May 28 Report: Solheim Cup Player and Former University of Florida Golfer Deb Richard

Very happy to report the addition of another former University of Florida golfer to my collection.

This time it comes via Deb Richard, the first female UF golfer I have in the collection. Certainly many more to come, but you've got to start somewhere.

And Richard is as good a place to begin as any considering her NCAA pedigree:

*Twice an All-American
*She led UF to its first NCAA women’s golf national championship in 1985
*Won 1985 Honda Broderick Award as the nation’s top female collegiate golfer
*She remains the SEC leader with her three medalist honors
*Richard was the inaugural recipient of the SEC Women’s Golfer of the Year honor in 1985
*Richard won the 1984 U.S. Women’s Amateur
*She was inducted into the Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995

This doesn't even include her LPGA career, where she won five times.

Richard did a great job of signing and personalizing my Solheim Cup photo. And a major bonus is she added a pair of inscriptions: first she wrote "UF '89" which was when she graduated and also added "Solheim '92" which is the year she made the American team.

Day of the Year: 148
Number of Autographs This Year: 196