Amateur Career
Stacy was born in Savannah, Georgia. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Girls' Junior three times, the only player to accomplish this feat; and doing it consecutively between 1969 and 1971. In 1970, she won the North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst, and played for the 1972 United States Curtis Cup team. She attended Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida and became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974.
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