Judy Kimball
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Personal information | |
Full name | Judy Kimball Simon |
Born | (1938-06-17) June 17, 1938 (age 86) Sioux City, Iowa, U.S. |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Career | |
College | University of Kansas, 1960 |
Turned professional | 1961 |
Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (1961–88) |
Professional wins | 5 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 3 |
Other | 2 |
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) | |
Western Open | T2: 1964 |
Titleholders C'ship | T2: 1966 |
Chevron Championship | DNP |
Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 1962 |
U.S. Women's Open | T11: 1963 |
du Maurier Classic | CUT: 1981 |
Judy Kimball Simon (born June 17, 1938) is an American professional golfer, best known for winning the LPGA Championship in 1962, a women's major championship.
Amateur career
Born in Sioux City, Iowa,[1] Kimball graduated from the University of Kansas in 1960. She was Iowa State Amateur champion in 1958 and a semifinalist in the 1959 Trans-Miss and the 1960 Western Amateur. She was also the low amateur at the Waterloo Women's Open Invitational in 1958.
Professional career
Kimball turned professional in 1961 and won three LPGA tournaments, including the LPGA Championship in 1962. She was inducted into the Iowa Golf Hall of Fame Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine in 1993[2] and the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.[3]
Amateur wins
- 1958 Iowa State Women's Amateur
Professional wins
LPGA Tour wins (3)
Legend |
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LPGA Tour major championships (1) |
Other LPGA Tour (2) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | Jul 30, 1961 | American Women's Open | 73-75-73-74=295 | −5 | 2 strokes | Betsy Rawls |
2 | Oct 7, 1962 | LPGA Championship | 70-69-71-72=282 | −2 | 4 strokes | Shirley Spork |
3 | Jul 25, 1971 | O'Sullivan Ladies Open | 71-68-72=211 | −5 | 1 stroke | Margie Masters |
Other wins (2)
- 1966 Yankee Women's Open (with Gloria Ehret)
- 1971 LPGA Four-Ball Championship (with Kathy Whitworth)
Major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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1962 | LPGA Championship | −2 (70-69-71-72=282) | 4 strokes | Shirley Spork |
See also
- Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions
- List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins
References
- ^ "Today in Golf History - June 17". golfonline.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
- ^ "Iowa Golf Hall of Fame profile". iowagolf.org. Archived from the original on May 13, 2008.
- ^ "Judy Kimball, Sioux City, 1997". Des Moines Register. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009.
External links
- Judy Kimball at the LPGA Tour official site at the Wayback Machine (archived April 5, 2012)
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- 1955 Beverly Hanson‡
- 1956 Marlene Hagge†
- 1957 Louise Suggs
- 1958 Mickey Wright‡
- 1959 Betsy Rawls
- 1960 Mickey Wright
- 1961 Mickey Wright‡
- 1962 Judy Kimball‡
- 1963 Mickey Wright
- 1964 Mary Mills
- 1965 Sandra Haynie
- 1966 Gloria Ehret
- 1967‡ Kathy Whitworth‡
- 1968 Sandra Post†‡
- 1969 Betsy Rawls
- 1970 Shirley Englehorn†
- 1971 Kathy Whitworth
- 1972 Kathy Ahern
- 1973 Mary Mills
- 1974 Sandra Haynie
- 1975 Kathy Whitworth
- 1976 Betty Burfeindt
- 1977 Hisako Higuchi
- 1978 Nancy Lopez
- 1979 Donna Caponi
- 1980 Sally Little
- 1981 Donna Caponi
- 1982 Jan Stephenson‡
- 1983 Patty Sheehan
- 1984 Patty Sheehan
- 1985 Nancy Lopez‡
- 1986 Pat Bradley
- 1987 Jane Geddes
- 1988 Sherri Turner
- 1989 Nancy Lopez
- 1990 Beth Daniel
- 1991 Meg Mallon
- 1992 Betsy King‡
- 1993 Patty Sheehan
- 1994 Laura Davies
- 1995 Kelly Robbins
- 1996 Laura Davies
- 1997 Christa Johnson†
- 1998 Se-ri Pak‡
- 1999 Juli Inkster
- 2000 Juli Inkster†
- 2001 Karrie Webb
- 2002 Se-ri Pak
- 2003 Annika Sörenstam†
- 2004 Annika Sörenstam
- 2005 Annika Sörenstam
- 2006 Se-ri Pak†
- 2007 Suzann Pettersen
- 2008 Yani Tseng†
- 2009 Anna Nordqvist
- 2010 Cristie Kerr‡
- 2011 Yani Tseng‡
- 2012 Shanshan Feng
- 2013 Inbee Park†
- 2014 Inbee Park†
- 2015 Inbee Park
- 2016 Brooke Henderson†
- 2017 Danielle Kang
- 2018 Park Sung-hyun†
- 2019 Hannah Green‡
- 2020 Kim Sei-young
- 2021 Nelly Korda
- 2022 Chun In-gee
- 2023 Yin Ruoning
- 2024 Amy Yang
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