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44-434: [REDACTED] A request that this article title be changed to Forest Hills (disambiguation) is under discussion . Please do not move this article until the discussion is closed. Forest Hills or Forrest Hills may refer to: Places [ edit ] United States [ edit ] Forest Hills (Tampa) , Florida Forest Hills, Illinois ,

88-452: A 1950 amateur golf tournament in Miami and became close almost immediately. Cayleff wrote, "As Didrikson's marriage grew increasingly troubled, she spent more time with Dodd. The women toured together on the golf circuit, and eventually Dodd moved in with Zaharias and Didrikson for the last six years of Didrikson's life." They never used the word " lesbian " to describe their relationship, but there

132-445: A feat never equaled by anyone. By 1950, she had won every golf title available. Totaling both her amateur and professional victories, Zaharias won a total of 82 golf tournaments. Charles McGrath of The New York Times wrote of Zaharias, "Except perhaps for Arnold Palmer , no golfer has ever been more beloved by the gallery." While Zaharias missed the cut in the 1938 PGA Tour event, later, as she became more experienced, she made

176-539: A latecomer to the sport in which she became best known. Shortly thereafter, she was denied amateur status and consequently, in January 1938, she competed in the Los Angeles Open , a PGA (Professional Golfers' Association) tournament. No other woman competed against men in this tournament until Annika Sörenstam , Suzy Whaley , Michelle Wie , and Brittany Lincicome almost six decades later. She shot 81 and 84, and missed

220-904: A neighborhood in Western Springs Forest Hills, Kentucky Forest Hills, Boston , Massachusetts Forest Hills Cemetery Forest Hills, Michigan Forest Hills, Queens , in New York City Forest Hills, North Carolina Forest Hills, Pennsylvania Forest Hills, Tennessee Forrest Hills, Tennessee Forest Hills, Dallas , Texas Forest Hills, Virginia Forest Hills, Kanawha County, West Virginia Forest Hills (Washington, D.C.) Elsewhere [ edit ] Forest Hills, Nova Scotia , Canada Forest Hills, Kloof , South Africa Schools [ edit ] Forest Hills High School (disambiguation) Forest Hills Public Schools , Kent County, Michigan Forest Hills Local School District ,

264-644: A public school district in Hamilton County, Ohio Forest Hills School District , a public school district in Cambria County, Pennsylvania See also [ edit ] Forest Hills Foods, a local supermarket in Grand Rapids, Michigan owned by SpartanNash Forest Hills Historic District (disambiguation) Forest Hills station (disambiguation) Forest Hill (disambiguation) All pages with titles containing Forest Hills Topics referred to by

308-582: A silver in track and field at the 1932 Summer Olympics before turning to professional golf and winning 10 LPGA major championships. Mildred Ella Didrikson was born on June 26, 1911, the sixth of seven children, in the coastal city of Port Arthur , Texas . Her mother Hannah and her father Ole Didriksen were immigrants from Norway . Although her three eldest siblings were born in Norway, Babe and her three other siblings were born in Port Arthur. She later changed

352-621: A spokesperson for the American Cancer Society . Her work in this area was honored by US President Dwight Eisenhower on a visit to the White House. She was named the 10th Greatest North American Athlete of the 20th Century by ESPN , being the highest-ranked woman on their list. Zaharias broke the accepted models of femininity in her time, including the accepted models of female athleticism. Standing 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) tall and weighing 115 lb (52 kg), Zaharias

396-423: A train, Didrikson threw water on Pickett and Stokes, because Didrikson didn't like having African-American athletes on the team. Pickett and Stokes were later removed from the team, and replaced by white athletes who had qualified with slower times from the trials. Didrikson is the only track and field athlete, male or female, to win individual Olympic medals in separate running, throwing, and jumping events. In

440-440: A willowy Englishwoman with a picture-book swing that produced elegant shots but not especially long ones. Zaharias developed a grooved athletic swing reminiscent of Lee Trevino 's, and she was so strong off the tee that a fellow Texan, the great golfer Byron Nelson , once said that he knew of only eight men who could outdrive her. "It's not enough just to swing at the ball," Babe said. "You've got to loosen your girdle and really let

