Mickey Wright Totally Explained

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Mary Kathryn "Mickey" Wright (born February 14, 1935) is an American professional golfer. Wright was born in San Diego, California. She won 82 events on the LPGA Tour, which puts her second on the all time win list behind Kathy Whitworth, who won 88 times. Thirteen of her victories were in major championships, which places her second to Patty Berg, who won fifteen majors. Wright topped the LPGA money list for four consecutive seasons from 1961-1964 and made the top ten on the list thirteen times in total between 1956 and 1969.
No less an authority than Ben Hogan said Wright's swing was the best he'd ever seen.
Wright retired from full-time golf at age 34 in 1969, because of problems with her feet, but did compete occasionally after that. Wright won 12 majors between 1958 and 1966, and she's the only player in LPGA Tour history to hold all four major titles at the same time. She now lives in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and plays recreational golf occasionally. In 2000, Wright was ranked as the ninth greatest golfer of all time, and the top woman golfer, by Golf Digest magazine.

Breast cancer

Wright was diagnosed with breast cancer on October 10, 2006 at the age of 71 and was scheduled to receive a lumpectomy and possibly further treatment if the cancer proved to have spread to her lymph nodes according to her longtime manager Peggy Wilson.

Amateur wins

1952 United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship

LPGA Tour wins (82)

1956 (1) Jacksonville Open

1957 (3) Sea Island Open, Jacksonville Open, Wolverine Open

1958 (5) Sea Island Open, LPGA Championship, U.S. Women's Open, Opie Turner Open, Dallas Open

1959 (4) Jacksonville Open, Cavalier Open, U.S. Women's Open, Alliance Machine International Open

1960 (6) Sea Island Open, Tampa Open, LPGA Championship, Grossinger Open, Eastern Open, Memphis Open

1961 (10) St. Petersburg Open, Miami Open, Titleholders Championship, Columbus Open, U.S. Women's Open, Waterloo Open, Spokane Women's Open, Sacramento Valley Open, Mickey Wright Invitational, LPGA Championship

1962 (10) Sea Island Women's Invitational, Titleholders Championship, Women's Western Open, Milwaukee Open, Heart of America Invitational, Albuquerque Swing Parade, Salt Lake City Open, Spokane Open, San Diego Open, Carlsbad Cavern Open

1963 (13) Sea Island Women's Invitational, St. Petersburg Women's Open, Alpine Civitan Open, Muskogee Civitan Open, Dallas Civitan Open, Babe Zaharias Open, Women's Western Open, Waterloo Women's Open Invitational, Albuquerque Swing Parade, Idaho Centennial Ladies' Open, Visalia Ladies' Open, Mickey Wright Invitational, LPGA Championship

1964 (11) Peach Blossom Invitational, Clifford Ann Creed Invitational, Squirt Ladies' Open Invitational, Muskogee Civitan Open Invitational, Lady Carling Eastern Open, Waldemar Open, U.S. Women's Open, Milwaukee Jaycee Open, Visalia Ladies' Open, Tall City Open, Mary Mills Mississippi Gulf Coast Invitational

1965 (2) Baton Rouge Invitational, Dallas Civitan Open

1966 (7) Venice Ladies Open, Shreveport Kiwanis Invitational, Bluegrass Ladies Invitational, Women's Western Open, Pacific Ladies' Classic, Shirley Englehorn Invitational, Mickey Wright Invitational

1967 (4) Shreveport Kiwanis Club Invitational, Bluegrass Invitational, Lady Carling Open, Pensacola Ladies Invitational

1968 (4) Port Malabar Invitational, Palm Beach County Open, Tall City Open, "500" Ladies Classic

1969 (1) Bluegrass Invitational

1973 (1) Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner’s Circle ť Note: Wright won the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winnder's Circle (now known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship) before it became a major championship.

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

Other wins (8)

1959 Hoosier Celebrity

1961 Haig and Haig Scotch Mixed Foursomes (with Dave Ragan)

1962 Naples Pro-Am (with Marilynn Smith)

1963 Haig and Haig Scotch Mixed Foursomes (with Dave Ragan), Shell's Wonderful World of Golf

1966 Ladies World Series of Golf, Shell's Wonderful World of Golf

1967 Seven Lakes InvitationalFurther Information

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