Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster at the official announcement of the 2009 Solheim Cup Team, Royal Lytham St Annes Golf Club, Lytham St Annes, England, August 2, 2009.
Personal information
Born	June 24, 1960 (1960-06-24) (age 49) Santa Cruz, California U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Los Altos, California, U.S.
Spouse	Brian Inkster
Children	Hayley (b. 1990) Cori (b. 1994)
Career
College	San Jose State University (graduated 1983)
Turned professional	1983
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 1983)
Professional wins	38
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	31
Other	7
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 7)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	Won 1984, 1989
LPGA Championship	Won 1999, 2000
U.S. Women's Open	Won 1999, 2002
du Maurier Classic	Won 1984
Women's British Open	T4: 2006
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2000 (member page)
Broderick Award	1982
LPGA Rookie of the Year	1984
GWAA Female Player of the Year	1989
ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer	2000
LPGA William and Mousie Powell Award	2004
GWAA ASAP/Murray	2009

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.

Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 3 Professional wins (38) 3.1 LPGA Tour (31) 3.2 Other (7) 4 Major Championships 4.1 Wins (7) 4.2 Results in LPGA majors 5 LPGA Tour record 6 See also 7 Notes and references 8 External links

[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, 2007, and 2009; she has won a total of 18 points, making her the winningest American Solheim Cup player as of 2009. She 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 was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000.^[7]

[edit] Professional wins (38)

[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] Other (7)

• 1986 JCPenney Classic (with Tom Purtzer)
• 1990 Spalding Invitational
• 1996 Diners Club Matches (with Dottie Pepper)
• 1997 Diners Club Matches (with Dottie Pepper)
• 1999 Diners Club Matches (with Dottie Pepper)
• 2000 Hyundai Team Matches (with Dottie Pepper)
• 2004 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Cristie Kerr and Grace Park)

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (7)

Year	Championship	Winning Score
1984	Kraft Nabisco Championship	-8 (70-73-69-68=280)
1984	du Maurier	279 (-9)
1989	Kraft Nabisco Championship	-9 (66-69-73-71=279)
1999	LPGA Championship	268 (-16)
1999	Women’s U.S. Open	-16
2000	LPGA Championship	281 (-3)
2002	Women’s U.S. Open	-4

[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	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T15	T19	T11	T28	7	5	DQ	T58	CUT
LPGA Championship	T15	T4	T37	T6	T13	T34	T21	DNP	T44
U.S. Women's Open	T12	1	8	T58	T38	6	CUT	CUT	T26
Women's British Open ^	CUT	CUT	T41	T25	T15	T4	T33	T14	CUT

^ 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] LPGA Tour record

Year	Events played	Cuts made	Wins	2nds	3rds	Top tens	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
1978	1	1	0	0	0	0	T23	n/a	n/a	74.75	n/a
1979	1	0	0	0	0	0	MC	n/a	n/a	81.50	n/a
1980	2	2	0	0	0	0	11	n/a	n/a	73.80	n/a
1981	1	1	0	0	0	0	T52	n/a	n/a	78.00	n/a
1982	4	4	0	0	0	0	T14	n/a	n/a	74.56	n/a
1983	8	8	1	1	0	2	1	52,220	30	72.92
1984	23	23	2	1	0	10	1	186,501	6	73.07
1985	27	22	1	1	0	7	1	99,651	19	73.13
1986	23	23	4	1	2	9	1	285,293	3	72.15
1987	24	24	0	0	0	12	T4	140,739	14	72.27
1988	26	25	3	0	1	12	1	235,344	10	71.78
1989	21	16	2	0	1	4	1	180,848	14	72.98
1990
1991	26	21	1	0	1	6	1	213,096	17	72.28
1992	23	22	1	2	1	10	1	392,063	7	71.43
1993	21	15	0	1	0	2	2	116,583	47	72.50
1994	16	13	0	1	0	3	2	113,829	49	72.00
1995	20	16	0	1	2	5	2	195,739	33	72.46
1996	22	20	0	0	0	7	4	259,660	21	71.64
1997	24	24	1	1	3	10	1	557,988	6	70.64
1998	25	23	1	3	0	12	1	656,012	6	70.78
1999	24	23	5	0	3	18	1	1,337,253	2	70.04
2000	19	18	3	3	2	13	1	980,330	4	70.73
2001	20	18	1	0	0	5	1	445,087	22	71.34
2002	20	18	2	2	0	10	1	1,154,349	3	70.82
2003	21	18	2	1	1	9	1	1,028,205	5	70.55
2004	21	21	0	1	1	7	T2	654,967	13	70.87	12
2005	19	19	0	1	1	6	2	579,240	24	71.33	7
2006	21	21	1	2	0	12	1	1,326,442	7	70.48	5
2007	20	18	0	1	2	6	2	736,521	18	72.09	22
2008	18	16	0	1	1	3	2	441,484	38	71.78	25
2009	15	13	0	0	0	1	T10	216,754	50	72.11	38

