Grupo Mayan Resorts: About Amy Alcott
Amy Alcott was one of the greatest lady golfers. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri in the year 1956.
During her career days, say the Grupo Mayan experts, she managed 29 tour Victories as well as 5 Major Championships. Some of Alcottís achievements that are most remarkable include a triple triumph in the Kraft Nabisco Championship. She did this in 1983, 1988, and 1991. She won the du Maurier Classic won in 1979 and the U.S. Women’s Open the following year.
Her full trophy cabinet includes a glittering array of honours and awards among which are the 1980 Vare Trophy (low scoring average) and the World Golf Hall of Fame Member trophy.
Following her Nabisco Dinah Shore success, say the Grupo Mayan golf professionals, Amy Alcott leapt right into the greenside pond near the 18th hole. Alcott was actually the first player to jump in the lake as a celebration for winning the Nabisco. This is now a tradition for the other winners of this particular championship.
One thing that all the Grupo Mayan golf experts agree is that Alcott is one of the greatest irons players of golf history. She would always fire straight to the pin.
Amyís amateur golf career was indeed a short one, as opposed to the professional career that followed this one, which ended being very productive and full of satisfactions, say the Grupo Mayan experts in this sport.
Amy Alcott won the U.S. Girls Junior Amateur in 1973, and by the year 1975, at the age of 19, she became a professional. She embarked on the LPGA Tour immediately; her first victory came in her third start, at the Orange Blossom Classic. Alcott was named Rookie of the Year.
Alcott achieved the remarkable feat of winning four tournaments per year in 1979, 1980 and 1984. Alcottís best year came in 1980, say the Grupo Mayan experts, when besides those four victories she finished second five times, and was in the Top 10 in 21 out of the 28 tournaments played.
The first major victory at championships level was the Peter Jackson Classic of 1979, which was later renamed and called the du Maurier Classic.
The Kraft Nabisco Championship of the year 1991 saw the last victory of Amy Alcott on the LPGA Tour. It was at that event that Amy Alcott initiated what is nowadays a tradition typical of this event: leaping into the greenside lake to celebrate the victory.
That win was the 29th in Amy Alcottís career, according to the Grupo Mayan experts in this sport. In 1999, the LPGA switched to a criterion based on points. Under this new system Alcott finally made her way to get into the Hall of Fame.