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Juli Inkster

Inkster in the U.S. Solheim Cup
team uniform, August 2, 2009.

Personal information

Full name

Juli Simpson Inkster

Born

(1960-06-24) June 24, 1960 (age 64)
Santa Cruz, California, U.S.

Height

5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Sporting nationality

United States

Residence

Los Altos, California

Spouse

Brian Inkster (m. 1980)

Children

Hayley (b. 1990)
Cori (b. 1994)

Career

College

San Jose State University

Turned professional

1983

Current tour(s)

LPGA Tour (joined 1983)

Professional wins

Number of wins by tour

LPGA Tour

Other

Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 7)

Won: 1984, 1989

Won: 1999, 2000

Won: 1999, 2002

Won: 1984

T4: 2006

Achievements and awards

World Golf Hall of Fame	2000 (member page)
Broderick Award	1982
LPGA Rookie of the Year	1984
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 June 24, 1960) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings. She also has more wins in Solheim Cup matches than any other American, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Amateur career

Simpson was born in Santa Cruz, California, and went to Harbor High School and to San Jose State University 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. From 1980 to 1982, Inkster won three consecutive United States Women's Amateur Golf Championships, her first victory coming three weeks after her marriage to Brian Inkster. She was a member of the winning U.S. Curtis Cup team in 1982.

Professional career

She turned professional in 1983, and enjoyed immediate success. She won two major championships in 1984, her first full LPGA season, and was LPGA Rookie of the Year. She has won 31 tournaments on the LPGA Tour, including seven major championships. Inkster has won the career Grand Slam for ladies' golf. She is currently third on the LPGA career money list. 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. She was voted Women's Sports Foundation Sportwoman of the Year in 1999 and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000.

Inkster will be a player and assistant captain on the 2011 Solheim Cup team. She is the oldest player and the first playing assistant captain in Solheim Cup history.

Professional wins (39)

LPGA Tour wins (31)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 18, 1983	Safeco Classic	-6 (69–71–72–71=283)	1 stroke	Kathy Whitworth
2	Apr 1, 1984	Nabisco Dinah Shore	-8 (70-73-69-68=280)	Playoff	Pat Bradley
3	Jul 29, 1984	du Maurier Classic	-9 (69–68–74–67=279)	1 stroke	Ayako Okamoto
4	Jun 30, 1985	Lady Keystone Open	-7 (69-72–68=209)	2 strokes	Betsy King
5	Mar 9, 1986	Women's Kemper Open	-12 (72-64–70–70=276)	1 stroke	Amy Alcott
6	Jun 8, 1986	McDonald's Championship	-7 (68-67-69-77=281)	3 strokes	Mary Beth Zimmerman
7	Jun 15, 1986	Lady Keystone Open	-6 (70-7-70=210)	Playoff	Debbie Massey, Cindy Hill
8	Aug 24, 1986	Atlantic City LPGA Classic	-4 (67-71-71=209)	3 strokes	Patti Rizzo
9	May 8, 1988	Crestar Classic	-7 (70-70-69=209)	Playoff	Nancy Lopez, Rosie Jones Betsy King
10	Aug 21, 1988	Atlantic City Classic	-7 (72-69-65=206)	Playoff	Beth Daniel
11	Sep 15, 1988	Safeco Classic	-10 (76-70-65-67=278)	3 strokes	Ok-Hee Ku
12	Apr 2, 1989	Nabisco Dinah Shore	-9 (66–69–73–71=279)	5 strokes	JoAnne Carner, Tammie Green
13	May 7, 1989	Crestar Classic	-6 (69–72–69=210)	5 strokes	Beth Daniel, Liselotte Neumann
14	Jul 28, 1991	LPGA Bay State Classic	-13 (70–72–66-67=275)	1 stroke	Caroline Keggi
15	Jul 19, 1992	JAL Big Apple Classic	-11 (66–64–69-74=273)	2 strokes	Nancy Lopez
16	Oct 19, 1997	Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf	-8 (67–74–72-67=280)	Playoff	Kelly Robbins, Helen Alfredsson
17	Oct 25, 1998	Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf	-13 (70–73–66-66=275)	3 strokes	Annika Sörenstam
18	Mar 15, 1999	Welch's/Circle K Championship	-15 (68-71-69-65=273)	1 stroke	Dottie Pepper
19	Apr 4, 1999	Longs Drugs Challenge	-8 (69-67-73-70=279)	4 strokes	Sherri Steinhauer
20	Jun 6, 1999	U.S. Women's Open	-16 (65–69–67–71=272)	5 strokes	Sherri Turner
21	Jun 20, 1999	McDonald's LPGA Championship	−16 (68–66–69–65=268)	4 strokes	Liselotte Neumann
22	Sep 26, 1999	Safeway LPGA Golf Championship	-9 (67–70–70=207)	6 strokes	Tina Barrett, Grace Park
23	Apr 16, 2000	Longs Drugs Challenge	-13 (70-67–66–72=275)	5 strokes	Brandie Burton
24	Jun 25, 2000	LPGA Championship	−3 (72–69–65–75=281)	Playoff	Stefania Croce
25	Oct 15, 2000	Samsung World Championship	−14 (69–67–69–69=274)	4 strokes	Annika Sörenstam
26	May 13, 2001	Electrolux USA Championship	−14 (73–67–69–65=274)	1 stroke	Catriona Matthew
27	May 5, 2002	Chick-fil-A Charity Championship	−12 (66–66=132)	2 strokes	Kelly Robbins
28	Jul 7, 2002	U.S. Women's Open	−4 (67-72-71-66=276)	2 strokes	Annika Sörenstam
29	May 25, 2003	LPGA Corning Classic	−24 (66-68-67-62=264)	4 strokes	Lorie Kane
30	Jul 26, 2003	Evian Masters	−21 (66-72-64-65=267)	6 strokes	Hee-Won Han
31	Mar 19, 2006	Safeway International	−15 (68-68-70-67=273)	2 strokes	Sarah Lee

