SHE GREW UP A TOMBOY DURIN THE DEPRESSION .THE MINNESOTA NATIVE WAS ONLY 5FT. 2 INCHES BUT HIT LONG AND STRAIGHT DOWN THE FAIRWAAY... GOOD ENOUGH TO STILL HAVE THE LPGA RECORD OF 15 MAJOR ... SHE CONCLUDED HER CAREER WITH 60 VICTORIES....ALSO A FOUNDER OF THE LPGA .SHE WAS A TOUGH COOKIE WHO AS A KID WAS QB FOR THE 50TH STREET TIGERS.. LEGENDARY OKLAHOMA COACH BUD WILKENSON RAN ROUTES FOR HER..SHE HAD ENOUGH GRIT TO SERVE AS A LEATHER NECK (U.S.M.C.) DURING WW 2 ...WILSON SPORTING GOODS NAMED HER DYNAMITE.!!!  SHE BARNSTORMED THE STATE PROMOTIN WILSON .SHE COME TO HIBBING, MN.  ONE GLORIOUS SUMMER IN THE  50S ..I WAS KING OF THE SANDLOT SOFTBALL LEAGUES ,IT WAS A SPECIAL TIME WHEN A KID LIKE ME MANAGED ,COACHED AND PLAYED.. ALSO WORKED MY  SPONSER E. A. YOUNG MINING CO. FOR EQUIPMENT ,HATS ,TEES AND JACKETS FOR WINNING SEVERAL CHAMPIONSHIPS .(YOU CAN LOOK IT UP) EMMA OUR PLAYGROUND DIRECTOR AT THE MEMORIAL BLDG.HAD A HANDICAPPED SON WHO I TOOK UNDER MY WING ..OLD MAN YOUNG GIVE ME HIS PHYISICALLY CHALLENGED GUY NAMED JUNIOR FOR MY MASCOT...  WE WERE A GREAT TRIFECTA . EMMA SHOWED AT THE GAME WITH THIIS LADY GOLPHER SHE WAS OLDER BUT REAL TAN ,BRIGHT EYED . AND STUNNING LOOKIN. WE WON AND I GOT A CHANCE TO MEET HER SHE GRABBED BOTH MY ARMS STARED ME DOWN AND TOLD ME TO FOLLOW MY DREAMS....YOU DONE GOOD ON THIS PLANET PATTY BERG ...THE LIVES YOU HAVE TOUCHED WILL CARRY YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE.. I WILL NEVER FORGET YOU...  FARE THEE  WELL PATTY BERG /1918-2006  I AM TIGER VIDMAR