Colleen Walker
Name:
Colleen WalkerCountry:
USALived:
[1956-2012]. Born on Aug 16, 1956 in Jacksonville, Florida. Died on Dec 11, 2012 in Valrico, nr Tampa, Florida (aged 56).Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
1981MAJORS (1): du Maurier Classic (1997). Total professional wins (12), including LPGA Tour (9) and LPGA of Japan (1).
Former LPGA Tour player, who retired from the Tour in 2004.
Majors
du Maurier
Played as the du Maurier Classic (25th) (Jul 31-Aug 3). Second-placed Liselotte Neumann (Swe) finished 2 shots behind Colleen Walker (USA), who recorded her first and only major championship win. [Glen Abbey GC, Oakville, Ontario].
America
Star Bank
Played as the Star Bank LPGA Classic in conjunction with The Children's Medical Centre (Aug 22-24). Second-placed Terry-Jo Meyers (USA) finished 2 shots behind Walker (USA), who recorded the last of her nine LPGA Tour wins. [CC of the North, Beavercreek, Dayton, Ohio].
America
Safeco
Played as the Safeco Classic. Second-placed Vicki Fergon (USA) and Rosie Jones (USA) finished 2 shots behind Walker (USA). [Meridian Valley CC, Kent, nr Seattle, WA].
America
Corning
Played as the LPGA Corning Classic. Second-placed Alice Miller (USA) and Beth Daniel (USA) finished 5 shots behind Walker (USA). [Corning CC, Corning, nr Elmira, New York].
America
Oldsmobile
Played as the Oldsmobile LPGA Classic. Walker (USA) beat Dawn Coe (Can) with a par at the first playoff hole. [Wycliffe G&CC, Wellington, nr West Palm Beach, FL].
America
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Played as the Lady Keystone Open. Second-placed Kris Tschetter (USA) and Beth Daniel (USA) finished 2 shots behind Walker (USA). [West course, Hershey CC, Hershey, PA].
America
Circle K
Played as the Circle K LPGA Tucson Open. Second-placed Pat Bradley (USA), Kate Rogerson (USA), Betsy King (USA) and Heather Drew (USA) finished 5 shots behind Walker (USA). [North course, Randolph GC, Tucson, AZ].
Asia
Nichirei Foods
Played as the Nichirei International (Oct 27-29; individual low score prize within the US-Japan team match). Hiromi Kobayashi (Jpn) finished in second place behind Walker (USA). [Tsukuba CC, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan].
Awards
LPGA Tr
Walker (USA) won the Vare Trophy, recording the season's lowest scoring average on the LPGA Tour.
America
Boston Five
Played as the Boston Five Classic. Second-placed Patty Sheehan (USA), Jane Geddes (USA), Jan Stephenson (Aus) and Kathryn Young-Robyn (USA) finished 8 shots behind Walker (USA). [Ferncroft CC, Middleton, nr Boston, MA].
America
Mazda
Played as the Mazda Champions (Dec 16-18; unofficial 54-hole better-ball team event; the 12 teams each comprised an LPGA Tr and Snr PGA Tr player). Second-placed Jan Stephenson (Aus) & Ch Chi Rodriguez (PR/USA) finished 4 shots behind Colleen Walker (USA) & Dave Hill (USA). [East course, TPC Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico; at the time known as Dorado Beach Resort].].
America
Mayflower
Played as the Mayflower Classic. Second-placed Sally Quinlan (USA), Bonnie Lauer (USA), Patty Sheehan (USA) and Patti Rizzo (USA) finished 1 shot behind first-time LPGA Tour winner Walker (USA). [CC of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana].
Tournaments:
Solheim Cup: can Europe defend the most prestigious team trophy in women’s professional golf, when the 17th Solheim Cup is played out at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio (Sept 4-6).
Italian Open: Nicolai Højgaard recorded his first European Tour win (Sept 5), just a week after his twin brother Rasmus landed the European Masters title (Aug 29); the first brothers to win back-to-back on the European Tour.
Who's Who:
Patrick Cantlay: moved into the world top 5, after winning the final two FedEx Cup playoff events and scooping the $15 million first prize.
Trish Johnson: kept the Senior LPGA Championship trophy in European hands, with her second win in this event in its four-year history.
The San Roque Club: "... how best to revitalise a course that had previously been fit to play regular host to the European Tour’s qualifying school finals..." by Toby Ingleton.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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