Nancy Lopez - Part 1 (The Early Years and U.S. Open Near-Misses)

World Golf Hall of Fame member Nancy Lopez begins her story growing up and learning the game under the watchful eye of her father in Roswell, New Mexico. She had astounding success as a junior player winning her state's amateur title as a 12, 13 and 14-year-old. Nancy played on the boy's team in high school after successfully challenging an arcane rule that stood in her way. She won the U.S. Girls Junior, the Women's Western Junior 3 times and, competed in the Women's U.S. Open twice (with a T2 as Low Am in 1975) all before starting college. She was an All-American at Tulsa, the Women's collegiate champion, a Curtis Cup Team member (meeting the Queen) and won the Women's Western Amateur before deciding to turn professional after two years of college. Nancy finishes this episode reflecting on a couple of her near-misses in the Women's U.S. Open including her tough loss to Alison Nicholas in 1997. Nancy Lopez begins her life story, "FORE the Good of the Game." Give Bruce & Mike some feedback via Text. Support the show Follow our show and/or leave a review/rating on: Our Website Apple Podcasts Spotify Podcasts About "FORE the Good of the Game” is a golf podcast featuring interviews with World Golf Hall of Fame members, winners of major championships and other people of influence in and around the game of golf. Highlighting the positive aspects of the game, we aim to create and provide an engaging and timeless repository of content that listeners can enjoy now and forever. Co-hosted by PGA Tour star Bruce Devlin, our podcast focuses on telling their life stories, in their voices. Join Bruce and Mike Gonzalez “FORE the Good of the Game.” Thanks so much for listening!

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Nancy Lopez - Part 1 (The Early Years and U.S. Open Near-Misses) is an episode from FORE the Good of the Game by Bruce Devlin and Mike Gonzalez.

This episode is 46:41 long.

This episode was published on Nov 11, 2025.

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