• Current as of September 6, 2009.
• The LPGA Tour has not provided data for Inkster's performance in 1990, although the Tour has indicated that she finished T11 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in that year.

[edit] See also

• Women’s Career Grand Slam Champion
• Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
• Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• Profile on the LPGA official site
• Juli Inkster Biography on about.com

v • d • e Dinah Shore/Kraft Nabisco Champions Non-Major Championship 1972 Jane Blalock · 1973 Mickey Wright · 1974 Jo Ann Prentice · 1975 Sandra Palmer · 1976 Judy Rankin · 1977 Kathy Whitworth · 1978 Sandra Post · 1979 Sandra Post · 1980 Donna Caponi · 1981 Nancy Lopez · 1982 Sally Little Major Championship 1983 Amy Alcott · 1984 Juli Inkster · 1985 Alice Miller · 1986 Pat Bradley · 1987 Betsy King · 1988 Amy Alcott · 1989 Juli Inkster · 1990 Betsy King · 1991 Amy Alcott · 1992 Dottie Mochrie · 1993 Helen Alfredsson · 1994 Donna Andrews · 1995 Nanci Bowen · 1996 Patty Sheehan · 1997 Betsy King · 1998 Pat Hurst · 1999 Dottie Pepper · 2000 Karrie Webb · 2001 Annika Sörenstam · 2002 Annika Sörenstam · 2003 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc · 2004 Grace Park · 2005 Annika Sörenstam · 2006 Karrie Webb · 2007 Morgan Pressel · 2008 Lorena Ochoa · 2009 Brittany Lincicome

v • d • e LPGA 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 ·

v • d • e U.S. Women's Open Champions 1946 Patty Berg · 1947 Betty Jameson · 1948 Babe Zaharias · 1949 Louise Suggs · 1950 Babe Zaharias · 1951 Betsy Rawls · 1952 Louise Suggs · 1953 Betsy Rawls · 1954 Babe Zaharias · 1955 Fay Crocker · 1956 Kathy Cornelius · 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958 Mickey Wright · 1959 Mickey Wright · 1960 Betsy Rawls · 1961 Mickey Wright · 1962 Murle Breer · 1963 Mary Mills · 1964 Mickey Wright · 1965 Carol Mann · 1966 Sandra Spuzich · 1967 Catherine LaCoste (am) · 1968 Susie Berning · 1969 Donna Caponi · 1970 Donna Caponi · 1971 JoAnne Carner · 1972 Susie Berning · 1973 Susie Berning · 1974 Sandra Haynie · 1975 Sandra Palmer · 1976 JoAnne Carner · 1977 Hollis Stacy · 1978 Hollis Stacy · 1979 Jerilyn Britz · 1980 Amy Alcott · 1981 Pat Bradley · 1982 Janet Anderson · 1983 Jan Stephenson · 1984 Hollis Stacy · 1985 Kathy Baker · 1986 Jane Geddes · 1987 Laura Davies · 1988 Liselotte Neumann · 1989 Betsy King · 1990 Betsy King · 1991 Meg Mallon · 1992 Patty Sheehan · 1993 Lauri Merten · 1994 Patty Sheehan · 1995 Annika Sörenstam · 1996 Annika Sörenstam · 1997 Alison Nicholas · 1998 Se Ri Pak · 1999 Juli Inkster · 2000 Karrie Webb · 2001 Karrie Webb · 2002 Juli Inkster · 2003 Hilary Lunke · 2004 Meg Mallon · 2005 Birdie Kim · 2006 Annika Sörenstam · 2007 Cristie Kerr · 2008 Inbee Park · 2009 Eun-Hee Ji

