Shirley Englehorn

Shirley Ruth Englehorn (born December 12, 1940) is an American former professional golfer. She won 11 tournaments during her LPGA Tour career, including one major, the 1970 LPGA Championship.

Born and raised in Caldwell, Idaho, Englehorn was introduced to golf by Shirley Spork, one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA, and also studied with Johnny Revolta, an 18-time PGA Tour winner and the PGA Championship victor in 1935.

She won many amateur and open events, including the McCall Open in 1957 and 1958, the Idaho Open from 1957 to 1959 and the Pacific Northwest Amateur in 1958. She also won the Oregon Open in 1959 and was the youngest player ever to receive the Dorothy Pease Trophy (Trans-Miss) at the age of 15.

After graduation from Caldwell High School in 1958, Englehorn turned pro at age 18 in 1959 and joined the LPGA Tour. She was sponsored by the Athletic Round Table of Spokane from 1960 through 1962. Despite a career-threatening equestrian accident in Georgia in March 1960, Englehorn recovered and won her first tournament at age 21 in July 1962 at the Women's Eastern Open in Sutton, Massachusetts. She won a total of 11 events on the LPGA Tour, including one major championship, the LPGA Championship in 1970 in a playoff over Kathy Whitworth, her third victory at Sutton.

Englehorn led the tour that season in wins with four. Five years earlier in 1965, she suffered injuries in an automobile accident and missed much of the season. Englehorn was awarded the Ben Hogan Award in early 1968 by the Golf Writers Association of America in honor of her successful comeback from injuries. She had surgery on her ankle in 1971 and 1973 and in each case returned to compete. She later became a golf instructor, and won the LPGA Teacher of the Year Award in 1978. Her last LPGA appearance was in 1979.

LPGA Tour wins (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 22, 1962	Eastern Open	74-77-75=226	+4	3 strokes	Mary Mills
2	Sep 9, 1962	Eugene Open	75-69-79-69=292	−4	7 strokes	Jackie Pung
3	Jul 7, 1963	Lady Carling Eastern Open	71-79-71=221	+4	2 strokes	JoAnne Carner (a)
4	Aug 9, 1964	Waterloo Women's Open Invitational	72-71-68=211	−5	4 strokes	Ruth Jessen
5	May 22, 1966	Babe Zaharias Open	71-68-70=209	−1	2 strokes	Kathy Whitworth
6	Sep 17, 1967	Shirley Englehorn Invitational	71-70-69=210	−3	Playoff	Kathy Whitworth
7	Aug 10, 1968	Concord Open	77-76-76=229	−2	3 strokes	Sandra Haynie
8	May 17, 1970	Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Tournament	74-74-68=216	E	2 strokes	Carol Mann
9	May 31, 1970	O'Sullivan Ladies Open	71-68-71=210	−6	Playoff	Margie Masters
10	Jun 7, 1970	Lady Carling Open	72-67-71=210	−9	1 stroke	Carol Mann
11	Jun 13, 1970	LPGA Championship	70-70-75-70=285	−7	Playoff	Kathy Whitworth

LPGA Tour playoff record (3–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1963	Rock City Ladies Open	Barbara Romack	Lost to par on third extra hole
2	1966	Alamo Ladies' Open	Sandra Haynie	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
3	1967	Shirley Englehorn Invitational	Kathy Whitworth	Won with par on second extra hole
4	1970	O'Sullivan Ladies Open	Margie Masters	Won with birdie on first extra hole
5	1970	LPGA Championship	Kathy Whitworth	Won 18-hole playoff by 4 strokes (74−78)

Other wins (1)

• 1964 Haig & Haig Scotch Foursome (with Sam Snead)

• Mullin, Bob (September 10, 1962). "Englehorn wins Open by 7 strokes". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. p. 2B. 

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1970	LPGA Championship	−7 (70-70-75-70=285)	Playoff 1	Kathy Whitworth

1 Won in an 18-hole playoff. Englehorn:74, Whitworth:78