Cornelius, Kathy (1932–)

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Cornelius, Kathy (1932–)

American golfer. Name variations: Katherine Cornelius. Born Oct 27, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts; attended Florida Southern College; children: Kay Cornelius (golfer).

Won the Southern Amateur (1952); won US Women's Open (1956), runner-up (1965); joined LPGA tour (1957); won Cosmopolitan Open (1959) and Tippecanoe (1961); was co-winner, with Betsy Rawls, of the Zaharias (1962); won the Sealy-Faberge (1973).

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