LPGA Tour playoff record (6-3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1984	Nabisco Dinah Shore	Pat Bradley	Won with par on first extra hole
2	1986	Lady Keystone Open	Cindy Hill, Debbie Massey	Won with par on first extra hole
3	1988	Crestar Classic	Rosie Jones, Betsy King Nancy Lopez,	Won with eagle on first extra hole
4	1988	Atlantic City Classic	Beth Daniel	Won with par on first extra hole
5	1992	Nabisco Dinah Shore	Dottie Mochrie	Lost to par on first extra hole
6	1992	U.S. Women's Open	Patty Sheehan	Lost 18-hole playoff (Sheehan:72, Inkster:74)
7	1997	Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf	Helen Alfredsson, Kelly Robbins	Won with birdie on first extra hole
8	2000	LPGA Championship	Stefania Croce	Won with par on second extra hole
9	2007	SemGroup Championship	Mi-Hyun Kim	Lost to par on first extra hole
10	2008	SemGroup Championship	Paula Creamer	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

Other (8)

1986 JCPenney Classic (with Tom Purtzer)
1990 Spalding Invitational
1996 Diners Club Matches (with Dottie Pepper)
1997 Diners Club Matches (with Dottie Pepper), Gillette Tour Challenge (with Rosie Jones)
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)

Major championships

Wins (7)

No.	Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1984	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−8 (70–73–69–68=280)	Playoff	Pat Bradley
2	1984	du Maurier Classic	−9 (69–68–75–67=279)	1 stroke	Ayako Okamoto
3	1989	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−9 (66–69–73–71=279)	5 strokes	JoAnne Carner, Tammie Green
4	1999	McDonald's LPGA Championship	−16 (68–66–69–65=268)	4 strokes	Liselotte Neumann
5	1999	U.S. Women's Open	−16 (65–69–67–71=272)	5 strokes	Sherri Turner
6	2000	McDonald's LPGA Championship	−3 (72–69–65–75=281)	Playoff	Stefania Croce
7	2002	U.S. Women's Open	−4 (67–72–71–66=276)	2 strokes	Annika Sörenstam

Defeated Bradley on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff
Defeated Croce on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff

Results timeline

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
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T11	T30	9	T40	DNP	T16	T19	T16	T24	6
LPGA Championship	CUT	9	9	T65	T14	T47	T5	T53	T16	1
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT	2	T39	T18	T37	T34	T14	CUT	1
du Maurier Classic	CUT	T36	3	T52	CUT	3	T12	T5	T14	3

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T17	T15	T19	T11	T28	7	5	DQ	T58	CUT
LPGA Championship	1	T15	T4	T37	T6	T13	T34	T21	DNP	T44
U.S. Women's Open	T23	T12	1	8	T58	T38	6	CUT	CUT	T26
Women's British Open ^	T5	CUT	CUT	T41	T25	T15	T4	T33	T14	CUT

Tournament	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship	CUT	T15
LPGA Championship	T62	T34
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT
Women's British Open	T21	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.

