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Women‘s Major Champions Episodes

Listen to each of our interviews with the women greats of the game who are major championship winners.
Aug. 24, 2023

Sandra Palmer - Part 2 ( The 1972 Titleholders Championship)

The winner of 19 events on the LPGA Tour, Sandra Palmer takes us back to her first few years as a professional where everything was new and winning was difficult. Sandra recounts her first professional win at the 1970 Tokay …

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Aug. 24, 2023

Sandra Palmer - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Our inspiring conversation with Sandra Palmer, a 2024 inductee into the World Golf Hall of Fame, traces her journey from her humble beginnings in Fort Worth and Maine to her crowning as an iconic figure in the world of golf....

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Aug. 23, 2023

Angela Stanford - Part 2 (The Majors and The Solheim Cup)

Major Championship winner Angela Stanford fondly recalls her other LPGA Tour victories, setting several scoring records along the way. The highlight, her 2018 win at the Evian Championship, setting a record by becoming a majo...

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Aug. 23, 2023

Angela Stanford - Part 1 (The Early Years and Wins)

Winner of the 2018 Evian Championship Angela Stanford begins her story being introduced to the game by her father in Saginaw, Texas at age 10. Her game developed under the watchful eye of Amy Fox and, after success at the …

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Aug. 21, 2023

Sally Little - Part 2 (The Majors and Career Wins)

Sally Little, winner of two major championships on the LPGA Tour, fondly recalls both, the 1980 LPGA Championship and the 1988 du Maurier Classic. Sally also recounts many of her 15 LPGA victories along the way including a wi...

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Aug. 21, 2023

Sally Little - Part 1 (The Early Years)

2-time major championship winner Sally Little begins her life story, learning the game as a young lady in apartheid South Africa. Tagging along with her father pulling a trolley for money, Sally's game, beginning at the age ...

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Aug. 14, 2023

Joyce Ziske Malison - Part 2 (Winning the 1960 Western Open)

Joyce Ziske Malison looks back on the final years of a relatively short professional career with her highlight being her victory in the 1960 Women's Western Open, then an LPGA major championship, at the Donald Ross-designed B...

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Aug. 14, 2023

Joyce Ziske Malison - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Winner of the 1960 Women's Western Open, Joyce Ziske Malison takes us back to her youth growing up on a farm on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, living across the street from a driving range. Joyce remembers outdriving...

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Aug. 11, 2023

JoAnne Carner - Part 3 (Solheim Cup Captain and the Senior Women's U.…

Two-time major championship winner JoAnne Carner reflects on the later years of her illustrious career including her 35th Tour win at the 1882 Chevrolet World Championship of Golf that qualified her for the LPGA Hall of Fame....

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Aug. 11, 2023

JoAnne Carner - Part 2 (Winning the 1971 & 1976 Women's U.S. Opens)

World Golf Hall of Fame member JoAnne Carner looks back on her early years on Tour including several of her 43 LPGA titles including the 1969 Burdine's Invitational that she won as an amateur. Professional success came quickl...

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Aug. 11, 2023

JoAnne Carner - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Winner of 8 USGA Championships throughout her brilliant career, JoAnne Carner begins her story growing up in the Northwest and learning the game while working at the little 9-hole public course in town. Offered an honorary m...

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Aug. 10, 2023

Betsy King - Part 3 (1992 LPGA, 1997 Dinah Shore and the Solheim Cup)

Winner of 34 LPGA Tour events, Betsy King reflects back on her final two major championships and her last several wins on tour. Betsy remembers the easy walk up the 18th fairway of her 11-shot victory at the 1992 LPGA …

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Aug. 10, 2023

Betsy King - Part 2 (1987 & 1990 Dinah Shore and the 1989 and 1990 Wo…

Step back in time with us as we relive the golden age of LPGA Golf in the 1980s, a period that saw the rise of legendary figures like Nancy Lopez and our esteemed guest, six-time major championship winner Betsy King. …

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Aug. 10, 2023

Betsy King - Part 1 (The Early Years)

Unveiling the journey of World Golf Hall of Fame member Betsy King, we invite you to share in a conversation that's as inspiring as it is riveting. A small-town girl from Reading, Pennsylvania, Betsy's foray into sports was n...

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Aug. 7, 2023

Kathy Whitworth - Part 3 (The Later Majors and Career)

The all-time leader in U.S. Tour wins with 88 LPGA victories, Kathy Whitworth takes us down the home stretch of her career from the 1970's forward beginning with her win in the 1971 LPGA Championship at Pleasant Valley CC. H...

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