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  1.                                  first U.S. woman to win the
  2.                                  British Amateur Open.
  3.                                  Between 1935 and 1954,
  4.                                  she won 82 amateur and 
  5.                                  professional tournaments,
  6. including a record 17 in a row. 
  7.  
  8. In 1950, Babe and golfer Patty Berg helped 
  9. found the Ladies Professional Golf 
  10. Association (LPGA). That same year, Babe 
  11. was voted the Woman Athlete of the First
  12. Half of the 20th Century, by the Associated
  13. Press. In 1951, she made the LPGA Hall of
  14. Fame. 
  15.