Biography
Amy Alcott - Member of the World Golf and LPGA Halls of Fame:Year Inducted: 1999
Nineteen-year-old Amy Alcott was named the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Rookie of the Year in 1975. Twenty-four years and 34 professional victories later, she was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1999."To be honored in the great circles of golf, to be enshrined with the other great Hall of Famers is something that I truly looked forward to," said Alcott at the press conference announcing her place in the LPGA Hall of Fame. "In my heart, I have felt that I've had a Hall of Fame career."
Alcott’s career highlights include 29 LPGA Tour wins and five major titles—the 1979 Peter Jackson Classic, the 1980 U.S. Women’s Open, and the Nabisco Dinah Shore in 1983, 1988, and 1991.
In 1983, her winnings made Alcott the LPGA’s sixth millionaire. She became the third LPGA player to top $2 million in career earnings in 1988 and crossed the $3 million mark in 1994. At the time of her IJSHOF election, Alcott’s $3.4 million in career earnings ranked fourteenth all-time on the Ladies Tour.
Only the seventeenth woman to be inducted into the World LPGA Hall of Fame, Alcott has received most of professional golf’s awards and honors. Among them, in 1980 she was Golf Magazine’s Player of the Year and recipient of the Vare Trophy for best Tour scoring average. In 1985, she was recipient of the Mickey Wright Award and LPGA Founders Cup Award. The California Golf Writers Association named her Female Golfer of the Year in 1987.
Alcott’s short amateur career was highlighted by her victory in the United States Golf Association Juniors championship in 1973.
She has authored the book “A Woman’s Guide to Golf” and is featured in the instruction video Winning at Golf with Amy Alcott.
TOURNAMENT VICTORIES
1975-Orange Blossom Classic
1976-LPGA Classic Colgate Far East Open
1977-Houston Exchange Clubs Classic
1978 American Defender Classic
1979-Elizabeth Arden Classic, Peter Jackson Classic United Virginia Bank Classic Mizuno Japan Classic
1980 American Defender/WRAL Classic Mayflower Classic U.S. Women's Open Inamori Classic
1981-Bent Tree Ladies Classic, Lady Michelob
1982-Women's Kemper Open
1983-Nabisco Dinah Shore Invitational
1984-United Virginia Bank Classic, Lady Keystone Open, Portland PING Championship,
Portland PING Championship, San Jose Classic
1985-Circle K Tucson Open, Moss Creek Women's Invitational, World Championship of Women's Golf
1986-Mazda Hall of Fame Championship LPGA National Pro-Am
1988-Nabisco Dinah Shore
1989-Boston Five Classic
1991-Nabisco Dinah Shore
CURRENT CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS
Countrywide Financial Corporation Worldwide Spokesperson, Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group Spokesperson, Precept Golf Balls and Gloves, Golf Digest Player Editor
FORMER CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS (partial list)
Spokesperson for the following (1982-2001), Sunkist, Elizabeth Arden, Ralph Lauren Fragrances, Tiffany & Co, Quaker Oats Company, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Kennedy Wilson International, Princeville Resort-Kauai, HI,
Carmel Golf & Country Club-Carmel, CA
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Turned Professional, 1975
33 Professional Victories Worldwide
29 Official LPGA Tour Wins
5 Majors Titles
LPGA and World Golf Halls of Fame – Inducted March 1999
OTHER FACTS
Co-Designer Indian Canyons Golf Club, Palm Springs, CA opened December 2004
Co Host GOLFCHIX Radio Show, Syndicated and on Sirius Satellite
Instruction Video “Winning at Golf with Amy Alcott”
Book “A Woman’s Guide to Golf ” by Amy Alcott
Endowed $50,000 to UCLA Women’s Golf Program, 1998
Endowed $50,000 to UCLA Children’s Hospital to enhance Neonatal Intensive Care, 1998
Established Amy Alcott / GOLF, 1998. A company to design and manage
Women’s Golf Academies and co-develop affordable, state-of-the-art public driving ranges and practice facilities.
TELEVISION / MOTION PICTURE APPEARANCES
Tin Cup, starring Kevin Costner & Rene Russo– cameo role, Paramount Studios, 1997
Tracey Takes on “The Supernatural” The Tracey Ullman Show– cameo role, HBO TV, 1998
The Orlimar Scoring System TV Infomercial– feature instructor, 2000
ARLI$$, The Art of the Sports SuperAgent, “Creatures of Habit,”– cameo role, HBO TV, 2000
AWARDS (partial list)
Rookie of the Year, 1975
Golf Magazine Player of the Year and Vare Trophy, 1980
YWCA Silver National Achievement, 1984
National MS Achievement Award, 1984
LPGA Founders Cup, 1985
Female Golfer of the Year, California Golf Writers Association, 1987
PERSONAL
Born: February 22, 1956 in Kansas City, Missouri
Eyes: Green
Hair: Black
Residence: Santa Monica, California
GOLF OUTINGS COURSE DESIGN • PRODUCT SPOKESPERSON
References’
http://www.amyalcott.com
http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/AmyAlcott.htm
http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/alcottam.shtml
http://www.wgv.com/hof/member.php?member=1016
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