuehne	Won with birdie on second extra hole

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

Ladies European Tour (1)

1985 Ladies British Open

Note: King won the Ladies British Open (now known as the Women's British Open) before it became a major championship.

LPGA of Japan Tour (1)

1981 Itsuki-Ajinomoto Charity Classic

Legends Tour (1)

2013 Fry's Desert Golf Classic (with Jane Crafter)

Other (3)

1990 Itoman LPGA World Match Play Championship
1993 JCPenney/LPGA Skins Game

Major championships

Wins (6)

Year	championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
1987	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−5 (68-75-72-68=283)	Playoff¹	Patty Sheehan
1989	U.S. Women's Open	−4 (67-71-72-68=278)	4 stroke	Nancy Lopez
1990	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−5 (69-70-69-75=283)	2 strokes	Shirley Furlong, Kathy Postlewait
1990	U.S. Women's Open	−4 (72-71-71-70=284)	1 stroke	Patty Sheehan
1992	Mazda LPGA Championship	−17 (68-66-67-66=267)	11 strokes	JoAnne Carner, Liselotte Neumann, Karen Noble
1997	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−12 (71-67-67-71=276)	2 strokes	Kris Tschetter

¹ Won on second extra hole with a par

Results timeline

Tournament	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T49	CUT	T27
U.S. Women's Open	T8	CUT	T20	CUT	CUT
du Maurier Classic	...	...	...	T26	DNP

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Kraft Nabisco Championship	...	...	T52	T24	T7	4	1	T35	T4	1
LPGA Championship	T38	T21	T11	T7	T44	CUT	2	T24	T8	T5
U.S. Women's Open	T21	T25	T32	T5	T8	T3	T4	T12	1	1
du Maurier Classic	T38	T12	T25	3	CUT	T3	7	T19	T2	T10

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T11	56	T2	T48	T11	CUT	1	T61	77	CUT
LPGA Championship	7	1	T4	T17	T11	T14	T53	T37	T69	T23
U.S. Women's Open	T28	T16	T7	T6	T3	CUT	T28	CUT	T47	T46
du Maurier Classic	T6	T28	2	T4	T5	CUT	T3	3	DNP	T23

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship	74	T36	T28	T58	T62	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
LPGA Championship	T54	T47	CUT	T17	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
Women's British Open ^	DNP	59	CUT	T60	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" = tied
WD = withdrew
DQ = disqualified
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

Summary

Starts – 106
Wins – 6
2nd-place finishes – 4
3rd-place finishes – 6
Top 3 finishes – 16
Top 5 finishes – 24
Top 10 finishes – 35
Top 25 finishes – 55
Missed cuts – 19
Most consecutive cuts made – 38
Longest streak of top-10s – 8

Team appearances

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 1990 (winners), 1992, 1994 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1998 (winners)
Handa Cup (representing the United States): 2012 (tie, Cup retained), 2013

References

1 2 3 Betsy King at about.com

External links

Betsy King at the LPGA Tour official site
Betsy King at the Legends Tour official site
Betsy King bio at about.com
National Polish-American Sports HOF profile

Betsy King in the major championships

Dinah Shore/Kraft Nabisco Championship/ANA Inspiration champions

1983 Amy Alcott 1984 Juli Inkster† 1985 Alice Miller 1986‡ Pat Bradley 1987‡ Betsy King 1988 Amy Alcott 1989‡ Juli Inkster 1990 Betsy King† 1991‡ Amy Alcott 1992 Dottie Mochrie† 1993 Helen Alfredsson 1994 Donna Andrews 1995 Nanci Bowen 1996 Patty Sheehan 1997 Betsy King 1998‡ Pat Hurst 1999 Dottie Pepper 2000‡ Karrie Webb 2001 Annika Sörenstam 2002 Annika Sörenstam 2003 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 2004 Grace Park 2005 Annika Sörenstam 2006 Karrie Webb† 2007 Morgan Pressel 2008 Lorena Ochoa 2009 Brittany Lincicome 2010 Yani Tseng 2011 Stacy Lewis 2012 Yoo Sun-young† 2013 Inbee Park 2014 Lexi Thompson 2015 Brittany Lincicome 2016 Lydia Ko

† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire

Women's PGA Championship champions

1955‡ Beverly Hanson 1956 Marlene Hagge† 1957 Louise Suggs 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Betsy Rawls 1960 Mickey Wright 1961‡ Mickey Wright 1962‡ Judy Kimball 1963 Mickey Wright 1964 Mary Mills 1965 Sandra Haynie 1966 Gloria Ehret 1967‡ Kathy Whitworth 1968‡ Sandra Post† 1969 Betsy Rawls 1970 Shirley Englehorn† 1971 Kathy Whitworth 1972 Kathy Ahern 1973 Mary Mills 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Kathy Whitworth 1976 Betty Burfeindt 1977 Hisako Higuchi 1978 Nancy Lopez 1979 Donna Caponi 1980 Sally Little 1981 Donna Caponi 1982‡ Jan Stephenson 1983 Patty Sheehan 1984 Patty Sheehan 1985‡ Nancy Lopez 1986 Pat Bradley 1987 Jane Geddes 1988 Sherri Turner 1989 Nancy Lopez 1990 Beth Daniel 1991 Meg Mallon 1992‡ Betsy King 1993 Patty Sheehan 1994 Laura Davies 1995 Kelly Robbins 1996 Laura Davies 1997 Christa Johnson† 1998‡ Se-ri Pak 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Juli Inkster† 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Se-ri Pak 2003 Annika Sörenstam† 2004 Annika Sörenstam 2005 Annika Sörenstam 2006 Se-ri Pak† 2007 Suzann Pettersen 2008 Yani Tseng† 2009 Anna Nordqvist 2010‡ Cristie Kerr 2011‡ Yani Tseng 2012 Shanshan Feng 2013 Inbee Park† 2014 Inbee Park† 2015 Inbee Park 2016 Brooke Henderson†

† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire

U.S. Women's Open champions

1946 Patty Berg∞ 1947 Betty Jameson 1948 Babe Zaharias 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Betsy Rawls 1952 Louise Suggs 1953 Betsy Rawls† 1954‡ Babe Zaharias 1955‡ Fay Crocker 1956 Kathy Cornelius† 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Mickey Wright 1960 Betsy Rawls 1961 Mickey Wright 1962 Murle Lindstrom 1963‡ Mary Mills 1964 Mickey Wright† 1965 Carol Mann 1966 Sandra Spuzich 1967‡ Catherine LaCoste# 1968‡ Susie Berning 1969 Donna Caponi 1970‡ Donna Caponi 1971‡ JoAnne Carner 1972 Susie Berning 1973 Susie Berning 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Sandra Palmer 1976 JoAnne Carner† 1977 Hollis Stacy 1978 Hollis Stacy 1979 Jerilyn Britz 1980 Amy Alcott 1981 Pat Bradley 1982 Janet Alex 1983 Jan Stephenson 1984 Hollis Stacy 1985 Kathy Baker 1986 Jane Geddes† 1987 Laura Davies† 1988 Liselotte Neumann 1989 Betsy King 1990 Betsy King 1991 Meg Mallon 1992 Patty Sheehan† 1993 Lauri Merten 1994 Patty Sheehan 1995 Annika Sörenstam 1996 Annika Sörenstam 1997 Alison Nicholas 1998 Pak Se-ri† 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Karrie Webb 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Juli Inkster 2003 Hilary Lunke† 2004 Meg Mallon 2005 Birdie Kim 2006 Annika Sörenstam† 2007 Cristie Kerr 2008 Inbee Park 2009 Ji Eun-hee 2010 Paula Creamer 2011 Ryu So-yeon† 2012 Choi Na-yeon 2013 Inbee Park 2014 Michelle Wie 2015 Chun In-gee 2016 Brittany Lang†

† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play

Betsie King in the Solheim Cup

United States Solheim Cup team – 1990

Pat Bradley Beth Daniel Cathy Gerring Rosie Jones Betsy King Nancy Lopez Dottie Mochrie Patty Sheehan Kathy Whitworth (non-playing captain)

Won: 11.5 – 4.5

United States Solheim Cup team – 1992

Danielle Ammaccapane Pat Bradley Brandie Burton Beth Daniel Juli Inkster Betsy King Meg Mallon Dottie Mochrie Deb Richard Patty Sheehan Kathy Whitworth (non-playing captain)

Lost: 6.5 – 11.5

United States Solheim Cup team – 1994

Donna Andrews Brandie Burton Beth Daniel Tammie Green Betsy King Meg Mallon Dottie Mochrie Kelly Robbins Patty Sheehan Sherri Steinhauer JoAnne Carner (non-playing captain)

Won: 13 – 7

United States Solheim Cup team – 1996

Pat Bradley Brandie Burton Beth Daniel Jane Geddes Rosie Jones Betsy King Meg Mallon Michelle McGann Dottie Pepper Kelly Robbins Patty Sheehan Val Skinner Judy Rankin (non-playing captain)

Won: 17 – 11

United States Solheim Cup team – 1998

Donna Andrews Brandie Burton Tammie Green Pat Hurst Juli Inkster Christa Johnson Rosie Jones Betsy King Meg Mallon Dottie Pepper Kelly Robbins Sherri Steinhauer Judy Rankin (non-playing captain)

Won: 16 – 12

United States Solheim Cup team – 2007

Nicole Castrale Paula Creamer Laura Diaz Natalie Gulbis Pat Hurst Juli Inkster Cristie Kerr Brittany Lincicome Stacy Prammanasudh Morgan Pressel Angela Stanford Sherri Steinhauer Beth Daniel (non-playing assistant captain) Betsy King (non-playing captain)

Won: 16 – 12

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