Dottie Pepper, LPGA Legend, Two Time Major Champion, & Fantastic Broadcaster, Joins Me...
- S8E26
- 30:06
- September 10th 2021
Dottie shares stories from her life in the game going back to when her Grandmother got her started, her college career at Furman, joining the LPGA Tour in 1988, her two major championship victories at the 1992 & '99 ANA Inspiration, and her transition to broadcasting. Specifically we hear about:
- Her father who played professional baseball with the Detroit Tigers organization and was on the cover of Sports Illustrated in March of 1968.
- Winning the New York State Amateur Championship when she was 15.
- Top 5 finishes in the National Championship in 3 of her 4 years at Furman.
- Finishing low amateur in the 1984 US Open.
- Her two major championship victories both coming at the ANA Inspiration, formerly the Dinah Shore Classic.
- Being a part of 6 Solheim Cup teams and what the US has to do in order to win the Cup back.
- The bear that came charging towards her was she was covering the 2008 US Senior Open.
- And her new book "Letters to a Future Champion" that you can find on her Web site www.dottiepepper.net
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