16 September 1983(1983-09-16) (aged 69) Montevideo, Uruguay
Sporting nationality
Uruguay
Career
Turned professional
1954
Former tour(s)
LPGA Tour
Professional wins
12
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour
11
Other
1
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2)
Western Open
T2: 1955
Titleholders C'ship
Won: 1960
Women's PGA C'ship
2nd: 1958
U.S. Women's Open
Won: 1955
Achievements and awards
Golf Digest Most Improved Female Professional Golfer
1955
Plaque honoring Crocker with the legend "The best Uruguayan female golfer of all time" at Club de Golf del Uruguay.
Fay Crocker (2 August 1914 – 16 September 1983) was a Uruguayan professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. In her career, she won 11 LPGA tournaments, including two major championships, the 1955 U.S. Women's Open and 1960 Titleholders Championship. Crocker was the oldest player to win her first LPGA event, the first U.S. Women's Open champion from outside the United States, and the oldest women's major champion.
FayCrocker (2 August 1914 – 16 September 1983) was a Uruguayan professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. In her career, she won 11 LPGA tournaments...
Foss Lake disappearances. The film follows young switchboard operator FayCrocker (Sierra McCormick) and radio disc jockey Everett Sloan (Jake Horowitz)...
Some Kind of Hate (2015) and earning critical acclaim for her roles as FayCrocker in the science fiction film The Vast of Night (2019), which earned her...
Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul FayCrocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor...
Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul FayCrocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor...
win a major LPGA championship tournament (behind FayCrocker). Babe Zaharias now stands third to Crocker and Sherri Steinhauer. These wins made her the...
March 14, 1960 Source: "FayCrocker triumphs". Spartanburg Herald. South Carolina. Associated Press. March 15, 1960. p. 10. "Crocker leads by stroke". Rome...
Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul FayCrocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor...
Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul FayCrocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor...
Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul FayCrocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor...
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Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul FayCrocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor...
Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul FayCrocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor...
Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul FayCrocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor...
Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul FayCrocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor...
Barstow B. Crowninshield Choate Phillips Saltonstall D. King Rantoul FayCrocker Buffington O. Ames Harris Long E. Morse Gillett Churchill Bowles Kaynor...