Betty Jameson was one of the thirteen founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1950.
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Betty Jameson was one of the thirteen founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1950.
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Betty Jameson won three major championships and a total of thirteen events during her career, one as amateur and twelve as a professional.
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Betty Jameson was born in Norman, Oklahoma and graduated from Dallas' Sunset High School in 1939.
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Betty Jameson won the 1932 Texas Publinx title at the age of 13 and the Southern Championship when she was 15.
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Betty Jameson was selected to the DISD Athletics Hall of Fame and is a Member of the Sunset High School Hall of Fame.
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Betty Jameson was one of the thirteen women who founded the LPGA in 1950.
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Betty Jameson won a total of thirteen events, including three major championships.
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Betty Jameson competed in her final LPGA event, the Burdine's Invitational, in 1970.
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Betty 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.
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Betty Jameson had to stop playing golf, other than doing some occasional chipping and putting, because of pain in her wrists caused by carpal tunnel syndrome.
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Betty Jameson took up painting for her own enjoyment and sold a few works to friends.
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