Title
Their Game is Golf, 1971
Subject
Golf
Professional sports
Women golfers
African American women golfers
Women athletes
Description
The film starts with brief bios of golfers from the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LGPA). The narrator shares the history of women playing golf dating back to Mary Queen of Scots in the 16th century, and Betsy Rawls gives the history of the LPGA with footage of Petty Berg and Babe Zaharias playing in 1951 and Betsy Rawls and Jackie Pung playing in 1953. Player Shirley Englehorn explains how she came to love golf and the difficulties of being a professional player. Arnold Palmer speaks about the state of women's golf in the United States. The film includes additional interviews with and footage of players in the LPGA. The latter half of the film is about the 1971 Sears Women's World Classic held in Port St. Lucie, Florida, which was won by Ruth Jessen.
Creator
Tel-Air Interests, Incorporated (Miami, Fla.)
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S828
Contributor
Sears Sports Center
Coverage
Late 20th-Century Florida (1968-2000)
Subject - Person
Berg, Patty, 1918-2006
Boykin, Gerda
Englehorn, Shirley Ruth, 1940-
Gibson, Althea, 1927-2003
Palmer, Arnold, 1929-2016
Gunderson Carner, JoAnne, 1939-
Farrer, Kathy
Wilder, Sherry
Zaharias, Babe Didrikson, 1911-1956
Jessen, Mary Ruth, 1936-2007
Rawls, Betsy, 1928-
Pung, Jacqueline Nolte Liwai, 1921-2017
Palmer, Sandra, 1943-
Haynie, Sandra Jane, 1943-
Mann, Carol, 1941-2018
Barnett, Pamela, 1944-
Whitworth, Kathrynne Ann, 1939-
Repasky, Chris
Wright, Mickey, 1935-2020
Burfeindt, Betty, 1945-
Amizich, Amy
Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587
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