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Babe Didrikson Zaharias

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Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who achieved a great deal of success in golf, basketball, baseball and track and field. [1]

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Al Besselink

Albert Cornelius Besselink (born June 30, 1922) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Alex Karras

Alexander George Karras (July 15, 1935 – October 10, 2012) was an American football player, professional wrestler, sportscaster, and actor.

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All American Open (LPGA Tour)

The All American Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1943 to 1957.

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All-America

An All-America team is a hypothetical American sports team composed of outstanding amateur players.

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Amateur Athletic Union

The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States.

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American Broadcasting Company

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company.

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American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer.

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Annika Sörenstam

Annika Sörenstam (born 9 October 1970) is a retired Swedish professional golfer.

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Arnold Palmer

Arnold Daniel Palmer (September 10, 1929 – September 25, 2016) was an American professional golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history.

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Arthur (TV series)

Arthur is a Canadian/American animated educational television series for children ages 4 to 8, created by Cookie Jar Group (formerly known as Cinar) and WGBH for PBS.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Associated Press Athlete of the Year

The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press (AP) in 1931.

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Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles

The women's 80 metres hurdles event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place between August 3 and August 4 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

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Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

The women's high jump event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 7.

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Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place July 31.

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Autobiography

An autobiography (from the Greek, αὐτός-autos self + βίος-bios life + γράφειν-graphein to write) is a self-written account of the life of oneself.

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center

The Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center is a museum dedicated to Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias that is located in Beaumont, Texas.

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Babe Ruth

George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935.

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Babe Zaharias Open

The Babe Zaharias Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1953 to 1967.

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Bakersfield Open (LPGA Tour)

The Bakersfield Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1952 to 1953.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding.

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Basketball

Basketball is a team sport played on a rectangular court.

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Beaumont, Texas

Beaumont is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Texas in the United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Betsy Rawls

Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" Rawls (born May 4, 1928) is an American former LPGA Tour professional golfer.

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Betty Dodd

Elizabeth "Betty" Dodd (c. 1930 – July 8, 1993) was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.

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Betty Hicks

Elizabeth M. "Betty" Hicks (November 16, 1920 – February 20, 2011) was an American professional golfer, golf coach and teacher, aviator, and author.

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Betty Jameson

Elizabeth May "Betty" Jameson (May 9, 1919 – February 7, 2009) was an American professional golfer.

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Bob Jones Award

The Bob Jones Award is the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf.

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British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship

The British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union (now merged into The R&A) of Great Britain.

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Byron Nelson

John Byron Nelson Jr. (February 4, 1912 – September 26, 2006) was an American professional golfer between 1935 and 1946, widely considered one of the greatest golfers of his generation, and widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time.

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City

A city is a large human settlement.

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City of Industry, California

City of Industry, or simply referred to as Industry, is an industrial suburb of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California.

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Colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer and colon cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine).

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Comedy Central

Comedy Central is an American basic cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Global Entertainment Group, a unit of the Viacom Media Networks division of Viacom.

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Commemorative stamp

A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp, often issued on a significant date such as an anniversary, to honor or commemorate a place, event, person, or object.

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Cripple Creek, Colorado

The City of Cripple Creek is the Statutory City that is the county seat of Teller County, Colorado, United States.

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Cross Country 144 Hole Weathervane

The Cross Country 144 Hole Weathervane was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1950 to 1953.

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Dallas

Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.

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Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Tournament

The Damon Runyon Cancer Fund Tournament was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played only in 1954.

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Discus throw

The discus throw is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors.

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Don Van Natta Jr.

Don Van Natta Jr. (born July 22, 1964) is an American journalist and writer.

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Dorothy Germain Porter

Dorothy Germain Porter (April 3, 1924 – July 20, 2012) was an American amateur golfer.

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Dorothy Kirby

Mary Dorothy Kirby (January 15, 1920 – December 12, 2000) was an American professional golfer and sportscaster.

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Dressmaker

A dressmaker is a person who makes custom clothing for women, such as dresses, blouses, and evening gowns.

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Drunk History

Drunk History is an American educational television comedy series produced by Comedy Central, based on the Funny or Die web series created by Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner in 2007.

