death_place death_date extour birth_place article_title prowins lpga birth_date yearpro residence wusopen college name
aptos , california 20 february 2011 lpga tour -lrb- joined at founding in 1950 -rrb- long beach , california betty hicks
 1 6th : 1955 16 november 1920 1941 cupertino , california 2nd : 1948 , 1954 long beach city college betty hicks
betty hicks

elizabeth m. `` betty '' hicks -lrb- november 16 , 1920 -- february 20 , 2011 -rrb- was an american professional golfer , golf coach and teacher , aviator , and author .
she also competed under her married name , betty hicks newell .
hicks was born in long beach , california .
as an amateur golfer , she won the 1941 u.s. women 's amateur and was associated press female athlete of the year .
she turned professional later that year .
hicks competed on the lpga tour , finishing second several times in the 1950s but never winning .
she finished second in the u.s. women 's open in 1948 and 1954 and third in 1957 .
she won the all american open , which would later become a lpga tour event , in 1944 .
hicks coached the women 's golf team at foothill college in los altos hills , california , where she also coordinated the aviation department .
as an author , hicks co-authored the book `` golf manual for teachers '' with ellen griffin in 1949 .
in 1996 , she co-authored `` patty sheehan on golf '' with patty sheehan .
in 2006 , she wrote `` my life : from fairway to airway '' which chronicles her life in golf and her second career as a pilot .
hicks is a member of the lpga teaching and club professional hall of fame , the long beach golf hall of fame , san jose sports hall of fame , the women 's sports foundation international hall of fame , the california golf writers hall of fame , and the international forest of friendship aviation hall of fame .
in 1999 , she won the ellen griffin rolex award for her efforts in helping the lpga grow and in teaching the game of golf to women .
hicks is sometimes confused with contemporary helen hicks , who won the u.s. women 's amateur in 1931 .
hicks died on february 20 , 2011 , from alzheimer 's disease .
