Lady Eve Open
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The Lady Eve Open was a golf
tournament on the LPGA Tour, played only in 1972. It was played at the Memorial Golf Course in Houston, Texas
. Judy Rankin
won the event on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Kathy Whitworth
. To get in the playoff, Rankin eagled the 72nd hole. Then Rankin made eagle on the first playoff hole to get the victory.
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament on the LPGA Tour, played only in 1972. It was played at the Memorial Golf Course in Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
. Judy Rankin
Judy Rankin
Judy Torluemke Rankin is an American professional golfer and golf broadcaster. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1962 and won 26 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Amateur career:...
won the event on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Kathy Whitworth
Kathy Whitworth
Kathy Whitworth is an American professional golfer. Throughout her playing career she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else has won on either the LPGA Tour or the PGA Tour. In 1981 she became the first woman to reach career earnings of $1 million on the LPGA Tour...
. To get in the playoff, Rankin eagled the 72nd hole. Then Rankin made eagle on the first playoff hole to get the victory.