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Dubuque, Iowa

Dubuque is the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Eastern Women's Open

The Eastern Women's Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1949 to 1961.

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Emily Deschanel

Emily Erin Deschanel (born October 11, 1976) is an American actress, director and producer.

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Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theater), and the Grammy Award (for music).

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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Evening Independent

The Evening Independent was St. Petersburg, Florida's first daily newspaper.

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Family Guy

Family Guy is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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Fay Crocker

Fay Crocker (2 August 1914 – 16 September 1983) was a Uruguayan professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.

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Femininity

Femininity (also called girlishness, womanliness or womanhood) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with girls and women.

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Forest Hills (Tampa)

Forest Hills is a neighborhood partially within the city limits of Tampa, Florida, United States, with the northern portion located in unincorporated Hillsborough County near Lake Magdalene.

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Fresno Open (LPGA Tour)

The Fresno Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1951 to 1952.

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Galveston, Texas

Galveston is a coastal resort city on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas.

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George Zaharias

Theodore Vetoyanis (Θεόδωρος Βετογιάνης, February 27, 1908 – May 22, 1984) was an American professional wrestler and sports promoter, known by his ring name George Zaharias, popularly known as "The Crying Greek from Cripple Creek" or "The Greek Hyena" during the 1930s.

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Golden Cyclones

The Golden Cyclones were a 1930s group of women athletes who played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) softball, basketball and track-and-field.

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Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

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Golf Digest

Golf Digest is a monthly golf magazine published by Condé Nast Publications in the United States.

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Grand Slam (golf)

The Grand Slam in professional golf is winning all of golf's major championships in the same calendar year.

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Grantland Rice

Henry Grantland Rice (November 1, 1880July 13, 1954) was an early 20th-century American sportswriter known for his elegant prose.

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Greek Americans

Greek Americans (Ελληνοαμερικανοί, Ellinoamerikanoi) are Americans of full or partial Greek ancestry.

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Hardscrabble Open

The Hardscrabble Open, also known as the Hardscrabble Women's Invitation, was a golf tournament played at the Hardscrabble Golf Club in Fort Smith, Arkansas from 1945 to 1953.

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Harmonica

The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock and roll.

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Heptathlon

A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events.

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High jump

The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it.

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Home run

In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team in the process.

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House of David (commune)

The House of David (formally The Israelite House of David) is a religious society co-founded by Benjamin and Mary Purnell in Benton Harbor, Michigan, in March 1903.

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IMDb

IMDb, also known as Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to world films, television programs, home videos and video games, and internet streams, including cast, production crew and personnel biographies, plot summaries, trivia, and fan reviews and ratings.

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Jacqueline "Jackie" Joyner-Kersee (born March 3, 1962) is an American retired track and field athlete, ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the heptathlon as well as long jump.

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Jacksonville Ladies Open

The Jacksonville Ladies Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour played from 1951 to 1959, and again in 1975.

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Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown.

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Jean Shiley

Jean Shiley Newhouse (November 20, 1911 – March 11, 1998) was an American high jumper.

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Joe Medwick

Joseph Michael Medwick (November 24, 1911 – March 21, 1975), nicknamed "Ducky", was an American Major League Baseball player.

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John Sealy Hospital

John Sealy Hospital is a hospital that is a part of the University of Texas Medical Branch complex in Galveston, Texas, United States.

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Joyce Wethered

Joyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory (17 November 1901 – 18 November 1997) was a golfer regarded as the leading British woman player of the inter-war period.

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Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress.

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Lee Trevino

Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is a retired American professional golfer who is regarded as one of the greatest players in professional golf history and the greatest Hispanic golfer of all time.

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Legacy Walk

The Legacy Walk is an outdoor public display in Chicago, Illinois, USA which celebrates LGBT history and people.

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Lesbian

A lesbian is a homosexual woman.

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LGBT

LGBT, or GLBT, is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.

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Library

A library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing.

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Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the de facto national library of the United States.

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List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins

This article lists all the women (118) who have won past and present major championships on the LPGA Tour.

