The Royal Poinciana Invitational was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in 1961 and 1962. It was played at Palm Beach Golf Club in Palm Beach, Florida , a Dick Wilson and Joe Lee-designed Par-3 course. The tournament was one of the first in professional golf featuring a Battle of the Sexes concept, with a Par 3 course that neutralised power and emphasised precision golf.
11-544: In 1961, the field consisted of 24 men and women, both amateurs and professionals. The tournament was 54 holes and won by Louise Suggs by one stroke over local pro Dub Pagan. Sam Snead was third, two shots behind. In 1962, the Battle of the Sexes concept was changed to 14 LPGA professionals versus one man, PGA of America superstar Sam Snead (the modern touring professional division would not happen until 1968). The tournament
22-592: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Louise Suggs Mae Louise Suggs (September 7, 1923 – August 7, 2015) was an American professional golfer , one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf. Born in Atlanta , Suggs had a very successful amateur career, beginning as a teenager. She won the Georgia State Amateur in 1940 at age 16 and again in 1942,
33-2117: Is the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. It is named in honor of Bobby Jones . Winners [ edit ] 1955 Francis Ouimet 1956 William C. Campbell 1957 Babe Zaharias 1958 Margaret Curtis 1959 Findlay S. Douglas 1960 Chick Evans 1961 Joe Carr 1962 Horton Smith 1963 Patty Berg 1964 Charles Coe 1965 Glenna Collett Vare 1966 Gary Player 1967 Richard Tufts 1968 Bob Dickson 1969 Gerald Micklem 1970 Roberto De Vicenzo 1971 Arnold Palmer 1972 Michael Bonallack 1973 Gene Littler 1974 Byron Nelson 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Ben Hogan 1977 Joseph Dey 1978 Bing Crosby and Bob Hope 1979 Tom Kite 1980 Charlie Yates 1981 JoAnne Carner 1982 Billy Joe Patton 1983 Maureen Ruttle Garrett 1984 Jay Sigel 1985 Fuzzy Zoeller 1986 Jess Sweetser 1987 Tom Watson 1988 Isaac B. Grainger 1989 Chi-Chi Rodríguez 1990 Peggy Kirk Bell 1991 Ben Crenshaw 1992 Gene Sarazen 1993 P. J. Boatwright, Jr. 1994 Lewis Oehmig 1995 Herbert Warren Wind 1996 Betsy Rawls 1997 Fred Brand, Jr. 1998 Nancy Lopez 1999 Ed Updegraff 2000 Barbara McIntire 2001 Tom Cousins 2002 Judy Rankin 2003 Carol Semple Thompson 2004 Jack Burke Jr. 2005 Nick Price 2006 Jay Haas 2007 Louise Suggs 2008 George H. W. Bush 2009 O. Gordon Brewer, Jr. 2010 Mickey Wright 2011 Lorena Ochoa 2012 Annika Sörenstam 2013 Davis Love III 2014 Payne Stewart 2015 Barbara Nicklaus 2016 Judy Bell 2017 Bob Ford 2018 Dennis Walters 2019 Lee Elder 2020 Pak Se-Ri 2021 Bob Lewis 2022 Juli Inkster 2023 Johnny Miller 2024 Tiger Woods References [ edit ] ^ USGA honors Brewer with Bob Jones Award Archived October 3, 2008, at
44-571: The United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. In February 2015 she became one of the first female members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews . LPGA majors are shown in bold. (a)=Amateur Amateur Bob Jones Award Highest award by the United States Golf Association The Bob Jones Award
55-1367: The Wayback Machine ^ Wright to receive 2010 Bob Jones Award from USGA Archived June 4, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ^ "USGA to honor Judy Bell with Bob Jones Award" . ESPN . January 14, 2016. ^ "Bob Ford first club pro to win Bob Jones Award" . ESPN . Associated Press. February 8, 2017. ^ Driscoll, Janeen (April 9, 2018). "Dennis Walters to Receive 2018 USGA Bob Jones Award" . USGA. ^ Driscoll, Janeen (February 23, 2019). "Lee Elder to Receive USGA Bob Jones Award" . USGA. ^ Vohden, Danny (January 14, 2020). "Pak to Receive USGA's Highest Honor: 2020 Bob Jones Award" . USGA. ^ "USGA Selects Juli Inkster as 2022 Bob Jones Award Winner" . LPGA. February 18, 2022. ^ "Johnny Miller honored by USGA on U.S. Open win 50th anniversary" . ESPN . Associated Press. June 14, 2023. ^ Leonard, Tod (March 2, 2024). "Tiger Woods receives USGA's Bob Jones Award" . Golf Digest . External links [ edit ] USGA - Bob Jones Award Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Jones_Award&oldid=1236725039 " Categories : Golf awards in
66-561: The 1947 U.S. Women's Amateur and the next year won the British Ladies Amateur . She finished her amateur career representing the United States on the 1948 Curtis Cup Team. After her successful amateur career, she turned professional in 1948 and went on to win 58 additional professional tournaments, with a total of 11 majors . Her prowess on the golf course is reflected in the fact that from 1950 to 1960 she
77-721: The 2019 Jordan Mixed Open presented by Ayla, when the Challenge Tour , the European Senior Tour and the Ladies European Tour participated in an official event for all three tours. The course was purchased by the city of Palm Beach in 1973, and redesigned by PGA Tour legend Raymond Floyd in 2009. This article on an American golf tournament is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in Florida
88-659: Was one of the co-founders of the LPGA in 1950 , which included her two great rivals of the time, Patty Berg and Babe Zaharias . Suggs served as the organization's president from 1955 to 1957. The Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year Award , given annually to the most accomplished first-year player on the LPGA Tour, is named in her honor. In 2006 Suggs was named the 2007 recipient of the Bob Jones Award , given by
99-599: Was only once out of the top 3 in the season-ending money list. Suggs' victory in the 1957 LPGA Championship made her the first LPGA player to complete a career Grand Slam . Suggs was an inaugural inductee into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame, established in 1967, and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1979 . She was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 1966. She
110-484: Was played over 72 holes. Snead won by five strokes over future Hall-of-Famer Mickey Wright , making him the only man to win an official LPGA Tour event. Both won 82 tournaments in their primary tours during their careers, making the Snead-Wright battle unique in that it was an official tournament. Professional golf's Battle of the Sexes concept has been tried in mostly exhibition events, but would not return until
121-603: Was the Southern Amateur Champion in 1941 and 1947, and won the North and South Women's Amateur three times (1942, 1946, 1948). She won the 1946 and 1947 Women's Western Amateur and the 1946 and 1947 Women's Western Open , which was designated as a major championship when the LPGA was founded. She also won the 1946 Titleholders Championship which was also subsequently designated as a women's major. She won
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