Nancy Lopez

Nancy Lopez is the kind of athlete I admire beyond her statistics, though those are staggering: 48 LPGA Tour wins, three majors, the World Golf Hall of Fame, and two Associated Press Athlete of the Year honors. What moves me is the magnetism she brought to women's golf, drawing crowds and lending the sport a sense of romance. True stars don't just win; they make people want to watch. As a trailblazer who became an icon for Hispanic American girls, she expanded who could imagine themselves on the course. I regard her as someone who genuinely shifted an era.

Name (English)

Nancy Lopez

Name (Japanese)

ナンシー・ロペス

Reading

なんしー・ろぺす

Born

January 6, 1957 (age 69)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rooster

Origin

Torrance, California, United States

Occupation

golfer / professional golfer

High school

Goddard High School

University

University of Tulsa

Awards & achievements

• World Golf Hall of Fame
• 1978 Associated Press Athlete of the Year
• 1985 Associated Press Athlete of the Year

• Official sitehttp://www.nancylopezgolf.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Lopez
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9A%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q438933

Tags

• California
• golfer
• professional golfer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.