Becky Iverson is an American professional golfer

Professional golfer

In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...

 who plays on the LPGA Tour

LPGA

The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...

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Amateur career

Iverson was born in Escanaba, Michigan

Escanaba, Michigan

Escanaba is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan, located in the banana belt on the state's Upper Peninsula. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,140, making it the third-largest city in the Upper Peninsula after Marquette and Sault Ste. Marie...

. She was 1986 Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

 Junior Amateur champion and 1987 Michigan Women's Amateur champion. She played her collegiate golf at Michigan State University

Michigan State University

Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...

 where she was 1987 Academic All-American and 1987-88 Academic All-Big Ten.

Professional career

Iverson played full time on the Futures Tour

FUTURES Tour

The LPGA Futures Tour, previously styled in uppercase as FUTURES Tour and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour...

 from 1989 to 1993 and sparingly since 1994, winning three times. In 1993, she tied for 43rd at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 1994 LPGA season. She gained her first LPGA victory in 1995 at the Friendly's Classic

Friendly's Classic

The Friendly's Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1995 to 1998. It was played at Crestview Country Club in Agawam, Massachusetts.-Winners:*1998 Amy Fruhwirth*1997 Deb Richard*1996 Dottie Pepper*1995 Becky Iverson-External links:*...

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She was a member of the 2000

2000 Solheim Cup

The 6th Solheim Cup Match was held between 6 October and 8 October 2000 at Loch Lomond Golf Club, Luss,Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Team Europe won the trophy for the second time by a score of 14½ to 11½ points...

 United States

United States

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 Solheim Cup

Solheim Cup

The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation.The inaugural Cup was held in 1990,...

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Futures Tour wins (3)

• 1994 Olympia Spa Futures Classic, 13th Annual Salisbury Futures Classic
• 1997 Betty Puskar Morgantown Futures Classic
  Betty Puskar Golf Classic
  The Betty Pusker Golf Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the FUTURES Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event was part of the FUTURES Tour's schedule from 1992 through 2007...
  
  

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