At age 8 Amy Alcott would push golf balls into sprinkler heads in their lawn. Her parents and siblings didn't play, but are all athletic. At age 9 she was convinced that she wanted to be a golfer. Her short amateur career was highlighted by her victory in the United States Golf Association Juniors championship in 1973.

Amy met Walter Keller who has worked with her throughout her career. She went to his indoor golf school taking a lesson once a week hitting balls into a net. A habit she continues to this day  every day from the time she was 9! Her dad turned their yard into the "Alcott Golf and Country Club" and she would chip balls in the front yard, putt into soup cans with a flashlight, hit sand shots out of a sand trap she dug in the yard with her dad. She was named 1975 Rookie of the Year.

Amy turned pro when she was 18 and went to the LPGA qualifying school. She has now played for 30 years in the LPGA and has won 32 titles worldwide including 5 majors including the U.S. Open and 3 Dinah Shores. She became the sixth LPGA participant ever to surpass $1 million in career winnings in 1983, the third LPGA member to surpass $2 million in 1988 and cracked the $3 million plateau in 1994. She was admitted to the LPGA Hall of Fame in 1999.

She was recognized during LPGA's 50th Anniversary in 2000 as one of the LPGA's top 50 players and teachers.

Amy was named Golf Magazine Player of the Year in 1980 and received the Seagrams Seven Crowns of Sports Award.

Giving is another talent of Amy's. She is an Ambassador for the City of Hope which is dedicated to the prevention and cure of cancer, HIV/AIDS, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.

She created a $50,000 endowment for the UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital and its neonatal intensive care unit and serves on the hospital's board of directors.

For 13 years from 1981 through 1992, Amy hosted a charity golf event for the Los Angeles chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society and netted over $750,000. She is on the Advisory Board of the Jackie Robinson Foundation which provides college scholarships for minority students and is on the Advisory Board for a Drug Free America.

She received the Silver Achievement Award from the YWCA, LPGA Good Samaritan Award, National Multiple Sclerosis Achievement Award, Founders Cup, (created to recognize altruistic contributions for the betterment of society by an LPGA member) and the Sports and Law Award along with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

In addition to playing and giving, Amy co-designed Indian Canyons Golf Club in Palm Springs with architect Casey O'Callaghan. She is a playing editor for Golf Digest and is spokesperson for Countrywide Home Loans and Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group.

Looking to a career in course design and broadcasting, as well as developing equal access and more opportunities for women in the sport of golf, Amy is truly a champion of many causes.