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  McDonald's Betsy Rawls Girls Championship
LPGA Hall of Famer Betsy Rawls not only lends her name to the McDonald's Betsy Rawls Girls Championship, but she will also be acting as Co-Tournament Chairman of the event for the 16th year, an honor she shares with former LPGA professional Alice Miller.
Rawls was one of six inaugural inductees into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame when it was created in 1967, after having been inducted into the Hall of Fame of Women's Golf in 1960.
Though Rawls did not take up golf until the age of 17, she went on to be one of the game's most influential individuals.
www.ajga.org /2004BetsyRawls/betsyrawls.asp   (653 words)

  
  HickokSports.com - Biography - Betsy Rawls
Rawls led the tour in victories in 1952, 1957, and 1959, and was the top money-winner in 1951 and 1959.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Texas with a degree in math and physics, Rawls was called the "circuit judge" because of her encyclopedic knowledge of the rules of golf.
Rawls retired from the tour in 1975 and became the LPGA tournament director.
www.hickoksports.com /biograph/rawlsbetsy.shtml   (210 words)

  
 www.TexasSports.com
In addition to this year's Betsy Rawls, the UT Golf Club will play host to the 2005 Big 12 Championships from Fri., April 22 to Sun., April 24.
At last year's Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational, Salazar finished as the top Longhorn and tied for seventh with a 15-over-par 231.
As a part of the tradition of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational, every member of the Texas roster is given the opportunity to play over the course of the three-day tournament.
www.texassports.com /mainpages/gf_pages/2004_05/000_notes/030905_11.html   (882 words)

  
 Betsy Rawls Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
But for all her accomplishments on the course, Rawls was just as admired for her excellence at every level of the game.
Rawls did not swing a club until she was 17.
When she retired from tournament golf in 1975, Rawls became a tournament director for the LPGA, and later took over as executive director of the McDonald's LPGA Championship.
www.wgv.com /hof/rawls.html   (599 words)

  
 The 1953 U.S. Women's Open   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
She recalled struggling with her game entering the tournament, but even when she was not at her sharpest, Rawls had the type of game where she rarely beat herself.
Rawls, on the other hand, belted a fairway wood from the rough that bounded on to the 17th green and got down in two and then rescued her par from the front fringe at the last to force an 18-hole playoff with Pung on Sunday.
Rawls possessed a quiet reserve that masked her burning desire to succeed.
www.wgv.com /hof/os_53womensopen.html   (764 words)

  
 Betsy Rawls Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Betsy Rawls went out one day to play golf with her father in Arlington, Texas, and fell in love with the game, even though there were no female stars to read about in the newspaper or watch from the gallery.
Betsy was inducted into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame in 1967 as one of six inaugural inductees.
After six years of intensive travel with the LPGA, Betsy was wooed by the McDonald’s Championship tournament officials to chair their event, moved to the Philadelphia area, and spent the next 23 years as executive director of this major LPGA championship.
www.teetime-mag.com /rawls_interview.htm   (1484 words)

  
 Hearthstone Reviews - Talking Points - Golf Books
Betsy Rawls: Well, I get to see them once a year at the McDonald's LPGA Championship, which I run, but I don't know them as well as I used to, of course, but they're so impressive.
Betsy Rawls: Well, you know, I would think…When Mickey came on tour she thought the game was hitting fairways and hitting greens and she almost totally ignored the short game.
Betsy Rawls: Yea, that's a true story but as far as his learning as much from me, that's not a true fact, I don't think.
www.golfbookreviews.com /talking_points013.html   (2481 words)

  
 GolfDigest.com - Kathy says   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Betsy cut it a little quick around the corner and landed her ball on top of that hill.
Betsy won a lot of golf tournaments, which means she didn't often get into a lot of trouble.
Betsy wouldn't compound a mistake by trying a shot she wasn't capable of, or a shot that the lie didn't allow.
www.golfdigest.com /gfw/gfwfeatures/index.ssf?/gfw/gfwfeatures/gfw200310kathy.html   (593 words)

  
 History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Bulle Rock promises to be the Whistling Straits of the LPGA tour, according to Betsy Rawls and Alice Miller, two McDonald’s LPGA Championship executives.
Betsy Rawls, Vice Chairman of the Board of the McDonald’s LPGA Championship, says, “The LPGA, already very competitive, will continue to get even more so.” She speaks from her own experience, which links tournaments and women golfers from the 1950s to the present.
Rawls was one of the players whose skills and enthusiasm for the game launched the LPGA in the early 1950s and ensured its ongoing success.
www.mcdslpgachampionship.com /html/History   (1941 words)

