Opal Hill

Opal Hill
Personal information
Full name Opal S. Trout Hill
Born June 2, 1892(1892-06-02)
Newport, Nebraska
Died June 23, 1981(1981-06-23) (aged 89)
Kansas City, Missouri
Nationality  United States
Career
Turned professional 1938
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (founder)
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 2
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
(Wins: 2)
Western Open Won: 1935, 1936
Titleholders C'ship 7th: 1939
U.S. Women's Open T18: 1947

Opal S. Trout Hill (June 2, 1892 – June 23, 1981)[1][2] was an American professional golfer. She won the Women's Western Open in 1935 and 1936.

Opal Trout was born in Newport, Nebraska but was raised in Kansas City, Missouri.[1] She married Oscar S. Hill, an attorney. Suffering from a lingering kidney infection, her doctor recommended mild exercise and she took up golf at the age of 31.[1][3] She won numerous amateur tournaments.

Hill became a golf professional in 1938,[2] and was one of the 13 founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1950.[4]

Hill died in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 89.[2]

Contents

Amateur wins

this list is incomplete

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year Championship Winning Score Runner-up
1935 Women's Western Open 9 & 7 Mrs. S.L. Reinhart (a)
1936 Women's Western Open 3 & 2 Mrs. Charles Dennehy (a)

References

  1. ^ a b c Elliott, Len; Barbara Kelly. Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 92. ISBN 0870002252. 
  2. ^ a b c "Opal Hill: Professional Golfer Helped Organize What Later Became The LPGA". Toledo Blade (Toledo, Ohio). June 24, 1981. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ThEVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NwMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4452,392597&dq=golf+hill+opal&hl=en. Retrieved April 18, 2010. 
  3. ^ LPGA profile
  4. ^ "History of Women's Golf in America – From Amateur to Professional" (Retrieved on March 10, 2008)

External links

Match play era
1930 Mrs. Lee Mida • 1931 June Beebe • 1932 Jane Weiller• 1933 June Beebe • 1934 Marian McDougall • 1935 Opal Hill • 1936 Opal Hill • 1937 Helen Hicks • 1938 Bea Barrett • 1939 Helen Dettweiler 1940 Babe Zaharias • 1941 Patty Berg • 1942 Betty Jameson • 1943 Patty Berg • 1944 Babe Zaharias • 1945 Babe Zaharias • 1946 Louise Suggs • 1947 Louise Suggs • 1948 Patty Berg • 1949 Louise Suggs • 1950 Babe Zaharias • 1951 Patty Berg • 1952 Betsy Rawls • 1953 Louise Suggs • 1954 Betty Jameson

Stroke play era
1955 Patty Berg • 1956 Beverly Hanson • 1957 Patty Berg • 1958 Patty Berg • 1959 Betsy Rawls • 1960 Joyce Ziske† • 1961 Mary Lena Faulk • 1962 Mickey Wright† • 1963 Mickey Wright • 1964 Carol Mann • 1965 Susie Maxwell • 1966 Mickey Wright • 1967 Kathy Whitworth
† indicates the event was won in a playoff