Legendary local golfer Betty Probasco, one of the world’s most familiar names in the women’s amateur ranks, has died at the age of 95.
The Lookout Mountain, Georgia, resident’s list of records and achievements include a record eight victories in the Women’s Tennessee State Amateur tournament, spanning from 1954 to 1986. She won at least one state title in five different decades, won a senior amateur tournament and also claimed four women’s amateur titles in her home state of Kentucky.
As a student at Rollins College, she was the national collegiate champion in 1950 and was later selected to the prestigious Curtis Cup team in 1956 and served as a non-player captain in 1982, when the team went on to the most lopsided victory in the history of the event.
“Winning tournaments is a great thing… but I’m just not sure it compares with being able to perform for your country,” Probasco said immediately after the team’s win.