The Founders Award
The William and Mousie Powell Award is an award given each year since 1986 by the LPGA Tour to a player who "whose behavior and deeds best exemplifies the spirit, ideals and values of the LPGA." The recipient is selected annually by a vote of LPGA Tour members.[1] The award was renamed to the Founders Award in 2019.[2]
It was established by Mousie Powell, an honorary member and longtime supporter of the LPGA, and named in honor of Powell and her husband, William Powell, a Hollywood actor of the mid-twentieth century.
Winners
[edit]- 1986 Kathy Whitworth
- 1987 Nancy Lopez
- 1988 Marlene Hagge
- 1989 Heather Farr
- 1990 Judy Dickinson
- 1991 Pat Bradley
- 1992 Shelley Hamlin
- 1993 Alice Miller
- 1994 Jill Briles-Hinton
- 1995 JoAnne Carner
- 1996 Betsy King
- 1997 Sherri Turner
- 1998 Judy Rankin
- 1999 Meg Mallon
- 2000 Lorie Kane
- 2001 Wendy Ward
- 2002 Gail Graham
- 2003 Suzy Whaley
- 2004 Juli Inkster
- 2005 Heather Daly-Donofrio
- 2006 Vicki Goetze-Ackerman
- 2007 Natalie Gulbis
- 2008 Hilary Lunke[3]
- 2009 Lorena Ochoa[4]
- 2010–11 No award
- 2012 Ai Miyazato
- 2013 Amanda Blumenherst
- 2014 Chella Choi
- 2015 Juli Inkster
- 2016 Karrie Webb
- 2017 Katherine Kirk
- 2018 So Yeon Ryu
- 2019 Brooke Henderson
- 2020 No award
- 2021 Lydia Ko
- 2022 Chun In-gee
- 2023 Lexi Thompson
- 2024 Ally Ewing
References
[edit]- ^ "Goetze-Ackerman Receives William and Mousie Powell Award". LPGA. 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
- ^ Stanley, Adam (22 November 2019). "Henderson voted as 2019 LPGA Founders Award winner". Golf Canada. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Lunke honored with William and Mousie Powell Award".
- ^ "Lorena Ochoa Named 2009 William and Mousie Powell Award Recipient".