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Kathy Whitworth, winningest golfer in history, dies at 83

FILE - Kathy Whitworth responds to the crowd as she prepares to tee off during the Tournament of Champions golf tournament at Locust Hill Country Club in Pittsford, N.Y. on June 20, 2006. Former LPGA Tour player Whitworth, whose 88 victories are the most by any golfer on a single professional tour, died on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2022, night, her longtime partner said. She was 83. (Carlos Ortiz/Democrat & Chronicle via AP, File)

FILE - All time winningest professional golfer, Kathy Whitworth, left, congratulates Cheyenne Knight after Knight won the LPGA 2019 Volunteers of America golf tournament, Oct. 6, 2019, at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas. Former LPGA Tour player Whitworth, whose 88 victories are the most by any golfer on a single professional tour, died on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2022, night, her longtime partner said. She was 83. (AP Photo/David Kent, File)

FILE - Kathy Whitworth of San Antonio, blast out of sand trap on 18th green and then sinks a 6-foot putt to go into the lead of the Women Titleholders Golf Tournament at Augusta, Ga., Nov. 25, 1966. Former LPGA Tour player Whitworth, whose 88 victories are the most by any golfer on a single professional tour, died on Saturday, Dec. 25, 2022, night, her longtime partner said. She was 83. (AP Photo/Horace Cort, File)

Kathy Whitworth, winningest golfer in history, dies at 83