Laura Baugh was one of the game's original teen phenoms. And while she never won an LPGA event, she remained one of the tour's most popular players throughout her career.

Laura Baugh in her youth was the savior of women’s professional golf, her charisma and striking looks pushing the LPGA into an era of public acceptance.Today, the looks are still there, the ...

Laura Baugh, who won the 1971 U.S. Women's Amateur at the age of 16 and went on to compile 71 top-10 finishes on the LPGA Tour, has been named to the teaching staff of the Sawgrass Country Club ...

Baugh turned pro at 17 and was the rookie of the year on the LPGA tour in 1973. A Golf Magazine cover story from that era showed Baugh swinging a club in a short skirt and offered the breathless ...

I’m just proud of her.” Eric Cole’s mother, former LPGA professional Laura Baugh (center) watches her son on the 18th hole during the final round of the Honda Classic.

The 34-year-old, who just made it to the PGA Tour for the first time this season, is the son of former Tour player Bobby Cole and former LPGA Tour player Laura Baugh, so yeah, there was always a ...

The PGA Tour announced today that 35-year-old Eric Cole, Baugh’s eldest son, has earned 2023 Rookie of the Year honors 50 years after his mother did so on the LPGA Tour.

Baugh finished with 70 top 10s in a 25-year LPGA career. His dad, Bobby Cole, a South African, won the 1977 Buick Open on the PGA Tour and twice finished third in a major.

The way Laura Baugh sees it, she hit the gene pool jackpot. At age 65, she runs 10 miles on the beach four to five times per week. There are times the mother of seven plays 45 holes a day (in a ...

The son of PGA Tour winner Bobby Cole and 1973 LPGA Rookie of the Year, Laura Baugh, you might hear. It’s become a familiar refrain for the 35-year-old rookie ever since he narrowly lost in a ...

Exactly 50 years after his mom, Laura Baugh, won LPGA Rookie of the Year, Eric Cole is the recipient of the Arnold Palmer Award as PGA Tour Rookie of the Year for the 2022-23 season, the tour ...

Twenty-three years have passed since Laura Baugh showed up for her first LPGA Qualifying School. It was June 1973. She had just turned 18, had captured the U.S. Amateur two years earlier, and was ...