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Laura Baugh

ローラ・ボー　/　ろーら・ぼー

American professional golfer

May 31, 1955 (age 71)　・　Gainesville, Florida, United States

From Florida
Golfer

My Take

Laura Baugh is one of those names that fascinates me because her fame outran her win column. She was a teenage amateur champion and then arguably the most photographed woman in golf in the 1970s, landing endorsement deals that dwarfed what actual tournament winners were making. Yet that LPGA victory never came, which makes her career a strange, poignant case study in how marketability and results can diverge in sport. I also respect how candidly she later talked about her battle with alcoholism. To me she represents an era of women's golf right before it fully professionalized its star system, and her story still feels underexplored.

Overview

Laura Baugh is an American professional golfer born in 1955 in Gainesville, Florida. She rose to prominence as a teenager, winning the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1971 at age 16, then the youngest ever to do so, and turned professional on the LPGA Tour the following year. Although she became one of the most marketed and recognizable figures in women's golf during the 1970s and 1980s, she never won an LPGA event. She later became open about her struggles with alcoholism.

1. Profile

Name (English): Laura Baugh
Name (Japanese): ローラ・ボー
Reading: ろーら・ぼー
Born: May 31, 1955 (age 71)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Sheep
Origin: Gainesville, Florida, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: Golfer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: California State University, Long Beach

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC

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