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Zaharias

American  
[zuh-hair-ee-uhs, -har-] / zəˈhɛər i əs, -ˈhær- /

noun

  1. Mildred Didrikson Babe, 1914–56, U.S. track-and-field athlete and golfer.


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She won the Texas Women’s Amateur in 1949 and 1950, and she finished runner-up to Babe Zaharias in the 1950 U.S.

From Seattle Times Oct. 21, 2023

Babe Didrikson Zaharias was the last to make a 36-hole cut in 1945.

From Washington Times Oct. 13, 2023

She would later win the Sullivan Award as amateur athlete of the year and the Babe Zaharias Award as woman athlete of the year, among a host of other awards.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2023

A third golfer, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, also received a presidential medal Thursday, albeit posthumously, so she did not have the opportunity to refuse it.

From Slate Jan. 16, 2021

The day after last week’s violence at the Capitol, he gave the award to golfers Annika Sorenstam, Gary Player and the late Babe Zaharias.

From Washington Post Jan. 11, 2021

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