Betty Probasco

Betty Probasco of Lookout Mountain won her first state championship in 1949 and her final one in 1986, 37 years later. A native of Kentucky, Betty won the Kentucky Women’s Amateur four times (1949, 1951, 1952, and 1953), plus the 1950 National Intercollegiate while attending Rollins College. In Tennessee, she won the Tennessee Women’s Amateur eight times (1954, 1955, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1980, 1981, and 1986) and the State Senior Amateur in 1980. Her other accomplishments included winning the Women’s Southern Amateur in 1955 and serving as captain of the 1982 Curtis Cup team.