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Full name
  
Margaret Smith

Women's PGA C'ship
  
2nd: 1957

Height
  
1.68 m

Turned professional
  
1957

Titleholders C'ship
  
3rd: 1959

Role
  
Golfer

Professional wins
  
8

Western Open
  
2nd: 1957

Name
  
Wiffi Smith

LPGA tour wins
  
8

Nationality
  
United States

U.S. Women's Open
  
6th: 1960

Former tours
  
LPGA


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Born
  
September 28, 1936 (age 88) Redlands, California (
1936-09-28
)

Margaret "Wiffi" Smith (born September 28, 1936) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.

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Smith was born in Redlands, California. She moved to Mexico when she was 11 years old and learned to play golf there. She won several amateur events including the 1954 U.S. Girls' Junior and the 1956 British Ladies Amateur. She played on the 1956 Curtis Cup team.

She turned professional in 1957 and joined the LPGA Tour. She won eight times on the Tour between 1957 and 1960.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

  • 1952 Women's Championship of Mexico
  • 1954 U.S. Girls' Junior
  • 1955 World Women's Amateur, North and South Women's Amateur
  • 1956 British Ladies Amateur, French Women's Amateur, Trans-Mississippi Amateur
  • LPGA Tour wins (8)

  • 1957 (2) Dallas Open, United Voluntary Services Open
  • 1958 (1) Peach Blossom Open
  • 1959 (2) MAGA Pro-Am, Betsy Rawls Open
  • 1960 (3) Royal Crown Open, Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Open, Waterloo Open
  • Team appearances

    Amateur

  • Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1956
  • References

    Wiffi Smith Wikipedia


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