Laura Baugh

**Laura Zonetta Baugh** (an haife ta a ranar 31 ga Mayu, 1955) ƙwararriyar 'yar wasan golf ce ' yar Amurka, wacce ta buga LPGA Tour tsawon shekaru 25. Marubuciya ce da aka buga a jaridu kuma mai watsa shirye-shiryen golf.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Baugh a Gainesville, Florida . Mahaifinta Hale Baugh, lauya ce da ta fafata a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1948 a matsayin mai buga ƙwallon pentathlete ta zamani, ƙwararren ɗan wasan golf ne, wanda ya gabatar da 'ya'yansa ga wasan golf tun suna ƙanana. Ta lashe gasar National PeeWee Golf Championship sau biyar, ta fara fitowa tana da shekaru uku. Iyayenta sun sake ta tana da shekaru 11, kuma ta ƙaura tare da mahaifiyarta daga gidansu na Florida zuwa Long Beach, California . Ba ta da kuɗin biyan kuɗin makaranta, ita da abokanta za su yi ta shiga filayen golf don yin wasa. Tana da shekaru 14, ta lashe gasar golf ta mata ta Los Angeles guda biyu a jere. Babban ɗan'uwanta Beau Baugh ya yi wasa a sana'a na ɗan lokaci. Ta kammala karatun sakandare tana da shekaru 16 da kyakkyawan sakamako. Ta yi karatu a Kwalejin Long Beach City da Jami'ar Jihar California, Long Beach .  

## Aikin mai son sha'awa
A shekarar 1971, tana da shekaru 16, a Atlanta Country Club da ke Atlanta, Georgia, ta doke Beth Barry, wacce take matsayi na ɗaya a kan teburi, a wasan ƙarshe mai ramuka 36 don lashe gasar US Women's Amateur, ta zama zakara mafi ƙanƙanta a tarihin gasar na tsawon shekaru 76 zuwa wannan matakin. Kallon jikinta ya jawo mata yabo sosai, kuma a shekarar 1971 an zaɓe ta a matsayin " Mace ta Shekara " ta *[[Los Angeles Times]]* . A shekarar 1972 ta lashe *gasar Golf Digest* "Mafi Kyawun Golfer." Ta yi tallan man goge baki na UltraBrite a talabijin wanda ya lashe kyautar Clio . Baugh memba ce a cikin ƙungiyoyin Amurka waɗanda suka lashe Kofin Curtis na 1972 da kuma Kofin Espirito Santo na 1972, inda Baugh ta kare a matsayi na uku a gasar. An bai wa Baugh cikakken tallafin karatu na ilimi ga Jami'ar Stanford, amma ta ƙi saboda Stanford ba ta da ƙungiyar golf ta mata.

## Sana'ar ƙwararru
Ta zama ƙwararriya a shekarar 1973, kuma bayan ta sanya hannu da International Management Group, ba da daɗewa ba ta sami kwangiloli masu riba tare da Ford, Rolex, Suzuki, The Ladies Home Journal, Wilson, Bermuda 's Tourist Bureau da Colgate Palmolive . Ba ta cika shekara 18 ba tukuna, don haka ba ta cancanci shiga LPGA Tour ba, amma ta cancanci yin wasa a Japan . Ta buga wasanni da dama a LPGA of Japan Tour, inda bayyanarta ta jawo hankalin jama'a sosai.

Ta sami katin LPGA Tour ɗinta a karon farko da ta yi a shekarar 1973, kuma a mako mai zuwa ta zo ta biyu a karon farko da ta fara zuwa yawon shakatawa. Ta sami lambar yabo ta Rookie of the Year a shekarar 1973.

A lokacin aikinta na golf daga 1973 zuwa 2001, Baugh ta sami maki 71 a cikin manyan 'yan wasa 10, ciki har da waɗanda suka zo na biyu sau goma. Ta sami kuɗi mai yawa, kuma ta ƙara wannan da ƙarin kuɗi daga talla da kuma wasannin golf.

Ta yi aiki a matsayin mai gabatar da shirye-shiryen talabijin a The Golf Channel .

Bayan aikinta na LPGA Tour, ta zama memba na Legends Tour, wanda a da aka fi sani da Women's Senior Golf Tour, ya kasance wani ɓangare na tsarin da aka yi na tabbatar da US Senior Women's Open kuma ya taka rawa a taron farko na 2018 a Chicago Golf Club . 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Baugh ta yi aure sau huɗu, a aurenta na biyu da na uku (ta sake aure a 1985 amma ta sake aure bayan shekaru biyu) da Bobby Cole, wanda ya lashe gasar PGA Tour, uban 'ya'yanta bakwai, ciki har da ƙwararren ɗan wasan golf Eric Cole, wanda ya kasance gwarzon PGA Tour Rookie na Shekarar 2022–23 .

Duk da nasarar da ta samu a farkonta da kuma baiwar da ta samu, shan giya da matsalolin motsin rai sun mamaye rayuwarta, kuma ba ta taɓa cin gasar LPGA ba. Shan giyarta ya haifar da zubar jini kwatsam wanda da ya kawo ƙarshen rayuwarta, idan ba ta nemi magani ba wanda ya haɗa da lokacin zuwa Asibitin Betty Ford a shekarar 1996. Ta bayyana yaƙinta da barasa a cikin wani littafi na 1999 mai suna " Fita daga Cikin Rashin Tausayi ."

Bayan shekaru 25 yana zaune a Orlando, Florida, Baugh ya koma Augusta, Georgia, a shekarar 2013 da kuma Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida a shekarar 2016, don yin aiki a matsayin mai koyar da wasan golf a Sawgrass Country Club .

## Nasarorin ɗan wasa

* 1971 Matan Amurka Masu Son Aure

## Tarihin wasan ƙarshe
**Tarihin wasannin share fage na gasar LPGA Tour (0-1)**

## Fitowar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Amurka
**Mai son sha'awa**

* Kofin Curtis : 1972 (masu nasara)
* Kofin Espirito Santo : 1972 (masu nasara)

## Manazarta