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	North Coast Journal - July 10, 2003: COVER STORY - EYE OF THE STORM: Patty Berg
		Patty, as she is known by 98 percent of those she encounters, meets me at the door dressed for the hot day ahead and adorned by her signature oversized jewelry.
		Patty, surrounded by her papers in neat piles on her dining table, is on her second cigarette of the day.
		Patty is briefed by a staff member about a judiciary committee meeting she agreed to sit in on that afternoon as an alternate.
	www.northcoastjournal.com /071003/cover0710.html (2712 words)

	Patty Berg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Berg won the Titleholders in 1937 and won the Amateur in 1938 at Westmoreland.
		Berg won a total of 57 events on the LPGA and WPGA circuit, and was runner-up in the 1957 Open at Winged Foot.
		The LPGA established the Patty Berg Award in 1978.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patty_Berg (395 words)

	Patty Berg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Patty Berg (Born Feb. 13, 1918) -- Leading player on the LPGA Tour during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
		Patty Berg first came to national attention by reaching the final of the 1935 U.S. Women's Amateur, losing to Glenna Collett Vare in Vare's final Amateur victory.
		Berg, a founder of the LPGA, won a total of 41 events on the LPGA and WPGA circuit, and was runner-up in the 1957 Open at Winged Foot.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/p/pa/patty_berg.html (150 words)

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		Berg has won 15 major championship titles in her career -- the first of which was captured in 1937.
		Berg's honors and achievements are numerous, including induction into the LPGA Hall of Fame, Women's Sports Hall of Fame, PGA World Golf Hall of Fame, University of Minnesota Hall of Fame, American, Minnesota and Florida Sports Halls of Fame and one of only two women in the PGA Golf Hall of Fame.
		Berg is a three-time winner of the Associated Press Athlete of the Year Award (1938, 1943 and 1955), Berg was named the 1963 Bob Jones Award honoree presented by the USGA to recognize a person who emulates the sportsmanship of the award's namesake.
	www.facesofalzheimers.org /PattyBerg.html (562 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| \| Obituary: Patty Berg
		Berg won the Titleholders again in 1948, and five of her Western Open victories came after the war.
		Berg was elected the first president and, arguably, the energies she devoted to building the organisation and its circuit took a toll on her game.
		When she was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame, Berg quipped: "I'm very happy I gave up football." The association now gives a Patty Berg award to the person who each year makes the greatest contribution to women's golf.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /obituary/0,,1870406,00.html (834 words)

	Berg Leaves Mark On Game, In Life \| United States Golf Association
		Patty Berg, the indomitable matriarch of women’s golf who recently was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, celebrated her 87th birthday on Feb. 13.
		Berg’s former teacher, Les Bolstad, then in his 80s, attended and the room was crowded with friends and family. It was the only time I ever saw Berg break down.
		Berg was about to give her longtime friend the lesson of her life. The August afternoon was steamy hot and there was concern that the conditions might be too much for Berg to take, but she dumped three buckets of practice balls on the grass. Bell and I would not be allowed to just observe.
	www.usga.org /news/2005/february/berg.html (1134 words)

	MPR: Patty Berg, LPGA Tour founder and star, dies at 88 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Patty Berg was the LPGA Tour's first president, serving from 1950-52, and was the money leader in 1954, '55 and '57.
		Patty Berg, the golf pioneer who won an LPGA Tour-record 15 major titles and was one of the 13 founding members of the tour in 1950, died Sunday.
		Berg, also a member of the All-American Collegiate Hall of Fame and the University of Minnesota Women's Athletic Department Hall of Fame, was the honorary chair for the 2002 Solheim Cup at her home course, Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn.
	minnesota.publicradio.org /display/web/2006/09/10/berg/?rsssource=1 (719 words)

	Patty Berg \| Obituaries \| Guardian Unlimited
		Berg was elected the first president and, arguably, the energies she devoted to building the organisation and its circuit took a toll on her game.
		Berg retired from the tour in 1962, but continued playing and promoting golf, and her charitable work.
		When she was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame, Berg quipped: "I'm very happy I gave up football." The association now gives a Patty Berg award to the person who each year makes the greatest contribution to women's golf.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,,1870040,00.html (843 words)

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		Berg turned professional in 1940 but was seriously injured in a car accident in 1941 that sidelined her for 18 months.
		Berg served as the LPGA’s first president from 1950 to 1952, a time when the players traveled together in cars from event to event, earned paltry sums and were responsible for all facets of the association and events themselves.
		Berg, who publicly revealed in December 2004 that she had Alzheimer’s disease, was on hand at the Patty Berg Pro-Am in January for a tearful, heartfelt gathering.
	www.sloanrealtyinc.com /Newspaper/Golf/LPGA_legend_dies_9_11_06.htm (2064 words)

