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Best Golfers from Each State: Idaho Golf and Shirley Englehorn

By Christopher O'Day

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 10: Tiger Woods of the United States is presented with the Ben Hogan Award by Bob Harig of ESPN during the Golf Writers Association of America 47th Annual Awards Dinner on April 10, 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 10: Tiger Woods of the United States is presented with the Ben Hogan Award by Bob Harig of ESPN during the Golf Writers Association of America 47th Annual Awards Dinner on April 10, 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images) /
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We continue our top golfer series by examining Idaho Golf. Another entrant in our series comes from the LPGA Tour, this time, it’s Shirley Englehorn.

It’s still fairly on in our series, but we have another entrant from the LPGA Tour. The Honor for Idaho Golf goes to Shirley Englehorn, who brought home her fair share of wins in the 1960s and 1970.

Unable to find a suitable picture as a headline, you can see Tiger Woods accepting the award back in 2019, the same Bob Hogan award that Englehorn won herself in 1968. You can see her here.

Joining Jennifer Kupcho and Michelle Wie, Englehorn takes the next spot in our list, lengthening the list of LPGA players to take their states honor.

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There aren’t a ton of candidates for Idaho Golf, but Shirley Englehorn has more than earned the top honor.

Englehorn started golf at a young age and was influenced and assisted by some of golf’s most influential players. Shirley Spook introduced her to the game, and she was one of the founding members of the LPGA. She also learned a bit from 18-time PGA Tour winner Johnny Revolta.

Between 1962 and 1970, Englehorn won 11 times on Tour, the latter of which was her first major championship win. She won the LPGA Championship by way of a playoff over Kathy Whitworth in 1970. This was actually her last career LPGA win.

Her career likely could’ve been more impressive if not for an automobile accident in 1965. She did manage to come back, and in fact, paired her LPGA Championship win in 1970 with leading the tour in wins that season with four. Said injury clawed it’s way back, leading to surgeries in the early 70s.

Although she never won on tour again, her golf career continued. After becoming an instructor, she won the LPGA Instructor of the year in 1978. Quite the accomplishment just five years after her most recent ankle surgery.

Next. Top Golfers from each State: Florida Golf and Brooks Koepka. dark

That’ll do it for the newest entrant into the top golfers by state. Shirley Englehorn takes the title for Best Idaho Golf product. Next on the list… Illinois.

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