Smith, Wiffi (1936–)

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Smith, Wiffi (1936–)

American golfer. Name variations: Margaret Smith. Born Margaret Smith, Sept 28, 1936, in Redlands, CA.

Won Women's Championship of Mexico (1952); won USGA Junior Girls' championship (1954), World Women's Amateur (1955), British and French Women's Amateur (1956), and Trans-Mississippi (1956); member of Curtis Cup team (1956); joined LPGA tour; won Dallas Open (1957); won Royal Crown Open (1960); won Peach Blossom Open (1961). Inducted into Michigan Golf Hall of Fame (1987).

See also Mona Void, Different Strokes: The Lives and Teachings of the Game's Wisest Women.

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