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- Nancy Lopez burst onto
- the professional golf
- scene in 1978. In her first
- pro season, she won nine
- tournaments, including a
- record five in a row and the Ladies
- Professional Golf Association (LPGA)
- Championship. She was Rookie of the Year
- and Player of the Year. She brought attention
- to a sport that had not had much publicity.
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- As a kid, Nancy learned the game from her
- father, Domingo, and picked it up easily. She
- won the New Mexico WomenΓÇÖs Amateur
- Championship at the age of 12, and at 15,
- she won the first of her two United States
- Golf Association (USGA) Junior Girls titles.
- The next year, she entered the U.S.
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