SOME STARS IN COLOR
Betty Hicks
July 23, 1956
On the eve of the 11th National Women's Open
championship, which will be held in Duluth, July 26-28, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
presents a color gallery on the following four pages of some of the stars of
women's professional golf. In the Open they will not only be battling each
other but a strong amateur entry headed by Wiffi Smith, new British Amateur
champion.
Kathy Cornelius, 23, a relative newcomer, is the wife
of a golf professional and the mother of a two-year-old daughter.
Diane Garrett, the circuit cutie pie, is a poised and
intelligent 19-year-old Texan, the daughter of a Beaumont pro.
Jo Ann Prentice is a typical circuit convert: an
amateur star who couldn't afford to keep playing amateur golf.
Betsy Rawls, Phi Beta Kappa at University of Texas,
averaged an annual $8,000 her first five years as a pro.
Beverly Hanson is the current holder of LPGA
match-play title, a strong player who registered her first big victory in the
1950 Amateur.
Mary Lena Faulk from Thomasville, Ga., 1953 Amateur
queen, is a conscientious student who has developed a smooth, polished
swing.