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Becky Iverson (born October 12, 1967) is an American
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who played on the
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. She currently works as the director of golf at The Bridges Golf Club in
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Amateur career

Iverson was born in
Escanaba, Michigan Escanaba ( ), commonly shortened to Esky, is a port city and the county seat of Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on Little Bay de Noc in the state's Upper Peninsula. The population was 12,450 at the 2020 census, making it the ...
. She was 1986
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Junior Amateur champion and 1987 Michigan Women's Amateur champion. She played her collegiate golf at
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where she was 1987 Academic
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and 1987-88 Academic All-
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.


Professional career

Iverson played full-time on the
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from 1989 to 1993 and sparingly since 1994, winning three times. In 1993, she tied for 43rd at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 1994 LPGA season. She gained her first LPGA victory in 1995 at the
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. She was a member of the
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United States
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team.


Professional wins


LPGA Tour wins (1)

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)


Futures Tour wins (3)

*1994 (2) Olympia Spa Futures Classic, 13th Annual Salisbury Futures Classic *1997 (1) Betty Puskar Morgantown Futures Classic


Team appearances

Professional *
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(representing the United States):
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* * * American female golfers Michigan State Spartans women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Solheim Cup competitors for the United States Golfers from Michigan People from Escanaba, Michigan People from Gladstone, Michigan 1967 births Living people 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-golf-bio-stub