Fay Crocker biography
Date of birth : 1914-08-02
Date of death : -
Birthplace : Montevideo, Uruguay
Nationality : Uruguayan
Category : Sports
Last modified : 2011-10-07 12:03:46
Credited as : woman professional golfer, LPGA tour,
Major Championships:
• U.S. Women's Open: 1955
• Titleholders: 1960
Trivia:
• When she won the 1955 U.S. Women's Open, Fay Crocker became the first non-American to win an LPGA major.
• When she won the 1960 Titleholders Championship at age 45 years, 7 months, 1 day, Crocker set the record - which still stands - for oldest LPGA major champion.
• Crocker was the first golfer to break 70 in a round at the U.S. Women's Open.
Crocker first played the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1939, but never had much success in the tournament. She did, however, impress spectators with her length off the tee. A 1939 Time magazine article said of Crocker, "... (her) long drives fascinated the galleries, convinced them that she is the Sam Snead of women golfers."
Crocker worked for a while as a visa clerk in the American embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but eventually decided to pursue a professional golf career full-time. From the time she turned pro in 1954 up through at least 1958 (and possibly through 1960), Crocker played in every single LPGA event held.
In her very first round as a pro, at a 1954 tournament in Sea Island, Georgia, Crocker set a course record.
Crocker was 39 years old at the time she turned pro, and when she won the 1955 Serbin Open, she set a record as the LPGA's oldest first-time winner. She was 40 years, 6 months, 18 days, and that record still stands.
Crocker won three times in 1955, including the U.S. Women's Open, where she outdueled Louise Suggs and Mary Lena Faulk down the stretch.
Crocker won twice each in 1956, 1957, and 1958
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