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	Nancy Lopez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nancy Lopez (born January 6, 1957 in Torrance, California; raised in Roswell, New Mexico) is one of the most famous women in the history of the sport of golf.
		Nancy Lopez is definitely a role model for many people who have doubts in themselves.
		Nancy Lopez is the first ever Latino woman to make it into the golf hall of fame.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nancy_Lopez (516 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search View - Nancy Lopez
		Nancy Lopez, born in 1957, American golfer, a four-time winner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) player of the year award (1978, 1979, 1985, 1988).
		Lopez won the 1978 LPGA Championship, her first major tournament victory, and was the leading money-winner on the tour for the year.
		Lopez was born in Torrance, California, and educated at the University of Tulsa.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761555283__1/Nancy_Lopez.html (266 words)

	Council Members - Nancy Lopez
		Lopez launched the Nancy Lopez Course Design, and she is the founder and principal of the Nancy Lopez Golf Company.
		Lopez's greatest professional achievement came in 1987 when, at age 30, she joined ten of the sport's all-time greats as the youngest inductee in the LPGA Hall of Fame.
		Lopez started playing golf at age eight and is now a 48-time winner on the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour.
	www.fitness.gov /aboutpcpfs/members/lopez/lopez.html (124 words)

	ESPN Classic - Lopez is LPGA's Knight in Shining Armor
		Although Lopez didn't have professional lessons growing up, she had the constant coaching of Domingo, who taught his daughter to "play happy." Her father was so convinced that golf was her calling that he wouldn't give Nancy any household chores, in order to preserve her precious golf hands.
		Nancy Lopez dominated women's golf in the late 1970s and was a major force in the 1980s.
		Nancy Lopez's rookie season was one of the greatest in golf history.
	espn.go.com /classic/biography/s/Lopez_Nancy.html (1282 words)

	Nancy Lopez fails to qualify for US Women's Open
		Nancy Lopez is a Hall of Famer, the winner of 48 tournaments, the player who probably did more to popularize women's golf than any other.
		Lopez knew she was out of it by the time she huffed and puffed up a steep hill to the tee box at No. 17, a scenic par-3 with a towering wall of rock behind the green.
		Lopez even violated a cardinal rule of golf by hitting into the group ahead at 13, not realizing they were all in the woods looking for a lost ball.
	www.golftoday.co.uk /news/yeartodate/news01/lopez.html (852 words)

	Women's Sports Foundation ATHLETES
		Nancy Lopez is the recipient of the Billie Jean Contribution Award.
		Lopez's best finish during the 1998 campaign was a tie for second at the Sara Lee Classic.
		Lopez marked her 35th career victory at the 1987 Sarasota Classic - the same event in which she claimed her first career win in 1978).
	www.womenssportsfoundation.org /cgi-bin/iowa/athletes/record.html?record=130 (552 words)

	The Wire: Nancy Lopez Accepts Special Exemption To Women's Open
		FAR HILLS, N.J. (April 22, 2002) - LPGA Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez has accepted a special exemption to play in the 2002 U.S. Women's Open, scheduled from July 4-7 at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kan. The exemption was extended by the Women's Committee of the United States Golf Association.
		Lopez, 45, who earlier this year announced her intention to scale back her tournament schedule after the 2002 season, will be playing in her 25th Women¹s Open.
		She is the only player in LPGA Tour history to have won Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year, and the Vare Trophy (for lowest scoring average) in the same year.
	www.golftransactions.com /players/lopez042302.html (249 words)

	The Wire: Legendary Golfer Nancy Lopez To Make 2002 Her Final Full Season After 25 Years On LPGA Tour
		PHOENIX (March 13, 2002) -- Nancy Lopez, one of the most influential women in sports and culture over the past quarter century, announced today that 2002 -- her 25th LPGA Tour season -- will be her final full season on the Tour.
		The remainder of the year will be the "Nancy Lopez Farewell Tour," the Hall of Fame golfer said, so she can see her favorite people at Tour stops throughout the year.
		Lopez is a four-time Rolex Player of the Year winner, a three-time Vare Trophy winner for lowest scoring average and also won the 1978 LPGA Rookie of the Year award.
	www.golftransactions.com /players/lopez031402.html (580 words)