  
 Betsy Rawls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
May 4, 1928, Spartanburg, South Carolina) is an American golfer.
After attending University of Texas, Rawls joined the LPGA Tour in its second season in 1951.
She won fifty-five tournaments on the tour, including eight major championships.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Betsy_Rawls   (94 words)

  
 Betsy Rawls - PGATOUR.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Rawls is the winner of 55 LPGA events including eight major championships.
Rawls was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame in 1960.
Rawls was inducted into the Texas State Golf Hall of Fame in October 1983, won the 1995 Sprint Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 1996 Bob Jones Award.
www.golfweb.com /u/ce/feature/0,1977,837082,00.html   (394 words)

  
 NameTraq | Last Name: Rawls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
In a final matter, Justice Frank Rawls presented a plaque to Peggy Austin, honoring her husband Henry Austin's service to the county as a Quorum Court Justice...
Rawls Howard, who exercises five days a week by walking in Tarboro, didn't let the snow stop him from his routine.
Lou Rawls, whose 81st album, "Rawls Sings Sinatra," was released in September, has sold his home in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles for $2.85 million.
www.nametraq.org /Jan04/R/Rawls.shtml   (2603 words)

  
 Betsy Rawls -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
May 4 1928, (Click link for more info and facts about Spartanburg, South Carolina) Spartanburg, South Carolina) is an American (A game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes) golfer.
After attending (A university in Austin, Texas) University of Texas, Rawls joined the (Click link for more info and facts about LPGA Tour) LPGA Tour in its second season in 1951.
She won fifty-five tournaments on the tour, including eight (Click link for more info and facts about major championships) major championships.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/be/betsy_rawls.htm   (261 words)

  
 The Betsy Page--Betsy links
Betsy "Aunt B." Giffin is featured on the "we put the FUN in dysfunctional" Kirk family page along with her dog, Rory.
Betsy Rawls (born 1928) is in the Texas Golf Hall of Fame.
Betsy Ann Pudliner, a grad student at Penn State, heading to Scotland to finish her doctorate (she pointed out that Ealasaid is Gaelic for Elizabeth/Betsy).
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 Women’s Open Turns 50 With USGA; Rawls Reflects on ’53 Title   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
Jackie Pung, the 1952 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion, and Marlynn Smith were the nearest contenders at 152, followed by Rawls and Peggy Kirk Bell a shot farther back.
She recalled struggling with her game entering the championship, but even when she was not at her sharpest, Rawls had the type of game where she rarely beat herself.
Rawls, on the other hand, belted a fairway wood from the rough that bounded on to the 17
www.uswomensopen.com /2003/press/rawls.html   (842 words)

  
 Rawls, Wilson --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Rawls had very little formal education, but his mother read stories to him as a child.
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www.golfaktuellt.se /golf-texas/golf-texas-070312.htm   (1609 words)

  
 Byars, Betsy --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
With her honest and provocative novels, U.S. author Betsy Byars was a unique voice in children's literature.
She was praised for confronting such difficult themes as adolescence without resorting to simple solutions.
She was born Betsy Cromer on Aug. 7, 1928, in Charlotte, …
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9310492?tocId=9310492&query=rama&ct=null   (640 words)

  
 PGATOUR.com - U.S. Women's Open history: Year by year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
1951: Betsy Rawls won her first of four U.S. Women's Open titles.
Betsy Rawls won the second of her four Open titles.
She would successfully defend her crown in 1990.
www.pgatour.com /story/7440475   (821 words)

  
 It happened that Betsy Rawls has made an interesting trip in Culford Park .Betsy Rawls considered Culford Park to be ...
It happened that Betsy Rawls has made an interesting trip in Culford Park.Betsy Rawls considered Culford Park to be ine of the most beutiful places in the world.
Compared to Betsy Rawls everything is likely to appear as something bad.
In fact, surrealist thinkers have tried with little success to correlate the essence of Culford Park with the essence of Betsy Rawls.
www.bad-bad-bad.com /sportsmen/Spy23122.htm   (230 words)

  
 Women of Troy Frigid in Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-14)
It was a cold weekend all around for the USC women's golf team March 8-10 at the Great Hills Golf Club in Austin, Texas.
Playing in chilly 19-degree weather with a wind chill factor that lowered the temperature even more, the Women of Troy struggled to a ninth-place finish in the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic earlier this month.
With the cold weather helping to hinder their performance, the Women of Troy continued a recent trend in the Betsy Rawls by finishing in the middle of the pack, 38 shots behind first-place finisher Duke.
www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V127/N44/04-womenof.44s.html   (332 words)

