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Shirley Spork was born on 14 May, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., is an American professional golfer (1927–2022). Discover Shirley Spork's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 94 years old?

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Age 94 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 14 May, 1927
Birthday 14 May
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Date of death 12 April, 2022
Died Place Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1927

Shirley G. Spork (May 14, 1927 – April 12, 2022) was an American professional golfer and one of the founders of the LPGA Tour.

1941

She played in tournaments in Detroit as young as age 14 and the Detroit Free Press wrote in 1941 that she "appears to be one of the future stars of Detroit."

She went on to attend a golf school given by the Free Press.

1944

One of her first major wins took place in 1944 at a Red Cross golf event.

Spork wanted to play golf after high school, but was discouraged by her parents.

1945

Instead, she started to attend Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University) in 1945.

1946

She had "top honors" at the Women's District Golf Association tournament in June 1946.

1947

At college, she won the 1947 national individual intercollegiate golf championship, playing in between final exams.

1948

She was runner-up in the intercollegiate championship in 1948.

1949

She graduated from college in 1949.

1950

Spork went pro and began to play professional events in 1950.

In the fall of 1950, Spork was hired to work at the health and physical education department of Bowling Green State University.

She also served as the LPGA’s T&CP chairperson for eight years.

Spork was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950.

Shirley Spork finished among the top 10 on the LPGA’s money list in 1950, placing second in the 1962 LPGA Championship and fourth in the Carling Eastern Open that year.

1951

In 1951, she toured the United Kingdom and France.

1954

She also started teaching golf at Tamarisk Country Club in Palm Springs, California in 1954.

She was also involved with creating a teaching division in the LPGA which became the Teaching and Club Professional Membership.

1959

She worked as a teaching professional for many years and was recognized as LPGA Teacher of the Year in 1959 and 1984.

Spork also taught golf with the National Golf Foundation and was an educator at Bowling Green State University.

As a player, she started in her early teens and continued to play golf into her nineties.

Spork was raised outside Detroit in Redford, Michigan, the only child of a father who was an electrical engineer and a mother who was a clerk in a pharmacy, both did not play golf, but the family home was adjacent to the Bonnie Brook Golf Course.

As a child, she began to collect, wash and resell golf balls and at age 13, used these funds to buy her own golf clubs.

She began to practice after hours.

She was awarded the LPGA Teacher of the Year Award in 1959 and again in 1984.

1962

Spork finished second at the 1962 LPGA Championship.

1968

In 1968, she joined the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame.

1970

For a few years in the mid to late 1970s, Spork worked as an educator for the National Golf Foundation.

1972

Spork was able to give back to EMU Athletics by supporting the women's golf team despite graduating 23 years before Title IX made gender equality in sports a reality in 1972.

An endowment has been established in her honor to complement the program's operating budget and extend women's golf possibilities.

In addition, every October at EagleCrest Golf Club, EMU hosts a fall women's collegiate tournament in her honor.

1981

In addition, she was added to the Eastern Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981.

1998

Spork received the Ellen Griffin Rolex Award, the L.P.G.A.’s highest teaching honor, in 1998.

2000

She was inducted into the inaugural class of the L.P.G.A. Teaching and Club Professional Hall of Fame in 2000.

2015

She won the 2015 Patty Berg Award for contributions to women’s golf.

2016

Additionally, she founded the Shirley Spork L.P.G.A. Masters Pro-Am at the Palm Valley Country Club in Palm Desert, Calif., in 2016, with part of the proceeds benefiting the Eastern Michigan University women’s golf program.

Spork continued to play golf into her 90s.

2017

She also received the Heritage Award from the SCPGA in 2017.

2019

Spork was inducted into the PGA of America Hall of Fame in 2019.

Two weeks before Spork passed, it was announced that she, along with the other 12 founders of the tour, would be inducted into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame.