Judy Kimball Simon (born June 17, 1938) is an American professional
golfer, best known for winning the
LPGA Championship in
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
, a
women's major championship.
Amateur career
Born in
Sioux City, Iowa, Kimball graduated from the
University of Kansas 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
The Waterloo Women's Open Invitational was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1958 to 1966. It was played at the Sunnyside Country Club in Waterloo, Iowa.
Winners
*1966 Carol Mann
*1965 Betsy Rawls
*1964 Shirley Englehorn
*1963 Mickey Wright
...
in 1958.
Professional career
Kimball turned professional in 1961 and won three
LPGA
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...
tournaments, including the
LPGA Championship in
1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
. She was inducted into th
Iowa Golf Hall of Famein 1993 and the
Iowa Sports Hall of Fame
The Iowa Sports Hall of Fame, sponsored by the ''Des Moines Register'', honors outstanding athletes and sports contributors. To be eligible, members must have either been born in Iowa or gained prominence while competing for a college or universi ...
in 1997.
Amateur wins
*1958 Iowa State Women's Amateur
Professional wins
LPGA Tour wins (3)
Other wins (2)
*1966
Yankee Women's Open The Yankee Women's Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1964 to 1967. It was played in Grand Blanc, Michigan at the Atlas Valley Country Club from 1964 to 1966 and at the Willowood Country Club in 1967. It was an unofficial team (best-ba ...
(with
Gloria Ehret
Gloria Jean Ehret (born August 23, 1941) is a former American professional golfer best known for winning the 1966 LPGA Championship.
Early life and education
Ehret was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She attended St. Petersburg Junior College ...
)
*1971 LPGA Four-Ball Championship (with
Kathy Whitworth)
Major championships
Wins (1)
See also
*
Chronological list of LPGA major golf champions
Through the 2022 season, 134 golfers have won one of women's golf's LPGA majors. They are listed here in order of their first win. For a complete list of results in these tournaments see the LPGA majors article.
Notes and references
See als ...
*
List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins
References
External links
*
American female golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Winners of LPGA major golf championships
Golfers from Iowa
University of Kansas alumni
Sportspeople from Sioux City, Iowa
1938 births
Living people
21st-century American women
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