Juli Inkster

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Juli Inkster
Personal Information
Birth June 24, 1960 (age 46) Santa Cruz, California
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality Flag of United States United States
Residence Los Altos, California, USA
College San Jose State University
Career
Turned Pro 1983
Current tour LPGA Tour (joined 1983)
Professional wins 31 on LPGA Tour
Major Championship results
Wins: 7
Kraft Nabisco Won 1984, 1989
LPGA Championship Won 1999, 2000
U.S. Women's Open Won 1999, 2002
Du Maurier Classic Won 1984
British Women's Open T4: 2006
Awards
Broderick Award 1982
LPGA Rookie of the Year 1984
Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year 1999
Elected to World Golf Hall of Fame 2000
ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer 2000
LPGA William and Mousie Powell Award 2004

Juli Inkster (born Juli Simpson on 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. Inkster went to Harbor High School and to San Jose State University where she was an All-American in 1979, 1981 and 1982.

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[edit] LPGA Tour wins (31)

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

[edit] Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 1978 1979 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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
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 2007
Kraft Nabisco Championship T15 T19 T11 T28 7 5 T24
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.

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