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In this July 1, 1961 file photo,
Mickey Wright poses after
winning her third Women's
National Open golf champi-
onship, at the Baltusrol Golf
Club at Springfield, N.J.
Associated Press

Mickey

Wright,

golf great

and early

LPGA force,

dies at 85

By TERRY SPENCER
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP)
— Mickey Wright, the golf
great with a magnificent
swing who won 13 majors
among her 82 victories and
gave the fledgling LPGA a
crucial lift, died Monday of
a heart attack. She was 85.
She had been hospital-
ized in Florida the last few
weeks after a fall, said her
lawyer, Sonia Pawluc.
Wright joined the LPGA
in 1955 and the Hall of
Famer's 82 wins place her
second on the all-time list
behind Kathy Whitworth,
who won 88. The Associ-
ated Press in 1999 named
Wright the Female Golfer
of the Century and Female
Athlete of the Year in 1963
and 1964.
A Golf Magazine poll of ex-
perts in 2009 called her the Denny Hamlin wins 3rd Daytona 500 in photo finish
best female golfer ever,
and men's champions Ben
Hogan and Byron Nelson Denny Hamlin celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway,
said Wright had the best Monday, Feb. 17, 2020, in Daytona Beach, Fla.
swing they ever saw. Associated Press
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