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Polly Riley

Age: 75

renowned amateur golfer from Ft. Worth, Texas, who won the Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour's first sanctioned event in 1950 (Tampa Open); finished tied for second at the 1947 U.S. Open, at age 21; six-time Curtis Cup team member and captain of the U.S. squad in 1962. She died of cancer.

Died: Ft. Worth, Texas, March 13

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