v • d • e Canadian Women's Open (Peter Jackson/du Maurier Classic) Champions Non-Major Championship 1973 Jocelyne Bourassa · 1974 Carole Jo Callison · 1975 JoAnne Carner · 1976 Donna Caponi · 1977 Judy Rankin · 1978 JoAnne Carner Major Championship 1979 Amy Alcott · 1980 Pat Bradley · 1981 Jan Stephenson · 1982 Sandra Haynie · 1983 Hollis Stacy · 1984 Juli Inkster · 1985 Pat Bradley · 1986 Pat Bradley · 1987 Jody Rosenthal · 1988 Sally Little · 1989 Tammie Green · 1990 Cathy Johnston-Forbes · 1991 Nancy Scranton · 1992 Sherri Steinhauer · 1993 Brandie Burton · 1994 Martha Nause · 1995 Jenny Lidback · 1996 Laura Davies · 1997 Colleen Walker · 1998 Brandie Burton · 1999 Karrie Webb · 2000 Meg Mallon Non-Major Championship 2001 Annika Sörenstam · 2002 Meg Mallon · 2003 Beth Daniel · 2004 Meg Mallon · 2005 Meena Lee · 2006 Cristie Kerr · 2007 Lorena Ochoa · 2008 Katherine Hull

v • d • e Women's Career Grand Slam Champion Golfers 1957 Louise Suggs (1) • 1962 Mickey Wright (1) • 1963 Mickey Wright (2) • 1986 Pat Bradley (1) • 1999 Juli Inkster (1) • 2001 Karrie Webb (1) • 2003 Annika Sörenstam (1)

v • d • e Female golfers who have won 2 or more major championships in one year 1946 Louise Suggs (2) • 1948 Patty Berg (2) • 1949 Louise Suggs (2) • 1950 Babe Zaharias (3) • 1955 Patty Berg (2) • 1957 Patty Berg (2) • 1958 Mickey Wright (2) • 1959 Betsy Rawls (2) • 1961 Mickey Wright (3) • 1962 Mickey Wright (2) • 1963 Mickey Wright (2) • 1967 Kathy Whitworth (2) • 1974 Sandra Haynie (2) • 1984 Juli Inkster (2) • 1986 Pat Bradley (3) • 1990 Betsy King (2) • 1991 Meg Mallon (2) • 1996 Laura Davies (2) • 1998 Se Ri Pak (2) • 1999 Juli Inkster (2) • 2000 Karrie Webb (2) • 2001 Karrie Webb (2) • 2003 Annika Sörenstam (2) • 2005 Annika Sörenstam (2)

v • d • e 2009 American Solheim Cup Team Nicole Castrale • Paula Creamer • Beth Daniel (captain) • Natalie Gulbis • Juli Inkster • Cristie Kerr • Christina Kim • Brittany Lang • Brittany Lincicome • Meg Mallon (assistant captain) • Kristy McPherson • Morgan Pressel • Kelly Robbins (assistant captain) • Angela Stanford • Michelle Wie

v • d • e 2007 American Solheim Cup Team Nicole Castrale • Paula Creamer • Laura Diaz • Natalie Gulbis • Pat Hurst • Juli Inkster • Cristie Kerr • Betsy King (captain) • Brittany Lincicome • Stacy Prammanasudh • Morgan Pressel • Angela Stanford • Sherri Steinhauer