Bettye Danoff, 88, cofounder of LPGA

Bettye Danoff, one of 13 founding members of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, which began as a hardy, poorly paid band of women who traveled the country for the chance to play the game, died on Thursday in McKinney, Texas. She was 88. Officially founded in 1950, the LPGA was begun by 13 women, including Danoff, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Patty Berg and Alice Bauer.