Heather Farr

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Heather Farr (March 10, 1965 – November 20, 1993), was an American golfer.

Farr won three state championships at Xavier College Preparatory in Phoenix. She is a member of the National High School Sports Hall of Fame and the azcentral.com Arizona High School Sports Hall of Fame.

In 1982, Farr enrolled at Arizona State University, where she played for the Sun Devils women's golf team. During her time at ASU, she became a well known golfer, both in Arizona and nationwide, winning the 1982 United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship and 1984 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. Upon graduation in 1986, she joined the LPGA.

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Heather Farr was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1989. Her battle with cancer became national news for the next four years.

Through 1993, The Arizona Republic newspaper kept a daily column which updated Farr's health condition. She became admired by many Arizonans because she kept hope of returning to the golf links soon, despite her ordeal. On November 20, after being debilitated by her disease, she died at age 28.

She was posthumously named an "ambassador" of the Greyhawk Golf Club in Arizona, and her family established the Heather Farr Foundation. In addition to that, numerous golf awards have been named after her.

In 1994, the LPGA established the Heather Farr Player Award to celebrate the life of Farr. The award recognizes an LPGA Tour player who, through her hard work, dedication and love of the game of golf, has demonstrated determination, perseverance and spirit in fulfilling her goals as a player, qualities for which Farr is so fondly remembered.[1]