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