Nationality United States Name Shirley Spork Role Professional golfer | Women's PGA C'ship 2nd: 1962 Turned professional 1950 U.S. Women's Open T8: 1962 | |
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Born May 14, 1927 (age 97)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S. ( 1927-05-14 ) Residence Palm Desert, California, United States | ||
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (co-founder) |
Shirley spork lpga tour co founder 1 of 3 videos
Shirley G. Spork (born May 14, 1927) is an American retired professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.
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- Shirley spork lpga tour co founder 1 of 3 videos
- Lpga founder shirley spork on the first tee at the 2015 solheim cup
- References

She never won an LPGA Tour event but she finished second at the 1962 LPGA Championship. She worked as a teaching pro for many years.
She won the 1947 national individual intercollegiate golf championship while attending Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University).
Lpga founder shirley spork on the first tee at the 2015 solheim cup
References
Shirley Spork Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA