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I confess I didn’t know a whole lot about the Babe until I read up on her, and I think anyone would admit that her story is pretty incredible. I forgot to mention it in the video, but she is the only woman ever to make a cut in a men’s Tour event, and she did it 3 straight times in 1945, and is also still the only woman to ever qualify for a PGA Tour event as opposed to receiving a sponsor’s exemption. Her record as an amateur includes winning 17 straight events, a feat never matched, and won the U.S. Women’s Amateur in 1946 and the British Women’s Amateur in 1947, this after winning the Women’s Western Open (a major 3 times from 1942 to She turned pro in 1948 and added to her 4 majors she won as an amateur by winning the U.S. Women’s Open. She would win 5 more majors and a total of 48 professional wins before succumbing to cancer in 1956 at age 45. She won the 1954 U.S. Women’s Open wearing a colostomy bag. Think about that for a moment.
Her swing is the most aggressive woman’s swing I’ve ever seen. Her sequencing is amazing, and her pelvic movement is unlike any other woman (other than Mickey Wright and Annika Sorenstam). She excelled at just about every sport including basketball and baseball, and her athleticism was showcased in the 1932 Olympics where she won 2 gold and 1 silver medal in the hurdles, high jump and javelin throw, which indicates she had strength, speed, and technique, all of which she applied to golf. I compare her to Hogan, who I think would have won more majors than even Nicklaus had he not been so badly injured and am sure she would have continued to win had her career not been ended by cancer.
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