CAPONI MAKES HALL OF FAME.Byline: Daily News IRVING, Texas Irving (pronounced 'er-ving') is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 191,615; the 2006 estimate was 201,927 according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and 196,084 according to - Donna Caponi Donna Caponi-Byrnes (b. January 29, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional golfer. Daughter of a club pro, Caponi-Byrnes began playing golf at the age of eight and joined the pro tour at 20. , a San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. product, got the validation Wednesday from what she always believed was a Hall of Fame career on the LPGA LPGA abbr. Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. Caponi, whose 24 victories and four major championships fell short of the toughest Hall of Fame standards in sports, was elected through the Veteran's Committee and will be inducted as the 19th member from the LPGA Tour. ``It's the most tremendous thing I could ever imagine,'' Caponi said. The Veteran's Committee, formed in 1999 when the LPGA overhauled its criteria for getting into the Hall of Fame, nominated Caponi in March. She then received the required 75 percent of the vote from tour members. Caponi, who is at the Byron Nelson John Byron Nelson, Jr. (February 4 1912 – September 26 2006) was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946. He and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within 6 months of each other in 1912. Classic as a television analyst for The Golf Channel, said she was in tears when she heard she was nominated. She didn't get news of the final vote until checking her phone messages upon returning from a photo safari in Africa. ``Her career, without question, is a Hall of Fame career,'' LPGA Tour commissioner Ty Votaw said. The induction will be Nov. 12 at the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Fla. |
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