Biography

Amy Alcott 2014Amy Alcott is a highly celebrated and well-respected champion of the game, on and off the course. She is a member of the LPGA and World Golf Halls of Fame. During her 27-year career, she was most recognized as the LPGA’s finest and most creative shot-maker and her go-for-the-pin style of play was the bedrock for her 32 professional tournaments captured worldwide including five major championships.

Amy started playing golf at age seven in her Santa Monica, California front yard, putting into soup cans and sprinkler heads. She was taught the game indoors, hitting balls into a driving net by her mentor and teaching pro, Walter Keller. Her words upon meeting Mr. Keller for the first time were, “I want to prepare to be the best golfer in the world”. A truly inspirational story.

Amy has traveled worldwide to compete in golf tournaments and perform in corporate golf events and clinics. Her success and colorful personality set the course early on for her role as spokesperson for a distinctive list of blue-chip companies and charity organizations such as Elizabeth Arden, Sunkist, Ralph Lauren, Quaker Oats, Countrywide, Andersen Consulting and Office Depot. Armed with astute observations and innumerable stories about the game and its personalities made her transition to TV commentator, speaker and writer a natural process. A partial list of companies that have retained her for speaking engagements includes Wells Fargo Private Wealth, Brown-Forman, The National Snack Food Association and Northern Trust. Her most recent book is “The Leaderboard: Conversations on Golf and Life”, with a foreword by Jim Nantz. In September 2013, Amy joined The City of Hope as its goodwill ambassador and CRESA PARTNERS (a prestigious commercial realty company) as its corporate spokesperson.

Amy leads her own Santa Monica, California-based event consulting and course design company, Amy Alcott/GOLF. She has partnered with world-renowned architect Gil Hanse on the legacy plans and design of the golf course for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She also consulted with Hanse on the new master plan for the Ridgewood Country Club in Moultonborough, New Jersey. Two other co-design projects also carry her name: one in Palm Springs, California — Indian Canyons Resort; and the second in Ocean Isle, North Carolina – Brick Landing Plantation. She is also the designer of the reimagined Desert Island Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California.

Amy Alcott’s story is one of perseverance with a vision of excellence and artistry that she designed by way of ultimate preparation.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Amy Alcott 2014

  • Turned Professional, 1975
  • 33 Professional Victories Worldwide – including:
    –29 official LPGA Tour Wins
    –5 Majors Titles
    –LPGA and World Golf Hall of Fame – Inducted March 1999
OTHER FACTS
  • 2023 U.S. PING Junior Solheim Cup Captain
  • Design Consultant, Back Nine Greens
  • Design Consultant, Brick Landing Golf Club – Ocean Isle, NC
  • Co-Designer, Indian Canyons Golf Club – Palm Springs, CA
  • Designer, Desert Island Country Club – Rancho Mirage, CA
  • Author, “The LEADERBOARD: Conversations on Golf and Life” by Amy Alcott, 2009
  • Instruction Video, “Winning at Golf with Amy Alcott
  • Endowed $50,000 to UCLA Women’s Golf Program,1998
  • Endowed $50,000 to UCLA Children’s Hospital to enhance Neonatal Intensive Care, 1998
  • Established Amy Alcott/GOLF in 2001 – a consulting company for course design and state-of-the-art practice facilities, special events, and mentoring aspiring golfers for Tour competition and endorsements
PERSONAL
  • Born: February 22, 1956 in Kansas City, Missouri
    Eyes: Green
    Hair: Black
    Residence: Santa Monica, California
TELEVISION/MOTION PICTURE APPEARANCES
  • Playing Lessons with the Pros,” – The Golf Channel, 2008
  • Tin Cup, starring Kevin Costner & Rene Russo – cameo role, Paramount Studios, 1997
  • Tracey Takes on “The Supernatural,” The Tracey Ullman Show – cameo role, HBO TV 1998
  • The Orlimar Scoring System TV Infomercial – featured instructor, 2000
  • ARLI$$, The Art of the Sports SuperAgent, “Creatures of Habit,” – cameo role, HBO TV, 2000
AWARDS (partial list)
  • Rookie of the Year, 1975
  • Golf Magazine Player of the Year and Vare Trophy, 1980
  • YWCA Silver National Achievement, 1984
  • National MS Achievement Award, 1984
  • LPGA Founders Cup, 1985
  • Female Golfer of the Year, California Golf Writers Association, 1987
  • Nick Buonoconti / Great Sports Legends – Golf, 1998
  • Member of Hanse Golf Course Design Team
    – awarded with design contract for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games golf courses

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