Juli Inkster
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Juli Inkster (née Simpson) (born June 24, 1960, in Santa Cruz, California) is an American professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.
As an amateur, from 1980 to 1982, Inkster won three consecutive United States Women's Amateur Golf Championships. To date she has won 31 tournaments on the LPGA Tour, including seven major championships, and is currently third on the career money list [1]. Inkster has won a tournament in 16 out of 24 seasons from 1983 to 2006, but has never finished at the top of the money list; her best finishes were second in 1999, and third in both 1986 and 2002.
Inkster played on the United States Solheim Cup team in 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000.
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[edit] LPGA victories
- 1983 Safeco Classic
- 1984 Kraft Nabisco Championship, du Maurier Classic
- 1985 Lady Keystone Open
- 1986 Kemper Open, McDonald’s Championship, Lady Keystone Open, Atlantic City LPGA Classic
- 1988 Crestar Classic, Atlantic City LPGA Classic, Safeco Classic
- 1989 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Crestar Classic
- 1991 Bay State Classic
- 1992 JAL Big Apple Classic
- 1997 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
- 1998 Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
- 1999 Welch's/Circle K Championship, Longs Drugs Challenge, U.S. Open, McDonald's LPGA Championship, Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
- 2000 Longs Drugs Challenge, McDonald's LPGA Championship, Samsung World Championship
- 2001 Electrolux USA Championship
- 2002 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship, U.S. Open
- 2003 LPGA Corning Classic, Evian Masters
- 2006 Safeway International
LPGA Majors are shown in bold.
[edit] Results in LPGA majors
Tournament | 1978 | 1979 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 1 | T19 | T5 | T17 | T12 | 1 |
LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 | T25 | T3 | T9 | T61 | T65 |
U.S. Women's Open | T23 | CUT | CUT | T29 | DNP | T27 | CUT | T69 | T40 | T8 | DNP |
du Maurier Classic | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 1 | T43 | T22 | T39 | T16 | DNP |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | T11 | T30 | 9 | T40 | DNP | T16 | T19 | T16 | T24 | 6 | T17 |
LPGA Championship | CUT | 9 | 9 | T65 | T14 | T47 | T5 | T53 | T16 | 1 | 1 |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | 2 | T39 | T18 | T37 | T34 | T14 | CUT | 1 | T23 |
du Maurier Classic | CUT | T36 | 3 | T52 | CUT | 3 | T12 | T5 | T14 | 3 | T5 |
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | T15 | T19 | T11 | T28 | 7 | 5 |
LPGA Championship | T15 | T4 | T37 | T6 | T13 | T34 |
U.S. Women's Open | T12 | 1 | 8 | T58 | T38 | 6 |
Women's British Open ^ | CUT | CUT | T41 | T25 | T15 | T4 |
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Profile on the LPGA's official site
- Golf Stars Online - links to features and profiles