484-688: A woman. Zaharias had her greatest year in 1950 when she completed the Grand Slam of the three women's majors of the day: the U.S. Open, the Titleholders Championship, and the Women's Western Open, a feat that made her the leader on the money list that year. Also that year, she reached 10 wins faster than any other LPGA golfer, doing so in one year and 20 days, a record that still stands (as do her records for reaching 20 and 30 wins, in two years and four months and five years and 22 days, respectively). She

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528-456: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Hillsborough County, Florida location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Babe Zaharias Mildred Ella " Babe " Didrikson Zaharias ( / z ə ˈ h ɑːr i ə s / ; née Didrikson ; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf , basketball , baseball , and track and field . She won two gold medals and

572-466: Is also in the World Golf Hall of Fame . Zaharias is the highest-ranked woman, at No. 10, on ESPN 's list of the 50 top athletes of the 20th century. In 2000, she was ranked as the 17th-greatest golfer, and the second-greatest woman player (after Mickey Wright ) by Golf Digest magazine. She broke the mold of what a lady golfer was supposed to be. The ideal in the 20s and 30s was Joyce Wethered ,

616-455: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Forest Hills (Tampa) The area was mainly a citrus grove until residential development began in the 1950s and 1960s. A developer from Miami wanted to buy the golf course land, but the City of Tampa decided to buy it and restore it. In 1974 the course was reopened. Since then it has been renovated,

660-543: Is little doubt that their relationship was both sexual and romantic, and Zaharias has been described as the first lesbian gold medallist in Olympic athletics. In 1953, Zaharias was diagnosed with colon cancer . After undergoing surgery, she made a comeback in 1954. She took the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average, her only win of that trophy, and her 10th and final major with a U.S. Women's Open championship, one month after

704-674: The Ladies Professional Golf Association . She was a founding member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, in 1950. Serious illness ended her career in the mid-1950s. Zaharias won a tournament named after her, the Babe Zaharias Open of her hometown of Beaumont, Texas . She won the 1947 Titleholders Championship and the 1948 U.S. Women's Open for her fourth and fifth major championships . She won 17 straight women's amateur victories,

748-587: The Phoenix Open , where she shot 77-72-75-80, finishing in 33rd place. At the Tucson Open , she qualified by shooting 74-81 and then shot a 307 in the tournament and finished tied for 42nd. Unlike other female golfers competing in men's events, she got into the Los Angeles and Tucson Opens through 36-hole qualifiers, as opposed to a sponsor's exemption. In 1948, she became the first woman to attempt to qualify for

792-504: The U.S. Open , but her application was rejected by the USGA . They stated that the event was intended to be open to men only. In March 1934, Didrikson pitched a total of four innings in three Major League spring training exhibition games: Didrikson also spent time with the House of David barnstorming team and is still recognized as the world record holder for the farthest baseball throw by

836-550: The "Female Athlete of the Year" six times for track & field and for golfing, and, in 1950, overwhelmingly voted for her as the "Greatest Female Athlete of the First Half of the Century". Aside from her impact on the women and girls of her time, she impressed seasoned sportswriters also: She is beyond all belief until you see her perform...Then you finally understand that you are looking at

880-431: The 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. In the 80-meter hurdles, she equaled the world record of 11.8 seconds in her opening heat. In the final, she broke her record with an 11.7 clocking, taking gold. In the javelin, she also won gold with an Olympic record throw of 43.69 meters. In the high jump, she took silver with a world record-tying leap of 1.657 metres (5.44 ft). Fellow American Jean Shiley also jumped 1.657 metres, and

924-480: The Babe Zaharias Fund to support cancer clinics. She is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in her hometown of Beaumont, Texas. During her final years, Zaharias became known not only for her athletic abilities but as a public advocate for cancer awareness, at a time when many Americans refused to seek diagnosis or treatment for suspected cancer. She used her fame to solicit donations for her cancer fund but also as

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968-675: The Denver area for most of the 1940s and early 1950s, became one of the three inductees in the inaugural class (joining Dave Hill and Babe Lind) of the Colorado Golf Hall of Fame. In 1976, Zaharias was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame . In 1981, the U.S. Postal Service issued an 18 cent stamp commemorating Zaharias. In 2008, Zaharias was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame . On January 7, 2021, Zaharias