  
 Rebels Down One Shot Heading Into Final Round :: UNLV faring well at Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational.
Sunny Oh and the Rebels are in contention at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational.
The Rebels have been on an impressive tear this spring, marked by a fifth-place finish at the Arizona's Wildcat Invitational and a runner-up showing at San Jose State's Spartan Invitational.
However, the field at the Betsy Rawls is perhaps even more impressive, featuring 13 teams ranked in the top 40 and seven in the top 20.
unlvrebels.collegesports.com /sports/w-golf/recaps/032204aaa.html   (442 words)

  
 The Sports Network - United States Golf Association
Karrie Webb was the last player to capture two straight titles when she won in 2000-01.
Lauri Merten was the last player to birdie the final hole and win the U.S. Open when she accomplished the feat in 1993.
Mickey Wright and Betsy Rawls share the record for most U.S. Women's Open wins with four each.
www.sportsnetwork.com /default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=golf-u/stat/WOMEN-USOPEN-OUTLOOK.htm   (795 words)

  
 Mixed Emotions Surround Rebel Finish :: UNLV places fifth at Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational.
Sunny Oh finished fourth at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational.
UNLV places fifth at Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational.
The Rebels' finish at the Betsy Rawls marks the third straight top-five team finish to open the spring.
unlvrebels.collegesports.com /sports/w-golf/recaps/032304aaa.html   (459 words)

  
 Olivencia leads Texas to second place at Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational :: University of Texas sophomore Janice ...
Olivencia leads Texas to second place at Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational :: University of Texas sophomore Janice Olivencia (Gurabo, Puerto Rico) captured individual medalist honors with a five-over-par 218 (68-75-75) to lead the No. 5 UT women’s golf team to a second-place finish at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational Tuesday at Barton Creek’s Lakeside-Palmer Course.
University of Texas sophomore Janice Olivencia (Gurabo, Puerto Rico) captured individual medalist honors with a five-over-par 218 (68-75-75) to lead the No. 5 UT women’s golf team to a second-place finish at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational Tuesday at Barton Creek’s Lakeside-Palmer Course.
Olivencia became the seventh Longhorn to win individual medalist honors in the 26-year history of the tournament and the first since Kristin Dufour (218) in 1999.
www.big12sports.com /sports/c-golf/spec-rel/032702aab.html   (468 words)

  
 Women's Golf Fourth After First Round Of Betsy Rawls Invitational :: Freshmen Felibert and Marin are tied for 12th.
Women's Golf Fourth After First Round Of Betsy Rawls Invitational :: Freshmen Felibert and Marin are tied for 12th.
Austin, Tex. - The USC women's golf team shot a 30-over 318 on Sunday and is in fourth after one round of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational held at The Hills Country Club.
Also for the Women of Troy, sophomore Tanya Dergal and senior Anna Rawson each shot 79 to tie for 17th, while sophomore Irene Cho shot 82 and is tied for 39th and senior Rachel Bell shot 83 and is tied for 49th.
usctrojans.collegesports.com /sports/w-golf/recaps/032104aaa.html   (294 words)

  
 Women's golf: Texas stays in Austin for Betsy Rawls Invitational - The Daily Texan - Sports
The No. 7 women's golf team plays at home this weekend, hosting the 30th annual Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational.
Their last time out, the Longhorns finished third at the rain-shortened Lady Gamecock Classic at the University Club in Blythewood, S.C., on March 14.
At last year's Betsy Rawls Invitational, Texas finished second to Duke on the Palmer-Lakeside Course at Barton Creek.
www.dailytexanonline.com /news/2003/03/21/Sports/Womens.Golf.Texas.Stays.In.Austin.For.Betsy.Rawls.Invitational-495119.shtml   (305 words)

  
 LPGA Notebook: Alcott gets a little piece of Hepburn to call her own
Powell, who played on the LPGA Tour from 1967-80 and is currently an LPGA TandCP member, and her family will receive the Family of the Year Award as well for their contributions to golf.
RAWLS NAMED A MEMORIAL HONOREE: LPGA Tour and World Golf Halls of Fame member Betsy Rawls has been named an honoree for the 2005 Memorial Tournament, which is set for June 2-5 of next year.
Rawls is just the fourth woman and third LPGA player to receive this honor, joining famed amateur Glenna Collett Vare (1982), Patty Berg (1988), Babe Zaharias (1991) and Mickey Wright (1994).
www.pga.com /news/tours/lpga/notebook070604.cfm   (1461 words)

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