| Kathy Whitworth | |||||||||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Full name | Kathrynne Ann Whitworth | ||||||||||||||
| Born | September 27, 1939 Monahans, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | December 24, 2022 (aged 83) Flower Mound, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||
| College | Odessa College | ||||||||||||||
| Turned professional | 1958 | ||||||||||||||
| Current tour(s) | Legends Tour | ||||||||||||||
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 1958) | ||||||||||||||
| Professional wins | 98 | ||||||||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||||||
| LPGA Tour | 88 (1st all time) | ||||||||||||||
| Ladies European Tour | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Other | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 6) | |||||||||||||||
| Western Open | Won: 1967 | ||||||||||||||
| Titleholders C'ship | Won: 1965, 1966 | ||||||||||||||
| Chevron Championship | T2: 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 1967, 1971, 1975 | ||||||||||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | 2nd: 1971 | ||||||||||||||
| du Maurier Classic | T14: 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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Kathrynne Ann Whitworth (September 27, 1939 – December 24, 2022) was an American professional golfer. During her playing career she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else on the LPGA or PGA Tours. Whitworth was also a runner-up 93 times, giving her 181 top-two finishes.[1] In 1981, she became the first woman to reach career earnings of $1 million on the LPGA Tour. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.