Full name Kathy Ahern ANA Inspiration DNP Retired 1991 Turned professional 1967 Titleholders C'ship DNP Role Golfer Professional wins 3 | Western Open 24th: 1967 Name Kathy Ahern LPGA tour wins 3 Nationality United States Women's PGA C'ship Won: 1972 Former tours LPGA (1967–1991) | |
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Died June 6, 1996, Fountain Hills, Arizona, United States | ||
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Kathy Ahern (May 7, 1949 – July 6, 1996) was an American professional golfer.
Ahern was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She joined the LPGA Tour direct from high school in 1967 and won three tournaments on it, including one major championship, the 1972 LPGA Championship. Her other wins came at the 1970 Southgate Ladies Open and the 1972 George Washington Classic. She had an excellent short game.
She played little in the 1980s but remained a presence around the tour and sometimes caddied for 1988 LPGA Championship winner Sherri Turner. She died at the age of 47 at her mother's home in Fountain Hills, Arizona after a five-year battle against breast cancer.
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