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Mickey (Mary Kathryn) Wright (born February 14, 1935 in San Diego, California) is an American professional golfer.
Wright won eight-two events on the LPGA Tour, which puts her second on the all time win list behind Kathy Whitworth, who won eight-eight times. Thirteen of her victories were in major championships, which places her second to Patty Berg, who won fifteen majors. Wright topped the LPGA money list for four consecutive seasons from 1961-1964 and made the top ten on the list thirteen times in total between 1956 and 1969.
Wright retired from full-time golf at age 34 in 1969. Wright won 12 majors between 1958 and 1966, and she is the only player in LPGA Tour history to hold all four major titles at the same time. She now lives in Port St. Lucie, Florida.[1]
[edit] Major championships
- 1952 United States Girls Junior Amateur Golf Championship
- 1958 LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open
- 1959 U.S. Women's Open
- 1960 LPGA Championship
- 1961 LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open, Titleholders Championship
- 1962 Western Open, Titleholders Championship
- 1963 Western Open
- 1964 U.S. Women's Open
- 1966 Western Open
[edit] Breast cancer
Wright was diagnosed with breast cancer on October 10, 2006 at the age of 71 and is scheduled to receive a lumpectomy and possibly further treatment if the cancer proves to have spread to her lymph nodes according to her longtime manager Peggy Wilson.[2]
[edit] See also
- Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
- Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins
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