	ESPN.com - Lopez plays 25th and final U.S. Open
		Nancy Lopez is overcome with emotion as she waits to putt on the 18th green.
		Lopez, 45, is in her 25th year on the LPGA Tour and announced this spring that it would be her last as a full-time player.
		Actually, what Lopez was reflecting on were her chances of making birdie with a putt from the fringe.
	sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1402641&type=story (794 words)

	nancy lopez - Find, Compare, and Buy at Shopping.com
		Nancy Lopez Albany 250 ST Wood Set This set is made by the women's only equipment company for those looking to enhance the feel, accuracy and distance of their playing experience.
		Nancy Lopez Fame Series Putters Feature: The Fame Series Putter embodies the spirit of triumph and achievement in women's golf and of the company's namesake, Nancy Lopez, who won 35 of her almost 50 Tour victories by 1987 after just 10 years on......
		Nancy Lopez Delma Series Irons Set Features: The Delma series is a distinctive looking generation of oversized clubs for woman who expects performance from herself and from her equipment.
	www.shopping.com /xGS-nancy_lopez (1107 words)

	USATODAY.com - Lopez closing out storied career
		Nancy Lopez blasts her famous smile after winning the Sunstar Classic in her rookie year of 1978.
		Lopez has 48 career victories, the most among active LPGA members, and she has won every award the tour gives, from rookie of the year to player of the year.
		Lopez won the New Mexico Women's Amateur when she was 12, and she added two U.S. Golf Association junior titles in the next five years.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/lpga/2002-03-13-focus-lopez.htm (1498 words)

	Nancy Lopez
		Lopez from the 18th green to the locker room at the end of the tournament.
		Lopez for a little bit until we could get things into some order...her hair smells terrific...
		No, not because I walked her to the locker room, I mean close as in physically close--the minute she got on the other side of the ropes, she was mobbed by fans.
	www.rit.edu /~jmo5601/lopez.html (131 words)

	Nancy Lopez's Bio - Latino Legends in Sports
		Nancy's father, Domingo became so impressed with Nancy's talent that he dug a big hole in the back yard and filled it with sand, so that she could practice hitting balls out of the sand trap.
		Nancy's father, Domingo came to America from Mexico when he was a small boy.
		Before there was Tiger Woods, Nancy López was the first super star of the sport and was known as one of the best athletes in Golf.
	www.latinosportslegends.com /Lopez_Nancy-bio.htm (977 words)

	Nancy Lopez's Personal Story on Stroke
		Lopez and Pavin, in a unique "battle of the sexes," are challenging each other to raise money to help the American Stroke Association in its mission of reducing death and disability from stroke.
		Lopez's excitement for the American Stroke Challenge goes well beyond her chance to contribute with birdies in May. She also has been eager to discuss her knowledge about a disease that has hit so close to home.
		Nancy remained on the LPGA and won nine tournaments in the 1978 season, including a record-setting five consecutive wins.
	www.bayerus.com /new/2000/01.28.00d.html (732 words)

	Nancy Lopez - PGATOUR.COM
		Lopez was only 12 when she won the New Mexico Women's Amateur and in the following years she won the USGA Junior Girls Championship twice (1972 and 1974).
		Lopez started playing golf at the age of 8 under the guidance of her father, Domingo.
		Among her many honors Lopez was given the 1992 Flo Hyman Award by the Women's Sports Foundation and is the recipient of the USGA's 1998 Bob Jones Award to recognize distinguished sportsmanship in the game of golf.
	www.golfweb.com /u/ce/feature/0,1977,836804,00.html (583 words)

	Nancy Lopez
		Nancy turned profession while she was still in college.
		Nancy married former Met baseball star Ray Knight on October 29, 1983.
		She was also four time Player of the Year (1978, 1979, 1985, 1988.) Nancy was inducted into LPGA Hall of Fame on July 20, 1978 when she was only 30 years old!
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/lopez.htm (142 words)