LPGA Tour record

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nds	3rds	Top tens	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
1978	1	1	0	0	0	0	T23	n/a		74.75
1979	1	0	0	0	0	0	MC	n/a		81.50
1980	2	2	0	0	0	0	11	n/a		73.80
1981	1	1	0	0	0	0	T52	n/a		78.00
1982	4	4	0	0	0	0	T14	n/a		74.56
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	18	13	0	0	0	3	5	54,251	73	73.32
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	20	18	0	0	0	1	T10	259,339	51	72.08	39
2010	21	19	0	1	0	3	2	402,974	29	71.93	30
2011	20	14	0	0	0	4	T4	298,123	36	72.38	40

official as of November 13, 2011

Team appearances

Amateur

Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1982 (winners)

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 1992, 1998 (winners), 2000, 2002 (winners), 2003, 2005 (winners), 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total Matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	Foursomes W-L-H	Fourballs W-L-H	Points Won	Points %
Career	34	15–12–7	6–1–2	6–6–3	3–5–2	18.5	54.4
1992	3	1–1–1	1–0–0 def. A. Nicholas 3&2	0–0–1 halved w/ P. Sheehan	0–1–0 lost w/ P. Sheehan 1 up	1.5	50.0
1998	4	3–1–0	0–1–0 lost to H. Alfredsson 2&1	2–0–0 won w/ D. Pepper 3&1, won w/ D. Pepper 1 up	1–0–0 won w/ M. Mallon 2&1	3.0	75.0
2000	4	1–2–1	1–0–0 def. A. Sörenstam 5&4	0–1–1 lost w/ D. Pepper 4&3, halved w/ S. Steinhauer	0–1–0 lost w/ S. Steinhauer 3&2	1.5	37.5
2002	4	2–2–0	1–0–0 def. R. Carriedo 4&3	1–1–0 lost w/ L. Diaz 2 up, won w/ M. Mallon 2&1	0–1–0 lost w/ K. Kuehne 3&2	2.0	50.0
2003	4	3–1–0	1–0–0 def. C. Koch 5&4	0–1–0 lost w/ W. Ward 5&3	2–0–0 won w/ B. Daniel 1 up, won w/ B. Daniel 5&4	3.0	75.0
2005	4	2–1–1	1–0–0 def. S. Gustafson 2&1	1–0–0 won w/ P. Creamer 3&2	0–1–1 lost w/ P. Creamer 4&3, halved w/ B. Daniel	2.5	62.5
2007	4	2–0–2	1–0–0 def. I. Tinning 4&3	1–0–1 won w/ P. Creamer 2&1, halved w/ P. Creamer	0–0–1 halved w/ S. Prammanasudh	3.0	75.0
2009	4	1–2–1	0–0–1 halved w/ G. Nocera	1–1–0 won w/ P. Creamer 2&1, lost w/ P. Creamer 4&3	0–1–0 lost w/ A. Stanford 1 up	1.5	37.5
2011	3	0–2–1	0–0–1 halved w/ L. Davies	0-2-0 lost w/ B. Lang 1 dn, lost w/ B. Lang 3&2	0–0–0	0.5	16.7

Notes and references

"Famous Alumni: Juli Inkster". San Jose State University. Retrieved April 24, 2007.
"Women's Golf Record Book" (PDF). San Jose State University. Retrieved April 24, 2007.
1980 U.S. Women's Amateur
"1982 Curtis Cup Match". USGA (United States Golf Association). Retrieved April 24, 2007.
"Career Money List". LPGA Tour. Retrieved December 31, 2007.
LPGA, LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989
LPGA LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-1999
"Paraguay dominates field at Women's World Cup". USA Today. January 21, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2007.
"Juli Inkster named Sportwoman of the Year". Golf Today. Retrieved April 24, 2007.
"World Golf Hall of Fame Profile: Juli Inkster". World Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 24, 2007.
"Inkster, Steinhauer named U.S. Solheim Cup Assistant Captains". LPGA.com. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
"2011 Player Performance Record". LPGA. Retrieved November 13, 2011.

External links

Juli Inkster at the LPGA Tour official site
Juli Inkster Biography on about.com

Juli Inkster in the major championships

Chevron Championship champions (major era only)

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

Women's PGA Championship champions

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

U.S. Women's Open champions

† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play

Canadian Women's Open champions in Major era (1979-2000)

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

v t 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) 2015 Inbee Park (1)