In another time, Nancy Lopez brought massive attention to the LPGA Tour with her warm smile, bubbly personality and sensational putting game. Lopez was a women’s pioneer who bounced onto the scene in ...

It’s rare for a rookie to win an event during their first year on tour, let alone nine—but not if you’re Nancy Lopez. During her initial season on the LPGA Tour, in 1978, Lopez won nine times, which ...

Nancy Lopez admits to being intimidated when she joined the Ladies’ Professional Golf Association tour in 1977. For one of the game’s greatest competitors and champions, it is hard to image how Lopez ...

This story by the late Rhonda Glenn, written for the USGA website in 2012, has been updated for the “125 Years of American Golf” series. On a fresh October morning, as Nancy Lopez answered the ...

Editor's Note: This piece was originally published in 2018. We might never see another rookie season like the one Nancy Lopez had in 1978. Then 22, she won five LPGA Tour events in a row and four more ...

Nancy Lopez, who earned her way into the LPGA’s Hall of Fame 15 years ago, said Wednesday that she won’t play full time after this year. “I’m not retiring from golf, but I will be playing one more ...