| Patty Berg is nationally recognized as one of the most | | | | Hope Seignious, Betty Hicks, and Ellen Griffin. The |
| accomplished women golfers. Born on February 13th, | | | | organization struggled until nineteen forty eight, when |
| 1918 and was a golf school instructor, founding | | | | Wilson Sporting Goods began sponsoring it, and in 1951, |
| member and leading player on the LPGA, Ladies | | | | the LPGA tour was founded, and Patty Berg was |
| Professional Golf Association in the 1940s, fifties and | | | | elected as president. A year later, the organization had |
| sixties. Berg began playing golf in 1931 at the age of | | | | a twenty-one event schedule, and Hall of Fame |
| thirteen, and her amateur career in 1934, winning her | | | | member Betty Jameson donated the Vare Trophy to |
| first title in the Minneapolis City Championship. | | | | the tour in honor of amateur great Glenna Collett Vare. |
| Berg turned professional in 1940, after winning twenty | | | | A few short years later, in 1959, the LPGA Tour prize |
| nine amateur titles, and served as a lieutenant in the | | | | money totaled two hundred thousand dollars. |
| Marines during WWII. In 1948, she played an integral | | | | Without the talent, dedication, and effort of players like |
| part in establishing, and later presiding over the LPGA. | | | | Patty Berg, women today would not have the benefit |
| Throughout her career, Berg won fifty seven events | | | | of LPGA affiliation, or the many womens golf school |
| on the LPGA and WPGA circuit, was the runner up in | | | | opportunities that exist. For women who wish to |
| both the 1956 and 1959 LPGA championships, and | | | | improve their golf game, there are many great golf |
| achieved wins at the 1953, 1957, and 1958 Western | | | | school opportunities available. In Arizona, golf schools |
| Opens. | | | | like Wild Horse Pass, Phoenix Goodyear, Prescott, and |
| In addition to her impressive list of victories and wins, | | | | Napa, in affiliation with the Eagle Golf School, offer |
| Berg was also well known throughout the pro golf | | | | three, four, and five day options, all taught by LPGA |
| circuit for her work within the golf school clinics she | | | | professionals. |
| conducted on behalf of Wilson Sporting Goods, and | | | | These packages include lodging, unlimited practice and |
| she herself estimated that had led more than ten | | | | play at the courses, daily lunch with an LPGA |
| thousand of these clinics during the course of her | | | | professional, and all applicable taxes. If you are ready |
| career. | | | | to improve your golf game, Eagle Golf School is a |
| The LPGA tour began in 1944 as the Womens | | | | great place to start. |
| Professional Golf Association or WPGA, founded by | | | | |