Jane Blalock

Jane Blalock
Personal information
Full nameBarbara Jane Blalock
Born (1945-09-19) September 19, 1945 (age 79)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceCambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.[1]
Career
CollegeRollins College
Turned professional1969
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (1969–87)
Professional wins35
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour27[2]
LPGA of Japan Tour4
Other5
Best results in LPGA major championships
Titleholders C'shipT7: 1972
Chevron ChampionshipT34: 1985, 1986
Women's PGA C'ship2nd: 1972, 1980
U.S. Women's Open3rd/T3: 1971, 1976
du Maurier Classic4th: 1980
Achievements and awards
LPGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		1969

Barbara Jane Blalock (born September 19, 1945) is an American business executive and retired professional golfer.[3] After winning several New England golf tournaments in her youth, Blalock joined the LPGA Tour as a professional in 1969, being named LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 1969[4] and Most Improved Golfer in 1970 and 1971.[5][6] She won the historically notable Dinah Shore Colgate Winner's Circle in 1972,[7] earning "the richest prize in women's golf history."[8] After successfully fighting a suspension from the LPGA for allegedly signing an incorrect scorecard a month after Dinah Shore,[9] by 1977 she was the sixth-highest paid female golfer of all time. The Evening Independent described her as "one of the foremost women golfers of her time" the following year.[10] Nursing a herniated disc, Blalock failed to win a tournament from 1981 until 1984,[11] though after two wins in 1985 she was named Comeback Player of the Year by Golf Digest.[4]

Since retiring in 1987,[12] Blalock continues to hold the world record for "most consecutive cuts made on a professional [golf] tour," with her 299 unbroken cuts considered the longest streak for any LPGA Tour or PGA Tour player in history. She also has the most wins of any LPGA player without a major championship.[13] Voted into the Legends Hall of Fame in 2014 by a committee of LPGA veterans,[12] she remains founder and CEO of both the Legends Tour for veteran female LPGA golfers[13] and the LPGA Golf Clinics for Women. Her company, JBC Golf, Inc., manages both programs.[14] Associated with various boards and non-profit organizations,[15] she has authored two books: The Guts To Win (Simon & Schuster, 1977)[16] and Gimmies, Bogies and Business (Mastermedia, 1999).[17]

  1. ^ Celebrity golfer: Jane Blalock
  2. ^ 2008 LPGA Media Guide. LPGA. 2009. pp. 52, 363.
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