What is Marilynn Smith?
[[File:Miss Smith follows the flight of her ball after driving up the fairway gisborne photo news.jpg|thumb|Smith in April 1964]] '''Marilynn Smith''' (April 13, 1929 – April 9, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] [[professional golfer]]. She was one of the 13 [[founder]]s of the Ladies Professional Golf Association ([[LPGA]]) in 1950. She won two [[Women's major golf championships|major championships]] and 21 LPGA Tour events in all. Her major wins were the [[Titleholders Championship]] in 1963 and 1964. She was a member of the [[World Golf Hall of Fame]]. She was born in [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]], [[Kansas]]. Smith died on April 9, 2019, at the age of 89 in [[Goodyear, Arizona]]. She was four days short of her 90th birthday.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.lpga.com/news/lpga-founder-and-world-golf-hall-of-fame-member-marilynn-smith-dies-at-89|title=LPGA Founder and World Golf Hall of Fame Member Marilynn Smith Dies at 89|publisher=[[LPGA]]|date=April 9, 2019|access-date=April 9, 2019|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410021813/http://www.lpga.com/news/lpga-founder-and-world-golf-hall-of-fame-member-marilynn-smith-dies-at-89|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.pga.com/news/golf-buzz/marilynn-smith-hall-of-famer-and-lpga-founder-dies-89|title=Marilynn Smith, Hall of Famer and LPGA founder, dies at 89|publisher=[[PGA]]|date=April 9, 2019|access-date=April 9, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.lpga.com/players/marilynn-smith/81911/overview Marilynn Smith] at the LPGA Tour official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Marilynn}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:American golfers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Topeka, Kansas]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}