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Patti Rizzo's biography from the 1995 UMSHoF Induction Banquet Program...
Despite having first played the game at the age of fifteen, Patti Rizzo quickly became one of the finest golfers to represent the University of Miami.
A valued member of the women's golf team in 1978-1981, she was the nation's # 1 amateur player and UM's MVP in 1980. She was voted Florida Golfweek magazine's 1979 Women's College Player of the Year and was a two-time All-American in 1981 and 1982.
She won medalist honors at the World Amateur Team Championships at Pinehurst, North Carolina, leading the United States to the team title. Among her endless list of accomplishments were first-place titles in the Trans-National Championships, Eastern Championships and Mexican Amateur Championships, and runner-up honors in the U.S. Amateur, North and South, and the 1979-1980 AIAW National Championships, where she shot four under par to break the UM 72-hole record by seven shots.
Ranked No. 9 in the LPGA in 1989, Rizzo's professional accomplishments include two holes-in-one, four professional tour victories and earnings in excess of $1 million. She retired from the LPGA in 1994.
Patti Rizzo's current updated biography as Coach of the University of Miami Women's Golf Team...
https://miamihurricanes.com/sports/wgolf/roster/season/2020-21/coach/patti-rizzo/
Rizzo announced her retirement as Head Coach at the University of Miami on May 13, 2022.
Despite having first played the game at the age of fifteen, Patti Rizzo quickly became one of the finest golfers to represent the University of Miami.
A valued member of the women's golf team in 1978-1981, she was the nation's # 1 amateur player and UM's MVP in 1980. She was voted Florida Golfweek magazine's 1979 Women's College Player of the Year and was a two-time All-American in 1981 and 1982.
She won medalist honors at the World Amateur Team Championships at Pinehurst, North Carolina, leading the United States to the team title. Among her endless list of accomplishments were first-place titles in the Trans-National Championships, Eastern Championships and Mexican Amateur Championships, and runner-up honors in the U.S. Amateur, North and South, and the 1979-1980 AIAW National Championships, where she shot four under par to break the UM 72-hole record by seven shots.
Ranked No. 9 in the LPGA in 1989, Rizzo's professional accomplishments include two holes-in-one, four professional tour victories and earnings in excess of $1 million. She retired from the LPGA in 1994.
Patti Rizzo's current updated biography as Coach of the University of Miami Women's Golf Team...
https://miamihurricanes.com/sports/wgolf/roster/season/2020-21/coach/patti-rizzo/
Rizzo announced her retirement as Head Coach at the University of Miami on May 13, 2022.