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List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins

This table lists players with 10 or more wins on the LPGA Tour.

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Little, Brown and Company

Little, Brown and Company is an American publisher founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and his partner, James Brown, and for close to two centuries has published fiction and nonfiction by American authors.

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Long jump

The long jump (historically called the broad jump in the USA) is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point.

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Los Angeles Open

The Genesis Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in southern California, first played in 1926.

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LPGA

The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female professional golfers.

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Marlene Hagge

Marlene Hagge (née Bauer; born February 16, 1934) is an American former professional golfer.

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Mercury Records

Mercury Records is an American-based record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Michelle Wie

Michelle Sung Wie (born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.

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Mickey Wright

Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright (born February 14, 1935) is an American former LPGA Tour professional golfer.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York World-Telegram

The New York World-Telegram, later known as the New York World-Telegram and Sun, was a New York City newspaper from 1867 to 1966.

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North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship

The North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship is an annual golf tournament held since 1903 at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Ostomy pouching system

An ostomy pouching system is a prosthetic medical device that provides a means for the collection of waste from a surgically diverted biological system (colon, ileum, bladder) and the creation of a stoma.

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Pat and Mike

Pat and Mike is a 1952 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.

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Peach Blossom Open

The Peach Blossom Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1953 to 1966.

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Peggy Kirk Bell

Margaret Anne "Peggy" Kirk Bell (October 28, 1921 – November 23, 2016) was an American professional golfer and golf instructor known for her strong advocacy of women's golf.

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PGA Tour

The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of the main professional golf tours played primarily by men in the United States and North America.

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Phoenix Open

The Phoenix Open (known as the Waste Management Phoenix Open for title sponsorship reasons) is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held in late January/early February at the Tournament Players Club (TPC) of Scottsdale, Arizona.

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Pool (cue sports)

Pool is a cue sport played on a table with six pockets along the, into which balls are deposited.

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Port Arthur, Texas

Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County within the Beaumont−Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area of the U.S. state of Texas.

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS).

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Professional Golfers' Association of America

The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA of America) is an American organization of golf professionals.

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Pueblo, Colorado

Pueblo is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.

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Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents supposedly unscripted real-life situations, and often features an otherwise unknown cast of individuals who are typically not professional actors, although in some shows celebrities may participate.

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Richmond Open (LPGA Tour)

The Richmond Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in 1951, 1952, and 1955.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh most populous city in the United States and the second most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States.

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Sarasota Open (LPGA Tour)

The Sarasota Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1952 to 1956.

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Serbin Open

The Serbin Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1953 to 1957.

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Sherri Steinhauer

Sherri Steinhauer (born December 27, 1962) is an American professional golfer who plays on the Legends Tour.

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Shot put

The shot put (pronounced) is a track and field event involving "throwing"/"putting" (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy spherical object—the shot—as far as possible.

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South Texas State Fair

The South Texas State Fair is an annual regional state fair held in Beaumont, Texas.

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Spencer Tracy

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor, noted for his natural style and versatility.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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St. Louis

St.

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The St.

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St. Petersburg, Florida

St.

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State Fair of Texas

The State Fair of Texas is an annual state fair held in Dallas at historic Fair Park.

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Straight pool

Straight pool, also called 14.1 continuous or simply 14.1, is a type of pool game.

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Susan Clark

Susan Clark (born Nora Golding; March 8, 1943) is a Canadian actress, known for her movie roles such as Coogan's Bluff and Colossus: The Forbin Project, and for her role as Katherine Papadopolis on the American television sitcom Webster, on which she appeared with her husband, Alex Karras.

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Suzy Whaley

Suzy Whaley (born c. 1967) is a professional golfer, from Connecticut, who, in 2003, became the first woman in 58 years to qualify for a PGA Tour event when she qualified for the 2003 Greater Hartford Open, after winning the 2002 Connecticut PGA Championship.

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Tampa Women's Open

The Tampa Women's Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1947 to 1960.

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Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a major city in, and the county seat of, Hillsborough County, Florida, United States.

