Happy Women's Golf Day!
Jun 4th 2019
Happy Women's Golf Day! Each year women around the world take to the greens to celebrate, honor and empower women through golf on this day. Here are a few interesting facts about women in golf:
- Mary, Queen of Scots is thought to be the first female golfer.
- The first official women's golf club, the St. Andrews Ladies Putting Club, was established in 1867.
- Gloria Minoprino was the first woman to wear trousers at a ladies' championship (in 1933).
- The golf handicap system was invented by Issette Miller in 1893.
- The first woman to win the Invitational Pro-Am at Pebble Beach was Juli Inkster in 1990.
- According to the National Golf Foundation approximately 5.8 million women play golf (19% of all golfers are women).
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