Became the youngest player to win an LPGA event in 1952 when she won the Sarasota Open at age 18. She reached the height of her profession at 22. In 1956, she set a then-LPGA Tour money record of $20,235, won eight tournaments, including beating
Patty Berg in a sudden-death playoff to win the LPGA Championship, the lone major of her career, and won the tour's most improved player award. The last of her 26 LPGA Tour victories was the Burdine's Invitational in 1972.