Sixty years ago, a tennis player at Irvin High School named Jackie Guadagnoli inspired other students in a big way. A superb student and championship tennis player from humble beginnings, she won every tennis tournament from Arizona to Texas during the 1960s. In 1965, she won the National Jaycee Championship for girls 16 and under and ranked #4 in the United States. In 1966, she won first place in the State of Texas 4A High School Championships in girls doubles and was named “El Paso Athlete of the Year” the next year. She received a full scholarship to Mary Baldwin College in Virginia, finishing her interscholastic career by leading the UTEP women’s tennis team. After going professional, she served as the tennis pro at the El Paso Country Club until an injury prompted her to enroll at NMSU. She earned a Ph.D. in clinical psychology to help other people.
This Week In Spartan Athletics - March 1-7 sjsuspartans.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sjsuspartans.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
US Women s Open: Justin Ray with the key stats from the final round South Korea s A Lim Kim set a number of records in the weather-delayed final day of the US Women s Open, capping a final-round 67 with three consecutive birdies to clinch a one-shot victory
By Justin Ray, 15th Club
Last Updated: 15/12/20 6:33am A Lim Kim came from five strokes behind to clinch victory
After A Lim Kim roared to a remarkable victory at the 75th US Women s Open, stats guru Justin Ray looks at the top 10 numbers from the final round in Houston.
1:
A Lim Kim assembled one of the most memorable finishing flurries in US Women s Open history, birdieing the last three holes to win by one stroke. Kim is the first player since Eun Hee Ji in 2009 to birdie the final hole and win by one. Kim s final-round, a four-under 67, gained 7.43 strokes on the field, the most in the final round by a US Women s Open champion since Meg Mallon in 2004 (7.88).