What is Shirley Spork?
'''Shirley G. Spork''' (May 14, 1927 &ndash; April 12, 2022) was an American [[professional golfer]]. She was born in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. Spork was one of the founders of the [[LPGA Tour]] and modern ladies' golf.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/sports/golf/20founders.html |title=Past and Present Meet at L.P.G.A. Tour Event |newspaper=The New York Times |first=Glenn |last=Swain |date=March 19, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CWxufs427v8C&dq=shirley+spork+born+in&pg=PA63 |title=Different Strokes: The Lives and Teachings of the Game's Wisest Women |first=Mona |last=Vold |publisher=Diane Publishing Company |year=1999 |isbn=978-0756768102 |pages=63–74}}</ref> She never won an LPGA Tour event but she finished second at the [[1962 LPGA Championship]]. She won the 1947 national individual [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships#Individual|intercollegiate golf championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mwgolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bio-Shirley-Spork-Final.pdf |title=Honoree Shirley Spork |publisher=Michigan Women's Golf Association |access-date=May 2, 2017 |archive-date=April 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413100328/http://mwgolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bio-Shirley-Spork-Final.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Spork died on April 12, 2022 in [[Palm Springs, California]] at the age of 94.<ref>[https://www.golfchannel.com/news/lpga-founder-recent-hall-fame-selection-shirley-spork-dies-94 LPGA founder, recent Hall of Fame selection Shirley Spork dies at 94]</ref> == Sources == * {{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/differentstrokes00mona|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/differentstrokes00mona/page/n7 4]|title=Different Strokes: The Lives and Teachings of the Game's Wisest Women|last=Vold|first=Mona|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1999|isbn=0684848635|location=New York}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Spork, Shirley}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category