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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.
[edit] Amateur career
Inkster went to Harbor High School and to San Jose State University[1] where she was an All-American in 1979, 1981 and 1982. She was also All Nor-Cal 1979-1981 and SJSU Athlete of the Year in 1981 and is a member of the San Jose State Sports Hall of Fame.[2] From 1980 to 1982, Inkster won three consecutive United States Women's Amateur Golf Championships and was a member of the winning US Curtis Cup team in 1982.[3]
[edit] Professional career
To date she has won 31 tournaments on the LPGA Tour, including seven major championships, and is currently third on the LPGA career money list.[4] Inkster 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, 2005, and 2007 and teamed with Pat Hurst represented the United States at the 2007 Women's World Cup of Golf.[5]. She was voted Women's Sports Foundation Sportwoman of the Year in 1999[6] and inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000.[7]
[edit] Professional wins (31)
[edit] LPGA Tour (31)
- 1983 (1) Safeco Classic
- 1984 (2) Kraft Nabisco Championship, du Maurier Classic
- 1985 (1) Lady Keystone Open
- 1986 (3) Kemper Open, McDonald’s Championship, Lady Keystone Open, Atlantic City LPGA Classic
- 1988 (3) Crestar Classic, Atlantic City LPGA Classic, Safeco Classic
- 1989 (2) Kraft Nabisco Championship, Crestar Classic
- 1991 (1) Bay State Classic
- 1992 (1) JAL Big Apple Classic
- 1997 (1) Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
- 1998 (1) Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf
- 1999 (5) Welch's/Circle K Championship, Longs Drugs Challenge, U.S. Open, McDonald's LPGA Championship, Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
- 2000 (3) Longs Drugs Challenge, McDonald's LPGA Championship, Samsung World Championship
- 2001 (1) Electrolux USA Championship
- 2002 (2) Chick-fil-A Charity Championship, U.S. Open
- 2003 (2) LPGA Corning Classic, Evian Masters
- 2006 (1) Safeway International
LPGA Majors are shown in bold.
[edit] Results in LPGA majors
^ 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
DQ = disqualified
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes and references
[edit] External links
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