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Telegraph Herald

The Telegraph Herald, locally referred to as the TH, is a daily newspaper published in Dubuque, Iowa, for the population of Dubuque and surrounding areas in Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin.

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Television film

A television film (also known as a TV movie, TV film, television movie, telefilm, telemovie, made-for-television movie, made-for-television film, direct-to-TV movie, direct-to-TV film, movie of the week, feature-length drama, single drama and original movie) is a feature-length motion picture that is produced for, and originally distributed by or to, a television network, in contrast to theatrical films, which are made explicitly for initial showing in movie theaters.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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Texas Women's Open

The Texas Women's Open is a golf tournament, played in the Fort Worth, Texas area.

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The Comeback Story

The Comeback Story is a half-hour drama reality show which aired on ABC from October 2, 1953 to February 5, 1954, in which celebrities explain how they overcame physical disabilities or other kinds of adverse fortunes in their lives.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont Woods (born December 30, 1975) better known as Tiger Woods, is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time.

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Titleholders Championship

The Titleholders Championship was a women's golf tournament played from in 1937 to 1966 and again in 1972.

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Track and field

Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.

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Tucson Open

The Tucson Open was a golf tournament in Arizona on the PGA Tour from 1945 to 2006, played annually in the winter in Tucson.

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U.S. Open (golf)

The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open national championship of golf in the United States.

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United States Golf Association

The United States Golf Association (USGA) is the United States' national association of golf courses, clubs and facilities and the governing body of golf for the U.S. and Mexico.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service) is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states.

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United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship

The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers.

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United States Women's Open Championship (golf)

The United States Women's Open Golf Championship, one of thirteen national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the ANA Inspiration, Women's PGA Championship, Women's British Open, and The Evian Championship.

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Vaudeville

Vaudeville is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment.

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Women's major golf championships

Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, with the women's system newer and less stable than the men's.

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Women's Western Open

The Women's Western Open was an American professional golf tournament founded in 1930.

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World Championship (LPGA Tour)

The World Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1948 to 1957.

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World Golf Hall of Fame

The World Golf Hall of Fame is located at World Golf Village near St. Augustine, Florida, in the United States, and it is unusual among sports halls of fame in that a single site honors both men and women.

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Wrestling

Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds.

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1932 Summer Olympics

The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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1932 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

The 1932 United States Olympic Trials for track and field were held on July 15 and July 16, 1932 and decided the United States team for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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1940 Women's Western Open

The 1940 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Blue Mound Golf & Country Club, the 11th edition of the event.

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1944 Women's Western Open

The 1944 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Park Ridge Country Club in Park Ridge, Illinois, the 15th edition of the event.

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1945 Women's Western Open

The 1945 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Highland Golf & Country Club, which was the 16th edition of the event.

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1947 Titleholders Championship

The 1947 Titleholders Championship was contested from March 27–30 at Augusta Country Club.

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1948 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

The 1948 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the third U.S. Women's Open, held August 12–15 at Atlantic City Country Club in Northfield, New Jersey.

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1950 LPGA Tour

The 1950 LPGA Tour was the first official season of the LPGA Tour.

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1950 Titleholders Championship

The 1950 Titleholders Championship was contested from March 16–19 at Augusta Country Club.

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1950 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

The 1950 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the fifth U.S. Women's Open, held September 28 to October 1 at Rolling Hills Country Club in Wichita, Kansas.

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1950 Women's Western Open

The 1950 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Cherry Hills Country Club, the 21st edition of the event.

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1951 LPGA Tour

The 1951 LPGA Tour was the second season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950.

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1952 LPGA Tour

The 1952 LPGA Tour was the third season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950.

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1952 Titleholders Championship

The 1952 Titleholders Championship was contested from March 13–16 at Augusta Country Club.

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1953 LPGA Tour

The 1953 LPGA Tour was the fourth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950.

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1954 LPGA Tour

The 1954 LPGA Tour was the fifth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950.

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1954 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

The 1954 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was the ninth U.S. Women's Open, held July 1–3 at Salem Country Club in Peabody, Massachusetts.

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1955 LPGA Tour

The 1955 LPGA Tour was the sixth season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Didrikson_Zaharias

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