White was born in Kinston, North Carolina. She had a successful amateur golf career, and was a semi-finalist in the 1971 U.S. Girls' Junior.1971 U.S. Girls' Junior In the U.S. Women's Amateur, she was a semi-finalist in 1973,1973 U.S. Women's Amateur runner-up in 19751975 U.S. Women's Amateur and winner in 1976.1976 U.S. Women's Amateur She also won the 1976 Trans-National Amateur.LPGA biography She was a member of the winning Curtis Cup and Espirito Santo Trophy teams in 1976.
