Kelly Robbins
Kelly Robbins | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Kelly Robbins |
Born | (1969-09-29) September 29, 1969 (age 54) Mount Pleasant, Michigan, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Career | |
College | University of Tulsa |
Turned professional | 1992 |
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 1992) |
Professional wins | 12 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 9 |
Other | 3 |
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) | |
Chevron Championship | T2: 1996 |
Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 1995 |
U.S. Women's Open | T2: 2003 |
du Maurier Classic | T3: 1997 |
Women's British Open | T32: 2001 |
Kelly Robbins (born September 29, 1969) is a former American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1992 and won nine LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career.
Amateur career
Robbins was born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. She started playing golf at the age of 8. She attended the University of Tulsa, where she was a member of the NCAA Championship team in 1988. Throughout her collegiate career, she won seven individual titles and twice was named a First-Team All-American. In 1991, she was honored as the NCAA Co-Player of the Year along with Annika Sörenstam and was the North and South Amateur Championship winner .
Professional career
Robbins joined the LPGA Tour in 1992. She qualified for the Tour on her first attempt. She has won nine tournaments on the tour, including one major, the 1995 McDonald's LPGA Championship. She was most successful in the mid-1990s, finishing in the top-10 on the money list four years in a row, from 1994 to 1997. In 2005, she only played two LPGA Tour events due to a back injury. She retired from competitive golf in 2007.
In 2008, was named co-assistant captain of the 2009 U.S. Solheim Cup team.
Professional wins
LPGA Tour wins (9)
Legend |
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LPGA Tour major championships (1) |
Other LPGA Tour (8) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | May 30, 1993 | LPGA Corning Classic | −11 (70-68-70-69=277) | Playoff | Alison Nicholas |
2 | Jul 10, 1994 | Jamie Farr Toledo Classic | −9 (69-70-65=204) | Playoff | Tammie Green |
3 | May 14, 1995 | McDonald's LPGA Championship | −10 (66-68-72-68=274) | 1 stroke | Laura Davies |
4 | Apr 7, 1996 | Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic | −11 (73-68-68-64=273) | Playoff | Val Skinner |
5 | Feb 9, 1997 | Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am | −17 (66-69-69-67=271) | Playoff | Emilee Klein |
6 | Jul 6, 1997 | Jamie Farr Kroger Classic | −19 (67-64-67-67=265) | 8 strokes | Tammie Green |
7 | Jan 18, 1998 | HealthSouth Inaugural | −7 (76-67-66=209) | 2 strokes | Meg Mallon |
8 | Oct 11, 1998 | Lifetime's AFLAC Tournament of Champions | −12 (66-73-67-70=276) | 4 strokes | Juli Inkster |
9 | Jan 17, 1999 | HealthSouth Inaugural | −11 (70-71-64=205) | 1 stroke | Tina Barrett Karrie Webb |
LPGA Tour playoff record (4–3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1993 | LPGA Corning Classic | Alison Nicholas | Won with par on first extra hole |
2 | 1994 | Jamie Farr Toledo Classic | Tammie Green | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
3 | 1996 | Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic | Val Skinner | Won with birdie on fifth extra hole |
4 | 1997 | Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am | Emilee Klein | Won with par on second extra hole |
5 | 1997 | Standard Register PING | Laura Davies | Lost to par on first extra hole |
6 | 1997 | Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf | Helen Alfredsson Juli Inkster | Inkster won with birdie on first extra hole |
7 | 2003 | U.S. Women's Open | Hilary Lunke Angela Stanford | Lunke won 18-hole playoff (Lunke:70, Stanford:71, Robbins:73) |
Other wins
- 1994 Diner's Club Matches (with Tammie Green)
- 1995 Diner's Club Matches (with Tammie Green)
- 1997 Gillette Tour Challenge Championship (with Jim Colbert and Nick Price)
Major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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1995 | McDonald's LPGA Championship | −10 (66-68-72-68=274) | 1 stroke | Laura Davies |
Team appearances
Professional
- Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 1994 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1998 (winners), 2000, 2002 (winners), 2003
External links
- Kelly Robbins at the LPGA Tour official site
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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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