Marilynn Smith, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour whose 21 victories, two majors and endless support of her tour led to her induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame, has died at her home in Arizona. She was 89.
Smith, who died Tuesday, was last seen in public March 24 at the Bank of Hope Founders Cup, greeting players as they walked off the 18th green.Smith was president of the Ladies Professional Golf Assn. from 1958 to 1960 and, in 1973, became the first woman to work a PGA Tour event as a TV broadcaster.
Smith had turned pro in 1949 at a time when equipment companies began to recognize the potential for growth in golf after World War II. She signed a $5,000 contract with Spalding for up to 100 clinics a year, and she eventually had a signature line of golf clubs. Smith won the 1954 Fort Wayne Open for the first of her 21 LPGA titles and captured her two majors in the 1963 Titleholders, where she beat Mickey Wright by one shot in an 18-hole playoff. Smith won the Titleholders again the following year.
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