As a member of the golf team of Florida International University in Miami, she was named an All-American in 1970.

[3] In early 1973, Bradley tied for twelfth as an amateur at the Burdine's Invitational on the LPGA Tour.

[4][5] Bradley joined the LPGA Tour in 1974 and got her first win at the Girl Talk Classic in 1976 (she also finished second six times that year).

[6] She finished fifth in the U.S. Women's Open, three strokes back, to narrowly miss the grand slam.

Sports psychologist Bob Rotella wrote in his 1996 book, Golf Is a Game of Confidence, that Bradley was the most mentally tough athlete he knew.

[4] She was the third woman, behind Mickey Wright and Louise Suggs, to have completed the LPGA "Career Grand Slam".

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.