The 90s: Where the World Comes to Play

December 8, 2020

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Sandi Higgs joined the LPGA in 1986 as a media coordinator and currently oversees the LPGA's video and photo archives. LPGA.com asked her to share stories of the LPGA’s rich history.

History by definition requires us to look back either at a time we lived through and can speak about today with some level of first-hand knowledge, or a time too far gone that we can only learn about through books and teachings or, in this post-modern era via Netflix and Google.

As an aside, in looking through the photo archives to find a couple of Solheim Cup shots for this story, I was struck by two fairly inconsequential thoughts but wanted to share them nevertheless:

Annika Sorenstam won the 1995 U.S. Women’s Open. Se Ri Pak captured the U.S. Women’s Open as a rookie and went to win a second major that season as well, the McDonald’s LPGA Championship. Karrie Webb captured the 1997 Weetabix Women’s British Open.

The 90s: Where the World Comes to Play

History by definition requires us to look back either at a time we lived through and can speak about today with some level of first-hand knowledge, or a time too far gone that we can only learn about through books and teachings or, in this post-modern era via Netflix and Google.

As an aside, in looking through the photo archives to find a couple of Solheim Cup shots for this story, I was struck by two fairly inconsequential thoughts but wanted to share them nevertheless:

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