Betty Jameson

Background

Jameson was born in Norman, Oklahoma and graduated from Dallas" Sunset High School in 1939.

Education

University of Texas at Austin.

Career

She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950. She started playing golf at age 11. Jameson turned professional in 1945.

She was one of the thirteen women who founded the LPGA in 1950.

In 1967, when the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame was created, Jameson was one of the six inaugural inductees. The LPGA recognized her induction year into the Hall of Fame of Women"s Golf, 1951, as her official induction year into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame and the World Golf Hall of Fame.

She competed in her final LPGA event, the Burdine"s Invitational, in 1970. Jameson conceived the idea of annually honoring the golfer with the lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour and, in 1952, donated a trophy for that in the name of Glenna Collett Vare.

She was inducted into the Women"s Sports Foundation"s Hall of Fame in 1999.

Jameson died in Boynton Beach, Florida. LPGA Tour wins (13) 1942 (1) Women"s Western Open (as an amateur) Other wins Wins (3).

Achievements

• 1942 (1) Women"s Western Open (as an amateur) 1947 (2) United States. Women"s Open, Women"s Texas Open 1948 (1) Tampa Open 1952 (3) Corpus Christi Tournament, Bakersfield Open (tie with Marlene Hagge, Betsy Rawls, and Babe Zaharias), World Championship 1953 (1) Serbin Miami Beach Open 1954 (1) Women"s Western Open 1955 (4) Sarasota Open, Babe Zaharias Open, White Mountain Open, Richmond Open 1938 Women"s Texas Open (as an amateur) 1952 Hardscrabble Open 1955 Virginia Hot Springs 4-Ball (with Mary Lena Faulk) 1958 Homestead 4-Ball (with Mary Lena Faulk).

Membership

She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.