LPGA Golfing trio praised for accolades
Topping the list is Patty Sheehan.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Patty Sheehan, Kim Williams and Gail Graham have been selected to receive some of the LPGA Tour's most prestigious awards.
Topping the list is Sheehan, the U.S. captain for the Solheim Cup and a member of the Hall of Fame who won the Patty Berg Award for outstanding contributions to golf.
Along with guiding the Americans to a 151/2-121/2 victory in the Solheim Cup, Sheehan carried the Olympic torch for the Winter Games in Salt Lake City, and she won on the inaugural Women's Senior Golf Tour.
Williams won the Heather Farr Award for returning to a high level of play after enduring various setbacks. She was struck by a stray bullet in 1994, had back surgery in 1998 and then was hit by another driver in a car crash in January 2001 after the first round of the season-opening event.
She sustained a broken left collarbone, a displaced sternum, torn cartilage in her ribs, a strained hip flexor and a deep cut on her right knee.
Williams played 22 times this year, and her best finish was a tie for sixth.
The award is named for Farr, who died following a 41/2-year battle with breast cancer.
Graham, outgoing president of the LPGA, won the William and Mousie Powell Award for behavior and deeds that exemplify the values of the LPGA.
Also, Jean Zedlitz and Amy Fruhwirth were joint winners of the Budget Service Award for their contributions to junior golf.