Bettye Jane Danoff (née Mims; May 21, 1923 – December 22, 2011) was an American professional golfer. She was one of the 13 founding members of the LPGA, in 1950.[1][2]
Danoff began playing golf at age 6. Her parents had opened a driving range and nine-hole golf course in Grand Prairie Texas.[3] She also played under the names Bettye Mims White and Bettye Mims Danoff.
The LPGA Tour was not founded until 1950. Before then, she won four straight Dallas Women's Golf Association Championships in addition to two Texas Women's Amateur Championship. In 1947, she defeated Babe Zaharias, 1 up, in the Texas Women's Open. Zaharias had won 17 consecutive tournaments before losing to Danoff.[4] Also before her LPGA days, Danoff played exhibitions with PGA Tour stars.
Danoff was a mother to three daughters who traveled with her as she played off the LPGA Tour. After the death of her husband in 1961, Danoff played in a limited number of tournaments. She was the LPGA Tour's first grandmother.
bettye, danoff, bettye, jane, danoff, née, mims, 1923, december, 2011, american, professional, golfer, founding, members, lpga, 1950, personal, informationfull, namebettye, jane, mims, danoffnicknamemighty, miteborn, 1923, 1923dallas, texas, dieddecember, 2011. Bettye Jane Danoff nee Mims May 21 1923 December 22 2011 was an American professional golfer She was one of the 13 founding members of the LPGA in 1950 1 2 Bettye DanoffPersonal informationFull nameBettye Jane Mims DanoffNicknameMighty MiteBorn 1923 05 21 May 21 1923Dallas Texas U S DiedDecember 22 2011 2011 12 22 aged 88 McKinney Texas U S Height5 ft 2 in 1 57 m Sporting nationality United StatesCareerTurned professional1949Former tour s LPGA Tour founding member Professional wins1Best results in LPGA major championshipsU S Women s Open15th 1952Achievements and awardsWorld Golf Hall of Fame2024 member page Danoff began playing golf at age 6 Her parents had opened a driving range and nine hole golf course in Grand Prairie Texas 3 She also played under the names Bettye Mims White and Bettye Mims Danoff The LPGA Tour was not founded until 1950 Before then she won four straight Dallas Women s Golf Association Championships in addition to two Texas Women s Amateur Championship In 1947 she defeated Babe Zaharias 1 up in the Texas Women s Open Zaharias had won 17 consecutive tournaments before losing to Danoff 4 Also before her LPGA days Danoff played exhibitions with PGA Tour stars Danoff was a mother to three daughters who traveled with her as she played off the LPGA Tour After the death of her husband in 1961 Danoff played in a limited number of tournaments She was the LPGA Tour s first grandmother Contents 1 Amateur wins 2 Professional wins 1 3 References 4 External linksAmateur wins edit1947 Texas Women s Amateur 1948 Texas Women s AmateurProfessional wins 1 edit1953 Hardscrabble Open 5 References edit LPGA Tour founder Danoff dies at 88 THV The Sports Network December 22 2011 Archived from the original on January 13 2012 Retrieved December 10 2015 About the LPGA Our Founders LPGA LPGA Tour founding member Bettye Danoff dies in Texas at 88 Jameson Diringer In Texas Finals Mrs Betty Danoff Wins Hardscrabble Golf Title Chicago Daily Tribune October 10 1953External links editBettye Danoff at the LPGA Tour official site nbsp This biographical article relating to American golf is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bettye Danoff amp oldid 1143928038, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
