After 20-Month Wait, King Qualifies for Hall of Fame
She had waited 20 months and 41 tournaments for this moment.
On Sunday, Betsy King finally got there. She won her spot in the LPGA Hall of Fame.
“The one word is just relief,” she said. “I didn’t think today was going to be my day, but I made a lot of putts when it counted.”
She completed the last step of her quest by shooting a four-under-par 67 and winning the $650,000 ShopRite LPGA Classic for the 30th victory of her career.
That automatically earned King, 39, from Reading, Pa., a spot in the Hall of Fame. Only 13 others have made it.
King had been chasing her 30th victory since November, 1993. She went winless in 1994, her first winless year since 1983.
King sank a 14-foot birdie putt on No. 17 to break a three-way tie, and she sealed the victory with a 12-footer for birdie on No. 18 to finish at nine-under 204 at Greater Bay Resort and Country Club.
Beth Daniel and Rosie Jones finished two strokes behind.
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