Full name Sally Little Women's PGA C'ship Won: 1980 Former tours LPGA Turned professional 1971 ANA Inspiration T5: 1984 Height 1.73 m Professional wins 17 | Titleholders C'ship T13: 1972 Role Golfer LPGA tour wins 15 Other 1 Name Sally Little LPGA of Japan tour wins 1 | |
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Nationality South Africa United States | ||
Golf legend sally little on ballz visual radio
Sally Little (born 12 October 1951) is a professional golfer. She originally had South African nationality, but became a United States citizen in August 1982. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1971 and won 15 LPGA Tour events, including two major championship, during her career. In 2016, she became the first female golfer from South Africa inducted into the South African Hall of Fame.
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- Golf legend sally little on ballz visual radio
- Sally Little Guest of Honour at Sun International Pro Am
- Amateur career
- Professional career
- LPGA Tour 15
- LPGA of Japan Tour 1
- Team appearances
- References
Sally Little Guest of Honour at Sun International Pro Am
Amateur career
Little was born in Cape Town, South Africa. She was the low individual at the 1971 World Amateur Team Championship and won the South African Match Play and Stroke Play titles that same year. As an amateur, she tied for fifth at the 1971 Lady Carling Open.
Professional career
Little joined the LPGA Tour in 1971 and was named LPGA Rookie of the Year. Her first professional win was at the 1976 Women's International. Little holed a shot from a greenside bunker on the 72nd hole to edge Jan Stephenson by one shot.
Little's best season was 1982, when she finished third on the money list. She has won 15 times on the tour, including two major championships, the 1988 du Maurier Classic and the 1980 LPGA Championship. She was awarded the 1989 Ben Hogan Award from the Golf Writers Association of America and was recognised during the LPGA's 50th Anniversary in 2000 as one of the LPGA's top-50 players and teachers.
LPGA Tour (15)
Note: Little won the Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational (now known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship) before it became a major championship.
LPGA Tour playoff record (4–2)
LPGA of Japan Tour (1)
Team appearances
Amateur
Professional