Mickey Wright (Golf)

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Mickey Wright was responsible for raising women’s professional golf to a new level and placing it in the public eye. I was fortunate enough to see her play an exhibition match many years ago. I had heard so much about her golf swing — and I was not disappointed. She may have the best swing of anybody who’s ever played this game. An 82-time winter, Mickey Wright ranks with Annika Sorenstam, Babe Zaharias, and a few others as one of the greatest players the LPGA has ever known. In her prime, she might have been the very best.