	Lopez, Nancy -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Born on Jan. 6, 1957, Nancy Lopez starting playing golf at the age of 8 and turned professional after her sophomore year in college.
		She began the year with three straight tournament victories—one short of Nancy Lopez's record of four wins in a row—and went on to win two majors, the Nabisco...
		Nancy Walker was a feisty, diminutive redhead who used her gift for wisecracking to create such unforgettable television characters as manipulative mom Ida Morgenstern on Rhoda, Mildred the sardonic housekeeper on McMillan and Wife, and Rosie the brassy waitress in a series of paper towel commercials from 1970 to 1990.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9312224 (672 words)

	The Villages - Nancy Lopez Legacy
		Lopez has certainly left her mark here in The Villages, both with appearances and the 27 holes of golf she designed in Florida's Friendliest Hometown.
		While making the turn on the Lopez loop, resident golfers are more than happy to heap praise on the ground breaking accomplishment that is the newest golfing jewel of The Villages.
		Residents Marv and Mary Wolfgang were only through nine holes of golf on the new Lopez course, but that was plenty of time for a good impression.
	www.thevillages.com /golf/championship/NancyLopez/nancyLopezArticle.htm (448 words)

	USATODAY.com
		Golfing great Nancy Lopez, 45, one of the most popular players in the history of women's golf, announced in March that she would begin fading out her LPGA career.
		Nancy Lopez: The highlight of my career would have to be inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame after my 35th win.
		Nancy Lopez: It's a tough question, I feel like the US players are not as competitive as other countries.
	cgi1.usatoday.com /mchat/20020604006/tscript.htm (1581 words)

	Lopez's legacy continues to grow - PittsburghLIVE.com
		VIENNA, Ohio — LPGA Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez is playing the back nine of her career this year, but not without leaving a legacy as one of the finest and friendliest golfers to walk the fairways.
		Lopez and Hanna, have not played a round together but are spokeswomen for the LPGA USGA Girls Golf, a developmental junior golf program that encourages girls to learn the sport.
		While Lopez makes her final rounds, Bauer is just at the first few tees in what she hopes to be a successful career, just like her mentor.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/sports/golf/s_81836.html (840 words)

	The Villages Daily Sun
		THE VILLAGES - When we last saw her, Nancy Lopez was down on the sidelines watching and enjoying the Villages Gridiron Classic - joining the 12,000 fans who jammed into the Polo Stadium on Jan. 15.
		Nancy Lopez, left, high fives Barbara Reilley of The Villages after Reilley made a putt during a golf clinic given by Lopez on Monday at the Lopez Legacy Country Club.
		Lopez, meanwhile, will roam from station to station, mingling with the students and demonstrating her Hall-of-Fame technique.
	www.thevillagesdailysun.com /articles/2005/01/25/sports/sports01.txt (451 words)

	HON - News : Nancy Lopez Fights Back Against Osteoarthritis
		Lopez, who calls herself "a real baby when it comes to pain," was scared by how much she was suffering and nervous overhaving some substance shot into her knee.
		Lopez's knee problems began decades ago when she tore the cartilage in her left knee while playing flag football as a high school freshman.
		Lopez said the only side effects were some swelling and pain, which eventually went away.
	www.hon.ch /News/HSN/510373.html (935 words)

	World Golf Village - Nancy Lopez
		By the time, she was 30, Nancy Lopez still had won enough tournaments (35) to qualify for the LPGA Hall of Fame.
		Her name was Nancy Lopez, and it wasn't long before everybody just called her Nancy.
		Looking back on these years, Jaime Diaz wrote in Sports Illustrated that Lopez had burst on the scene with as much charisma as anyone since Babe Didrikson Zaharias.
	www.wgv.com /hof/members/nlopez.html (586 words)

	NANCY LOPEZ, WENDY'S CHAMPIONSHIP FOR CHILDREN, Golf, Interviews, ASAPSports FastScripts, Quotes, Transcript
		NANCY LOPEZ: It's a very difficult decision to make because I've been with 15 players that the 10 that have been on the point, and then five that are fighting to get into the Top 10, or at least get selected.
		NANCY LOPEZ: It was Rosie Jones, if her back bothered her and she couldn't play, but it's Donna Caponi.
		NANCY LOPEZ: Well, I've been looking at the top 5 out of the Top 10, so 11 through 15, which would be Delasin, Bowie, Wendy Ward, Beth Daniel, and Stacy Prammanasudh.
	www.asapsports.com /golf2/2005wendys/082705NL.html (2039 words)

