Mary Bea Porter-King - Part 2 (Playing the Tour and Saving a Life)
Mary Bea Porter-King begins this episode recounting her early years on the LPGA Tour and the challenges faced by women athletes of that era. She shares her bittersweet memories of her sole Tour win in 1975 when, instead of receiving encouragement and accolades from her coach, she heard feedback that created self-doubt and got her away from doing the things that made her successful. Mary Bea looks back on those still formative years when the LPGA Tour finally evolved into a professionally run and governed organization. She concludes this segment by recalling her life-saving efforts to revive a drowning three-year-old in a backyard swimming pool adjacent to a fairway where she had hit an errant shot. For her efforts that day, she was recognized by the Metropolitan Golf Writers Association with the inaugural Mary Bea Porter Award. Stay tuned for Part 3 as Mary Bea Porter-King concludes with her life after professional golf, "FORE the Good of the Game."
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Porter-King, Mary Bea
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Mary Bea Porter-King is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Porter was born in Everett, Washington. She attended Arizona State University, where she played four sports; golf, basketball, volleyball, and softball. She was inducted into the Arizona State Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
Porter turned professional in 1973 and joined the LPGA Tour after winning the qualifying school tournament in June 1973. She won once on the LPGA Tour in 1975.
During a qualifying round for the 1988 Samaritan Turquoise Classic, Porter saved the life of a drowning boy at a home adjacent to the fairway.
Porter-King moved to Hawaii in 1989 after her marriage and helped found the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association. She was inducted into the Hawaii Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.
Porter-King was awarded the 2011 PGA First Lady of Golf Award by the PGA of America.
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