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Full name
  
Gloria Jean Ehret

Titleholders C'ship
  
15th: 1966

Height
  
1.73 m

Professional wins
  
3

Western Open
  
T10: 1966

Role
  
Golfer

LPGA tour wins
  
2


Other
  
1

Name
  
Gloria Ehret

Former tours
  
LPGA

Nationality
  
United States

Women's PGA C'ship
  
Won: 1966

Education
  
St. Petersburg College

Turned professional
  
1965


Born
  
August 23, 1941 (age 82) Allentown, Pennsylvania (
1941-08-23
)

Gloria Jean Ehret (born August 23, 1941) is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1966 LPGA Championship.

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Ehret was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She attended St. Petersburg Junior College. She turned professional in 1965. Ehret finished fifth in the LPGA Championship in her rookie season and won it the following year. After over six years on tour without another victory, she won the Birmingham Classic in 1973. Her most lucrative year on the LPGA Tour was 1978 when she earned $42,470.60, placed 22nd on the final money list, and had three 2nd or T-2 finishes.

Amateur wins (4)

  • 1963 Tri-State Amateur Championship
  • 1964 Tri-State Amateur Championship, International Four-Ball, Connecticut State Amateur
  • LPGA Tour wins (2)

    LPGA Tour playoff record (1–4)

    Other wins (1)

  • 1965 Yankee Women's Open (with Judy Kimball)
  • References

    Gloria Ehret Wikipedia