List of Sportspeople Who Died During Their Careers - Golf

Golf

  • Erica Blasberg, 25, LPGA golfer, suicide by asphyxia (2010)
  • Heather Farr, 28, LPGA golfer, breast cancer (1993)
  • Rod Funseth, 52, Senior PGA Tour golfer, lung cancer (1985)
  • Larry Gilbert, 55, Senior PGA Tour golfer, lung cancer (1998)
  • Tony Lema, 32, The Open champion, plane crash (1966)
  • Young Tom Morris, 24, The Open champion, heart attack (1875)
  • Payne Stewart, 42, PGA and U.S. Open champion, plane crash (1999)
  • Bert Yancey, 56, seven-time winner on the PGA Tour, suffered a fatal heart attack while competing in a Champions Tour event (1994)
  • Babe Zaharias, 45, LPGA golfer, colon cancer (1956)

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