Judy Kimball

Judy Kimball
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Judy Kimball Simon
Born	(1938-06-17) June 17, 1938 Sioux City, Iowa
Nationality	United States
Career
College	Kansas University (1960)
Turned professional	1961
Retired	1988
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (1961–88)
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	3
Other	2
Best results in LPGA major championships (Wins: 1)
Western Open	T2: 1964
Titleholders C'ship	T2: 1966
ANA Inspiration	DNP
Women's PGA C'ship	Won: 1962
U.S. Women's Open	T11: 1963
du Maurier Classic	CUT: 1981

Judy Kimball Simon (born June 17, 1938) is an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1962 LPGA Championship, an LPGA major.

Amateur career

Kimball was born in Sioux City, Iowa.^[1] She graduated from Kansas University in 1960. She was Iowa State Amateur champion in 1958 and a semifinalist in the 1959 Trans-Miss and the 1960 Western Amateur. She was also the low amateur at the Waterloo Women's Open Invitational in 1958.

Professional career

She turned professional in 1961 and won three LPGA tournaments, including the LPGA Championship in 1962. She was inducted into the Iowa Golf Hall of Fame in 1993^[2] and the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame in 1997.^[3]

Amateur wins

1958 Iowa State Women's Amateur

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (3)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 30, 1961	American Women's Open	−5 (73-75-73-74=295)	2 strokes	Betsy Rawls
2	Oct 7, 1962	LPGA Championship	−2 (70-69-71-72=282)	4 strokes	Shirley Spork
3	Jul 25, 1971	O'Sullivan Ladies Open	−5 (71-68-72=211)	1 stroke	Margie Masters

Other wins (2)

1966 Yankee Women's Open (with Gloria Ehret)
1971 LPGA Four-Ball Championship (with Kathy Whitworth)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1962	LPGA Championship	−2 (70-69-71-72=282)	4 strokes	Shirley Spork

References

Women's PGA Championship champions

1955‡ Beverly Hanson 1956 Marlene Hagge† 1957 Louise Suggs 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Betsy Rawls 1960 Mickey Wright 1961‡ Mickey Wright 1962‡ Judy Kimball 1963 Mickey Wright 1964 Mary Mills 1965 Sandra Haynie 1966 Gloria Ehret 1967‡ Kathy Whitworth 1968‡ Sandra Post† 1969 Betsy Rawls 1970 Shirley Englehorn† 1971 Kathy Whitworth 1972 Kathy Ahern 1973 Mary Mills 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Kathy Whitworth 1976 Betty Burfeindt 1977 Hisako Higuchi 1978 Nancy Lopez 1979 Donna Caponi 1980 Sally Little 1981 Donna Caponi 1982‡ Jan Stephenson 1983 Patty Sheehan 1984 Patty Sheehan 1985‡ Nancy Lopez 1986 Pat Bradley 1987 Jane Geddes 1988 Sherri Turner 1989 Nancy Lopez 1990 Beth Daniel 1991 Meg Mallon 1992‡ Betsy King 1993 Patty Sheehan 1994 Laura Davies 1995 Kelly Robbins 1996 Laura Davies 1997 Christa Johnson† 1998‡ Se-ri Pak 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Juli Inkster† 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Se-ri Pak 2003 Annika Sörenstam† 2004 Annika Sörenstam 2005 Annika Sörenstam 2006 Se-ri Pak† 2007 Suzann Pettersen 2008 Yani Tseng† 2009 Anna Nordqvist 2010‡ Cristie Kerr 2011‡ Yani Tseng 2012 Shanshan Feng 2013 Inbee Park† 2014 Inbee Park† 2015 Inbee Park

† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire

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