| Betsy Rawls |
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Sport: Golf (Legend Award)
Inducted: 2005
Hometown: Burnet, Texas
2005 LEGEND AWARD
- Helped propel popularity of the LPGA
- Won 1949 and 1950 Texas State Amateur
- Winner of 55 LPGA events, 8 majors, 4 U.S. Opens
- 1950 UT graduate (math, physics)
- Taught by legendary instructor Harvey Penick
- First woman on U.S. Men's Open Rules Committee (1980)
- Has directed LPGA Championship since 1981
- Resides in Wilmington, Del.
