Any conversation around the best female golfers of all time will include the likes of Annika Sorenstam, Mickey Wright and Kathy Whitworth – the Major winners, the record breakers, the icons.
The best of the best have a habit of winning under the greatest pressure. They’re not just champions, though – serial winners with huge trophy cabinets. It’s the impact these players have left on the game that also sets them apart.
Without further ado, and in no particular order (that would be a separate debate), here’s our list of the greatest female golfers of all time (the GOATs).
Karrie Webb
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Arguably Australia’s greatest ever golfer, Karrie Webb won titles all over the world in relentless fashion, including seven Majors. That she carried the Olympic Torch for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney speaks volumes about her status.
Kathy Whitworth
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Kathy Whitworth won an incredible 88 times on the LPGA Tour. She won six Major Championship titles, too, and was the first American captain for the inaugural Solheim Cup in 1990. In 1966, she was victorious nine times, the same year she claimed the first of her seven LPGA Player of the Year titles.
Patty Berg
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One of the founding members of the LPGA Tour, Patty Berg is widely thought to be the player who helped revolutionise women’s golf. The American holds the record for most Major Championship titles (15).
Louise Suggs
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Louise Suggs was another player who helped found the LPGA Tour. She was a modicum of consistency during the 1950s in particular, a decade when she finished outside the top three in the season-ending money list only once.
Mickey Wright
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It is believed that Ben Hogan once said that Mickey Wright’s swing was the best he had ever seen. It was a silky action that delivered great success – 82 Tour wins, including 13 Major Championships. How about this for consistency? The American won a staggering 10 times or more over the course of four consecutive seasons.
Annika Sorenstam
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The first European female player to dominate women’s golf, Annika Sorenstam won 72 times on the LPGA Tour, 10 of which were Majors. The Swede shot to prominence in 2003 when she became the…
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