	Nancy Lopez Golf Clubs - Ladies Discount Golf.com - Discount Golf Equipment for Ladies
		Nancy Lopez Torri II 6HI, 7HI, 8HI, 9HI, Pw, Sw, Driver (14 Degree), 3 Wood (18 Degree), 5 HW and 7 HW This 10 piece set is just like the 11 piece except we've taken the 9 HW out.
		Nancy Lopez Torri II Clubs come with choice of 3 different lengths, 3 different shaft flexes and 3 different grip sizes.
		Nancy Lopez Torri II 6HI, 7HI, 8HI, 9HI, Pw, Sw, Driver (14 Degree), 3 Wood (18 Degree), 5 HW and 7 HW and 9 HW The top of the line Torri II set.
	www.ladiesdiscountgolf.com /nancylopeztorrigolfclubs.html (1162 words)

	LPGA Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez's father dies - PGATOUR.COM
		In addition to Nancy, he is survived by daughter Delma Guevara of Harbor City, Calif.; one sister, Vera Lopez of Carson City, Calif.; and four brothers, Lalo Lopez of Harbor City, Benito Lopez of Montebello, Calif., Manuel Lopez of Hemet, Calif., and Danny Lopez of Buena Park, Calif.
		Lopez, owner of a local auto body shop, began teaching his daughter how to swing a club when she was 8.
		Lopez went on to win 48 titles in 25 years on Tour and is considered the player who did more to popularize women's golf than any other.
	www.golfweb.com /u/ce/multi/0,1977,5241471,00.html (295 words)

	Daily Celebrations ~ Nancy Lopez, The Challenge ~ January 6 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire
		Hispanic golf star and positive role model Nancy Lopez (1957-) was born on this day in Torrance, California.
		A four-time LPGA Player of the Year (1978-79,1985,1988), Lopez was named to the Hall of Fame by age 30, the youngest-ever inductee.
		Known for her upbeat personality and dynamic shot making, Lopez turned pro in 1977 and was named "Rookie of the Year." In 1978, she won nine tournaments, including a record-setting five in a row.
	www.dailycelebrations.com /010602.htm (260 words)

	The Villages - Nancy Lopez Legacy
		Lopez' shot landed on the green too, and a group of construction workers standing in front of a house-in-progress on the edge of her course screamed in unison, "We love you Nancy."
		Palmer and Lopez are both credited with popularizing the sport of golf through their play and the force of their personalities.
		Lopez, of course, played a major role in designing the course, the third, and final, championship nine-hole course at Lopez Legacy.
	www.thevillages.com /golf/championship/NancyLopez/nancyLopezArticle3.htm (1574 words)

	GolfDigest.com - Thanks, Nancy
		I was like, "There is no way I'm going down there to hit next to Nancy Lopez." I was in the Tournament of Champions because I'd won the British Open the year before, but I didn't even think I should be on the same range with her.
		Nancy was not only neat and organized at our apartment in college, but she was also fun to cook with.
		Nancy got up there in the clinic and she was hitting these big duck hooks, and I told everyone, "Well, she's short and she's across the line, and she's never going to make it."
	www.golfdigest.com /features/index.ssf?/features/gd200210lopez.html (4092 words)

	Sports Illustrated: She cleaned their clocks. (Nancy Lopez wins LPGA championship)@ HighBeam Research
		Even as Nancy Lopez was breezing to victory Sunday in the LPGA Championship at Kings Island, Ohio, a few diehards were still counting seconds instead of strokes.
		Lopez did it by breaking loose from a third-round tie with Alice Miller and shooting a nearly flawless final-round 65 to win the title.
		This had been Lopez's tournament, it seemed, from the outset, but it was not until Sunday that she took irrevocable...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:3809750&refid=ip_almanac_hf (199 words)

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