1012-602: The LPGA from August 1952 to July 1955. Her colon cancer recurred in 1955. Despite her limited schedule of eight golfing events that season, Zaharias won her last two tournaments in competitive golf. On September 27, 1956, Zaharias died of her illness at the age of forty-five at the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas . At the time of her death, she was still a top-ranked female golfer. She and her husband had earlier established

1056-585: The Tampa area and native Tampans alike. Forest Hills still contains the golf course named after Babe Zaharias , a public golf course owned by City of Tampa . The neighborhood has its branch post office with a ZIP Code of 33612. The population was 4,734 at the 2000 census. The neighborhood was designed in 1926 along with the golf course (originally called "Golfland Country Club") and remains to this day largely as designed back then. The schools serving this area are as follows: This Tampa -related article

1100-629: The ball have it." Zaharias wrote an autobiography This Life I've Led . It is no longer in print but is available in many libraries. In 2014, Zaharias was inducted into the Legacy Walk , an outdoor public display that celebrates LGBT history and people. She was inducted into the Texas Track and Field Coaches Hall of Fame, Class of 2016. In 1949, Zaharias purchased a golf course in the Forest Hills area of Tampa and lived nearby. After her death,

1144-513: The courses were rebuilt and an irrigation system added. In recent years, some of the older, smaller homes in Forest Hills have been replaced by bigger homes of larger square footages. This has been particularly the case with properties located around the lakes and ponds in Forest Hills located west of North Boulevard and north of Country Club Drive. The area, essentially close-in suburb of Tampa city proper, remains popular with both new arrivals to

1188-406: The cut in every PGA Tour event she entered. In January 1945, Zaharias played in three PGA tournaments. She shot 76–76 to qualify for the Los Angeles Open . She then shot 76–81 to make the two-day cut in the tournament itself, but missed the three-day cut after a 79, making her the first (and currently only) woman in history to make the cut in a regular PGA Tour event. She continued her cut streak at

1232-434: The cut of one of them, and making the cut of the other two; as of 2023, she remains the only woman to make the tournament cut in a regular PGA Tour event. Zaharias won the 1946 U.S. Women's Amateur and the 1947 British Ladies Amateur  – the first American to do so – and three Women's Western Opens . Having formally turned professional in 1947, Didrikson dominated the Women's Professional Golf Association and later

1276-567: The cut. In the tournament, she was teamed with George Zaharias. They were married eleven months later, and settled in Tampa, Florida , on the premises of a golf course that they purchased in 1949. Didrikson became America's first female golf celebrity and the leading player of the 1940s and early 1950s. In order to regain amateur status in the sport, she could compete in no other sports for three years. She gained back her amateur status in 1942. In 1945, she participated in three more PGA Tour events, missing

1320-549: The following years, she performed on the vaudeville circuit , traveled with teams like Babe Didrikson's All-Americans basketball team and the bearded House of David (commune) team. Didrikson was also a competitive pocket billiards (pool) player, though not a champion. She was noted in the January 1933 press for playing (and badly losing) a multi-day straight pool match in New York City against famed female cueist Ruth McGinnis . By 1935, Didrikson began to play golf ,

1364-741: The golf course was sold. It lay dormant as developers attempted to acquire the land for residential housing. In 1974, the City of Tampa took over the golf course, renovated it, and reopened it, naming it the Babe Zaharias Golf Course. At some point afterward, it was accorded historical-landmark status. In 1980, the Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms Resort in City of Industry, California built two courses, The Ike and The Zaharias. The courses were designed by William F. Bell (original design) and Casey O'Callaghan (renovation). In 2010,

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1408-562: The most flawless section of muscle harmony, of complete mental and physical coordination, the world of sport has ever seen. The Associated Press followed up its 1950 declaration fifty years later by voting Zaharias the Woman Athlete of the 20th Century in 1999. In 2000, Sports Illustrated magazine also named her second on its list of the Greatest Female Athletes of All Time, behind the heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee . She

