Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Carol Semple Thompson have also won three different USGA titles.

Born in Kirkland, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle, "The Great Gundy" (as she was known before she married Don Carner) remained an amateur until age 30.

In 1960, while attending Arizona State University, she won the national intercollegiate individual golf championship.

[3] She was the last amateur to win on the LPGA Tour until 15-year-old New Zealander Lydia Ko won the CN Canadian Women's Open in 2012.

Big Mama (her other nickname) was the second player in LPGA history to cross the $1 million mark in career earnings.

During 2004, she still played 10 tournaments and became the oldest player to make a cut on the LPGA Tour at age 65.

[7] Carner is a graduate of Arizona State University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta.