Katherine Hull

Katherine Hull

Hull at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born 26 February 1982 (1982-02-26) (age 30)
Brisbane, Queensland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Sunrise Beach, Queensland
Career
College Pepperdine University (graduated 2003)
Turned professional 2003
Current tour(s) LPGA (joined 2004)
ALPG Tour
Former tour(s) Futures Tour (2003)
Professional wins 10
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 2
Ladies European Tour 1
ALPG Tour 6
Futures Tour 2
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship T8: 2009
LPGA Championship T16: 2009
U.S. Women's Open T25: 2007
Women's British Open 2nd: 2010
Achievements and awards
Dinah Shore Award 2003

Katherine Hull (born 26 February 1982) is an Australian professional golfer currently playing on the United States-based LPGA Tour and on the ALPG Tour.

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Amateur career

Hull began playing golf at age 12 in her native Australia. She attended Pepperdine University in Malibu, California where she was an All-American in 2002–03 and was the NCAA Player of the Year in 2003. She collected eight collegiate wins during her career. Hull graduated from college in 2003 with a degree in Sports Administration.

Professional career

After graduating from college in 2003, Hull turned professional, playing on the Duramed FUTURES Tour. She won her first event as a professional, the Aurora Health Care FUTURES Charity Golf Classic, and one additional event that season. She finished tied for 42nd at the final LPGA Qualifying Tournament in 2003 to earn non-exempt status on the LPGA Tour for 2004.

In 2006, Hull won two events on the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour (ALPG), and also earned full playing privileges on the LGPA Tour for 2007 after returning to the LPGA Qualifying Tour.

2008 was Hull's breakout year as a professional. She earned her first win on the LPGA Tour, at the Canadian Women's Open,[1] and went on to record eight top-10 finishes during the season, including seven top 10s in her last ten events played. She finished 13th on the official LPGA money list.

She opened the 2009 season with a win in the ANZ Ladies Masters, a tournament co-sanctioned by the ALPG and the Ladies European Tour and finished on the of the Order of Merit for 2008/09 on the ALPG.

Professional wins (10)

LPGA Tour (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 17 Aug 2008 CN Canadian Women's Open -11 (71-65-72-67=277) 1 stroke Se Ri Pak
2 10 Oct 2010 Navistar LPGA Classic -19 (68-67-67-67=269) 1 stroke Brittany Lincicome

ALPG Tour (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 20 Feb 2005 Titanium Enterprises ALPG Players Championship -8 (69-69-70=208) 3 strokes Lynnette Brooky
2 20 Nov 2005 Eden Country Club Pro-Am -6 (66) 1 stroke Tamara Johns
3 25 Nov 2005 Sapphire Coast Ladies Classic -9 (71-66=137) 5 strokes Tamara Johns
4 8 Feb 2009 ANZ Ladies Masters* -16 (69-67-68-68=272) 5 strokes Tamie Durdin
5 14 Jan 2011 Moss Vale Golf Club Ladies Classic -10 (65-66=131) 2 strokes Stephanie Na
6 17 Jan 2011 Mount Broughton Classic -10 (68-66=134) 3 strokes Vicky Thomas

* Co-sanctioned with Ladies European Tour

Futures Tour (2)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP T58 T66 DNP T38 T8 T24 69
LPGA Championship DNP DNP T72 CUT T62 CUT T16 T34 T57
U.S. Women's Open CUT 51 CUT DNP T25 T42 CUT T41 CUT
Women's British Open DNP T50 CUT DNP CUT T48 T40 2 DNP

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings ($) Money
list rank		 Scoring
average
2003 4 3 0 0 0 0 T22 13,767 n/a 73.91
2004 18 13 0 0 0 2 6 156,760 69 71.86
2005 24 14 0 1 0 2 2 201,676 55 73.90
2006 22 5 0 0 0 0 T34 20,359 146 75.08
2007 24 15 0 0 0 2 T9 187,008 60 72.90
2008 30 22 1 1 0 8 1 1,045,619 13 71.51
2009 25 20 0 1 0 3 2 461,820 27 71.67
2010 18 15 1 1 0 4 1 674,449 13 71.54

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ^ "Katherine Hull wins Canadian Women's Open". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 August 2008. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/08/17/lpga-canadianopen.html. Retrieved 2010-10-12. 

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