	USATODAY.com - Patty Berg, LPGA Tour founder, dies at 88 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		FORT MYERS, Fla. — Patty Berg, the golf pioneer who won an LPGA Tour-record 15 major titles and was one of the 13 founding members of the tour in 1950, died Sunday.
		Berg, the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year in 1938, '43 and '55, won the 1938 U.S. Women's Amateur and swept the 1937-39 Titleholders as an amateur for her first three major victories.
		Berg, also a member of the All-American Collegiate Hall of Fame and the University of Minnesota Women's Athletic Department Hall of Fame, was the honorary chair for the 2002 Solheim Cup at her home course, Interlachen Country Club in Edina, Minn.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/golf/lpga/2006-09-10-berg-obit_x.htm?csp=34 (735 words)

	AP Wire \| 09/16/2006 \| Minnesota native, LPGA Tour founder Patty Berg remembered (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Berg, who won an LPGA Tour-record 15 major titles, died Sept. 10 of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
		A gold set of golf clubs in a gold bag stood near Berg's portrait at the Church of the Resurrection of Our Lord, where she was a founding member in 1974.
		Berg also was remembered for her contributions to charity, including the Patty Berg Cancer Center that was dedicated in 1993 in Fort Myers.
	www.bradenton.com /mld/bradenton/15537031.htm (227 words)

	Full Biography for Patty Berg
		Patty Berg, age 60, has been a resident of Humboldt County for almost 30 years, moving to Eureka with her husband in 1974.
		Patty is no stranger to politics having been a regional leader advocating for policy change in Sacramento and Washington, DC on issues related to aging.
		Patty Berg has filled many roles in her lifetime: administrator, social worker, crime fighter, teacher, community activist, master gardener, wife, mother, grandmother, breast cancer survivor - and now, her intention is to add Assemblywoman to the list.
	www.smartvoter.org /2002/11/05/ca/state/vote/berg_p/bio.html (418 words)

	The Golf Channel - Patty Berg in Early Stages of Alzheimer's - December 22, 2004
		Patty Berg has written a letter to the LPGA revealing that she is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
		Berg said that it is extremely difficult for a lifelong athlete to “first face and then adapt to diminishing powers, both physical and mental.
		Berg, who turned professional in 1940, won 57 times during her long career, starting in 1941 before the LPGA was formed.
	www.thegolfchannel.com /core.aspx?page=15100&dv=8223139&select=15138 (503 words)

	Patty Berg named chairperson of 2002 Solheim Cup
		A former lieutenant in the Marine Corps, Berg was inducted to the Hall of Fame of Women's Golf in 1951 and was one of six inaugural members of the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame in 1967.
		Berg was one of the top 50 LPGA players and teachers named in 2000 in conjunction with the LPGA's 50th anniversary.
		Berg has authored three books on golf, was the first woman to receive the Humanitarian Sports Award from the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation and was honored by the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center with the dedication of the Patty Berg Cancer Center in 1993.
	www.golftoday.co.uk /news/yeartodate/news01/solheim1.html (766 words)

	Berg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Berg (German region), a region and a former state of the Holy Roman Empire
		Berg, Lower Austria, a municipality in the Bruck an der Leitha District of Austria
		Berg is the 632nd most popular last name in the United States
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Berg (196 words)

	Hall-of-Famer Berg's funeral is set for Saturday in Fort Myers, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Berg, a Hall of Fame golfer and one of the most respected spokespersons for the game throughout her long career, died Sunday from complications of Alzheimer's disease in a hospice in Fort Myers at the age of 88.
		Berg, one of 13 women who founded the LPGA Tour in 1950, won 60 times, including 15 major titles, during her LPGA career, a remarkable period spanning 1950-1980.
		Berg's parents, deciding she was too old to be playing such games with boys, steered her into golf instead.
	www.pga.com /news/pganews/pgamedianewsletter/berg091106.cfm?rss (748 words)

	Patty Berg, 88; LPGA Tour Co-Founder, Hall of Famer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Patty Berg, a pioneer in women's golf and the winner of a record 15 Ladies Professional Golf Assn. major championships, died Sunday of complications from Alzheimer's disease at a hospice in Fort Myers, Fla.
		Berg, one of 13 women who founded the LPGA Tour in 1950, won 60 times in her LPGA career, which lasted from 1950 to 1980.
		Berg was elected the tour's first president 'As a founder of the LPGA, Patty took the LPGA to new heights, and it was the work, passion and dedication that she and her fellow co-founders exhibited that has allowed the LPGA to grow and prosper for so many years,' Bivens said.
	www.topix.net /content/trb/1335760429344553679240989486810582070158 (1119 words)

