| Let's face it: famous female golfers are few and | | | | 1992 Sorenstam has won 69 LPGA tournaments |
| far between in a sport largely dominated by men. | | | | (including 10 majors). |
| Historically, golf was deemed much to | | | | Another big LPGA winner is Nancy Lopez, who |
| "aggressive" for women to play; mini-golf was | | | | won 9 tournaments in her first year on the tour! |
| invented as a more dainty option in which ladies | | | | She won 49 tournaments, a record for her time, |
| could partake. | | | | and 3 majors. |
| Today's most famous lady of the green is Michelle | | | | Mickey Wright won an impressive 82, including 13 |
| Wie. Wie began to turn heads in 2005, when at 15 | | | | majors, all before her 34th birthday, when she |
| she became the first woman to qualify for a | | | | retired from the tour. |
| USGA men's tournament. She went pro that | | | | One name you've probably never heard is Babe |
| year, just weeks before her 16th birthday. She | | | | Didrikson Zaharias, who paved the way for all the |
| was named to Time Magazine's list of "100 people | | | | names above. America's first female golf celeb, |
| who shaped our world" in 2006. Though Wie was | | | | she played in the 40's and 50's. She had 41 tour |
| swept into headlines by a media firestorm, there | | | | wins and 10 majors, but what's really thrilling about |
| have been other recognizable female golfers in | | | | Zaharias is that she successfully played in multiple |
| the past few decades. | | | | PGA events. She made the 36-hole cut in 3 of |
| Annika Sorenstam, though less of a name than | | | | the 4 events she participated in- the only woman |
| Wie, has a much better record. Since going pro in | | | | to do this to date. |