Lacoste, Catherine (1945–)
Lacoste, Catherine (1945–)
French golfer. Name variations: Mme De Prado. Born June 27, 1945, in Chantaco, France; dau. of Simone Thion de la Chaume (professional golfer who won the British Amateur) and René Lacoste (French tennis champion and manufacturer of Lacoste sport shirt); married, Aug 1969.
Won the 1st Women's World Amateur Team championships; won the French Closed championship twice and French Open three times; won US Women's Open (1967), the 1st foreign player and 1st amateur to win the event; won the French, British, and US amateur titles (1969); retired from competition (1972), age 27.
See also Women in World History.
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