Donna Caponi-Byrnes | ||
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| On-Course Reporter, Champions Tour, LPGA Tournaments |
| Born: | Jan 29, 1945 Detroit, Michigan |
| Family: | Single |
| College: | Turned pro at 19 |
| Handicap: | 0 |
| Favorite food: | Italian |
| Favorite movie: | Brian's Song and ET. |
| Golf tip: | Focus on alignment: direct your clubhead to the target and your stance should be parallel left of that target line. |
| Notes: | Nicknamed the "Watusi Kid" because as a pro she would play golf all day and dance all night. |
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Father Harry was a golf pro and sister Janet is listed as one of the top 50 teaching pros in the U.S. Since retiring from the tour, Donna stays busy with more than 40 corporate outings per year for companies like Southwestern Bell, Bank Boston and Canon. |
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| Donna Caponi-Byrnes is an on-course reporter for the GOLF CHANNEL’s coverage of the Champions Tour, and also serves as an analyst for select LPGA Tour broadcasts. Caponi-Byrnes’ expertise as a player comes from 25 years on the LPGA (1965-1989 tour). Winner of 24 LPGA events, including victories at the 1969 and 1970 U.S. Women’s Open, the 1978 Peter Jackson Classic (when it was an LPGA major), the 1979 and 1981 LPGA Championships and the 1979 Dinah Shore, Caponi-Byrnes was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001. She was named by GOLF Magazine as one of the “100 Heroes of the First Century” and serves as a PGA professional at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., home of the LPGA’s Nabisco Championship. Caponi-Byrnes’ past television credits include work on ESPN, NBC, CBS and TBS. | |
