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Home > Golf > LPGA Tour Players > Stone, Beth
Stone, Beth
Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. The two basic forms of playing golf are match play and stroke play. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. LPGA, in is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, with headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida runs a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world from February to November each year. The LPGA was founded in 1950 by a group of 13 women. LPGA Tour's events are held in the United States.
Beth Stone, LPGA player was born on May 15, 1940 in Harlingen, Texas. She became professional in 1961. Beth was the Oklahoma high school champion in 1955 and 56. In 1957 she was the Oklahoma junior champ and was runner-up in the USGA, United States Golf Association Junior, and that year was awarded the Pete Smith athletic achievement award. She won the Oklahoma State Amateur title in 1960.
In her professional career, she frequently was a contender and a five-time runner-up during her career, Beth has been unable to break through into the win column. She plays particularly well on difficult courses, as witnessed by her second-place finishes in the 1967 and 74 Women’s Opens. She had her best year ever in 1978 with almost 33,000 dollars in earnings. The 1979 season was a very disappointing one for Beth, but perhaps some of the reason lies in her time-consuming duties as President of the LPGA.
She was first girl ever to earn a varsity letter on the men’s golf team at the University of Oklahoma, where she was on scholarship. She owns a ranch in Mushogee, Okla and raises quarter horses. She is a player known for her mental toughness owing to which many of her famous matches went the distance. Her superior approach and dedication to the game made her stand out from the crowd.
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