Author: KAHN, LIZ; FOREWORD BY BETTY HICKS
Title: L P G a: The Unauthorized Version the History of the Ladies Professional Golf Association
Description: Menlo Park, CA: Group Fore Productions, Inc, 1996. First Edition (?). Hardcover. ISBN: 088197126X. Hardcover is dark green with gold lettering on spine. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with dozens of b/w photos. Sections are: First 45 Years; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s & 1980s; 1990s; WPGA Founders, LPGA Charter Members. Gives a biography and history of each of the many women, stars of their days in the golfing world. The 13 LPGA charter members were: Alice Bauer; Patty Berg; Bettye Mims Danoff; Helen Dettweiler; Marlene Hagge; Helen Hicks; Opal Hill; Betty Jameson; Sally Sessions; Marilynn Smith; Shirley Spork; Louise Suggs; Babe [Didrickson] Zaharias [who as Babe Didrickson was THE American track and field star at the 1932 Los Angeles summer Olympics]. Oversized, 4#. ; B&W Photographs; 7 1/4 x 10 1/2; 308+ pages; Cover has very slight bumping; neat pen note on front end paper. DJ has slight rubbing/scuffing, shelf wear.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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