Cathy Morse

{{short description|American professional golfer}}

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| birth_place = Rochester, New York, U.S.

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| nationality = {{USA}}

| residence = Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.

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| college = University of Miami

| status = Professional

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| extour = LPGA Tour

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| nabisco = T6: 1989

| lpga = 6th: 1987

| wusopen = 5th: 1983

| dumaurier = T5: 1986

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Catherine C. Morse (born June 15, 1955) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.

Morse was born in Rochester, New York. She won the 1972 New York State Junior Amateur, and the New York State Women's Amateur in 1974 and 1976. She was runner-up to Nancy Lopez in the 1972 U.S. Girls' Junior.{{cite web |url=http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=24 |title=1972 U.S. Girls' Junior |publisher=USGA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304023312/http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=24 |archive-date=2012-03-04}}

Morse played college golf at the University of Miami. In 1977, she won the AIAW national individual intercollegiate golf championship and led her team to the team title. She was inducted into the university's Sports Hall of Fame in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://umsportshalloffame.com/inductees.asp |title=University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame - Inductees |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101119112729/http://umsportshalloffame.com/inductees.asp |archive-date=2010-11-19}}

Morse joined the LPGA Tour in 1978 and won just once, at the 1982 Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Classic.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zAs0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=GCMIAAAAIBAJ&pg=5330,2969569&dq=chrysler-plymouth+charity+classic+cathy+morse&hl=en |title=Cathy Morse gains 1st LPGA Tour win |newspaper=Bangor Daily News |agency=UPI |date=May 24, 1982 |page=19 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf |title=LPGA All-Time Winners List |publisher=LPGA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229053926/http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf |archive-date=December 29, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf |title=LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-89 |publisher=LPGA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629095854/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf |archive-date=June 29, 2011}} She dedicated the win to her late fiancé, Jim Meyer, who died four months earlier.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=J0ZGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BtEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5722,2103472&hl=en |title=Triumph is Bittersweet |newspaper=The Daily Times |agency=Associated Press |date=May 24, 1982 |page=16 |via=Google News Archive}}

Professional wins

=LPGA Tour wins (1)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner-up

1

|May 23, 1982

|Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Classic

| Even (70-72-74=216)

|3 strokes

|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Sally Little

References

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