Ladies Professional Golf Association: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	LPGA
Date	August 1950 - present
Areas Of Involvement	golf • professionalism • Evian Championship
Related People	Babe Didrikson Zaharias • Patty Sheehan • Betty Jameson • Lorena Ochoa • Patty Berg • Annika Sörenstam • Louise Suggs • Kathy Whitworth

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