1452-508: The pair tied in a jump-off when the bar was raised to 1.67 metres (5.5 ft). Shiley was awarded the gold after Didrikson was ruled to have used an improper technique. She did not compete in the discus throw, as fellow American Lillian Copeland beat her out in the Olympic trials; Copeland went on to win the gold medal in discus. Before the 1932 games, Didrikson was involved in a racial incident involving fellow athletes Tidye Pickett and Louise Stokes , both of whom are black. In Denver, on

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1540-576: The sewing championship at the 1931 State Fair of Texas in Dallas ; she did win the South Texas State Fair in Beaumont, embellishing the story many years later in 1953. She attended Beaumont High School. Never a strong student, she was forced to repeat the eighth grade and was a year older than her classmates. She eventually dropped out without graduating after she moved to Dallas to play basketball. She

1584-608: The spelling of her surname from Didriksen to Didrikson. She moved with her family to 850 Doucette in Beaumont, Texas , at age 4. She claimed to have acquired the nickname "Babe" (after Babe Ruth ) upon hitting five home runs in a childhood baseball game, but her Norwegian mother had called her "Bebe" from the time she was a toddler. Although best known for her athletic gifts, Didrikson had many talents. She also competed in sewing. An excellent seamstress , she made many of her clothes, including her golfing outfits. She claimed to have won

1628-400: The surgery and while wearing a colostomy bag . With this win, she became the second-oldest woman to win a major LPGA championship tournament (behind Fay Crocker ). Babe Zaharias now stands third to Crocker and Sherri Steinhauer . These wins made her the fastest player to reach 30 wins (five years and 22 days). In addition to continuing tournament play, Zaharias also served as the president of

1672-501: The team to an AAU Basketball Championship in 1931, Didrikson had first achieved wider attention as a track and field athlete. Representing her company in the 1932 AAU Championships , she competed in eight out of ten events, winning five outright, and tying for first in a sixth. Didrikson's performances were enough to win the team championship, despite her being the sole member of her team. Didrikson set four world records, winning two gold medals and one silver medal in track and field in

1716-657: Was a singer and a harmonica player and recorded several songs on the Mercury Records label. Her biggest seller was "I Felt a Little Teardrop" with "Detour" on the flip side. Already famous as Babe Didrikson, she married George Zaharias (1908–1984), a professional wrestler , in St. Louis, Missouri , on December 23, 1938. Thereafter, she was largely known as Babe Didrikson Zaharias or Babe Zaharias . Didrikson gained world fame in track and field and All-American status in basketball. She played organized baseball and softball and

1760-581: Was accepted by her husband George, four months after her death. She was one of six initial inductees into the LPGA Hall of Fame at its inception in 1977. Zaharias has a museum dedicated to her in Beaumont, Texas the Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum . Several golf courses are named after her. A Tampa, Florida golf course that she and her husband owned, the Babe Zaharias Golf Course, was given landmark status. In 1973, Zaharias, who had lived in

1804-577: Was an expert diver, roller-skater, and bowler. Didrikson's first job after high school was as a secretary for the Employers' Casualty Insurance Company of Dallas, though she was employed only in order to play basketball as an amateur on the company's "industrial team", the Golden Cyclones . As a side note, the competition was then governed by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). Despite leading

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1848-551: Was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald J. Trump . It would be much better if she and her ilk stayed at home, got themselves prettied up and waited for the phone to ring. Williams' remark typified the attitude of some toward women who did not fit the traditional ideals of femininity current in the first half of the 20th century. However, in the same time period, the Associated Press chose her as

1892-560: Was physically strong and socially straightforward about her strength. Although a sports hero to many, she was also derided for her "manliness". Zaharias was inducted into the LPGA Hall of Fame in 1951 (now part of the World Golf Hall of Fame ). In 1957, she posthumously received the Bob Jones Award , the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. It

1936-425: Was the leading money-winner again in 1951, and in 1952 took another major with a Titleholders victory, but illness prevented her from playing a full schedule in 1952–53. She was a close friend of fellow golfer Betty Dodd . According to Susan Cayleff 's biography Babe, Dodd was quoted as saying, "I had such admiration for this fabulous person [Zaharias]. I loved her. I would have done anything for her." They met in

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