	CNN.com - LPGA record winner Berg dies at 88 - Sep 10, 2006
		American Berg, a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and one of 13 founders of the LPGA in 1950, claimed 60 titles in a glittering LPGA Tour career, including a record 15 women's majors.
		Berg, who died at Hope Hospice in Fort Myers, Florida, was a dominant figure on the LPGA Tour from 1948 until the end of 1962, winning nine majors and 35 other titles.
		Berg became one of six inaugural members of the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame in 1967 and was named one of the top 50 players of all time by Golf Digest magazine in 2000.
	www.cnn.com /rssclick/2006/SPORT/golf/09/10/golf.berg/index.html?section=cnn_latest (356 words)

	AHN \| Golf Pioneer Patty Berg Dies \| April 10, 2007
		Berg died of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Hope Hospice in Fort Myers, Fla., according to LPGA Tour.
		Patty has done a lot for golf and especially for women's golf, to be one of the founders.
		Berg was honored in 1978 when the LPGA Tour created the Patty Berg Award for most outstanding golfer.
	www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7004820285 (422 words)

	America 1940-1949: Sports History: Patricia "Patty" Berg \| American Decades
		Berg grew up in Minneapolis and was athletic as a young girl, playing sandlot baseball and quarterback for a boys' football team.
		Berg won a total of forty amateur tournaments and played on two Curtis Cup teams before she signed as a professional with Wilson Sporting Goods Company of Chicago in 1940.
		Berg averaged 75.5 strokes per round in those years, and though she lost some power after cancer surgery in 1971, her average went up only three strokes.
	www.bookrags.com /history/america-1940s-sports/sub19.html (374 words)

	Patty Berg, LPGA Tour founder, dies at 88 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Berg was the LPGA Tour's first president from 1950-52 and was the tour's money leader in 1954, '55 and '57.
		"Patty was a wonderfully talented woman who was dedicated to golf, to growing the game and to making the sport fun for golfers of all ages," LPGA Tour commissioner Carolyn Bivens said.
		Berg won the 1938 U.S. Women's Amateur and swept the 1937-39 Titleholders as an amateur for her first three major victories.
	rwap.usatoday.mlogic3g.com /detail.jsp?key=501625&rc=sp (275 words)

	Scotsman.com News - Obituaries - Patty Berg
		NOT only was Patty Berg a pioneer in women's golf and the winner of a record 15 Ladies Professional Golf Association major championships, she was also one of 13 women who founded the LPGA Tour, in 1950.
		Berg became known for the golf clinics she conducted.
		Golf magazine selected Berg as its "Golfer of the Decade" for the period from 1938 to 1947, and Golf Digest named her one of the 50 greatest golfers of all time.
	news.scotsman.com /obituaries.cfm?id=1350742006 (556 words)

	Email "Lessons From The Great Patty Berg" to a friend \| Midweek.com
		Berg was a lieutenant in the Marine Corps during World War II, the first woman to give a golf exhibition in Japan in 1962, was one of the founding members of the LPGA and served as its first president.
		For as many awards as she had received, none may be more fitting than when, in 1978, the LPGA established the Patty Berg Award, given for outstanding contributions to women's golf.
		Berg's accomplishments were amazing,but her legacy will not be based on athletic success, but on her impact on the growth of the game.
	www.midweek.com /content/columns/emailafriend/lessons_from_the_great_patty_berg (668 words)

	LPGA pioneer in early stages of Alzheimer's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Patty Berg, who helped start the LPGA Tour and won more major championships than any other woman, disclosed Wednesday that she has Alzheimer's disease.
		Berg was one of 13 women who founded the LPGA Tour in 1950, and she remains one of the most celebrated golfers.
		She was inducted was into the LPGA Hall of Fame, and the tour established the Patty Berg Award in 1978 for outstanding contributions to women's golf.
	www.golf.com /gdc/news/article.asp?id=29560 (541 words)

	California Assembly District 1
		A Humboldt County resident for three decades, Berg has established herself not only as one of the Legislature’s most dependably progressive members, but as one of the few members whose personal integrity has earned her respect and cooperation on both sides of the political aisle.
		During her 19 years there, Patty Berg grew the nascent agency from a staff of 4 and with a budget of $300,000 to fully functional service agency with 25 employees and a multi-million dollar budget.
		Patty Berg was recently named chair of the Assembly budget committee that oversees health and human services spending.
	www.assembly.ca.gov /acs/makebio.asp?district=1&assoc=1 (376 words)

	Sheehan wins Patty Berg award - PGATOUR.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Patty is such a special person and is the epitome of the LPGA and what the LPGA is all about.
		Patty is not only a fierce competitor, but is also a loving mother and valued adviser for all of us associated with the LPGA.
		A five-person selection committee chooses the Patty Berg Award recipient, which is given to an individual who, like Berg, exemplifies diplomacy, sportsmanship, goodwill and contributions to the game of golf.
	www.golfweb.com /u/ce/multi/0,1977,6032441,00.html (793 words)

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