Kelly Robbins (born September 29, 1969) is an American former professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1992 and won nine LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career.
Early life and amateur career In 1969, Robbins was born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. She started playing golf at the age of 8.
Robbins attended the University of Tulsa where she was a member of the NCAA Championship team in 1988. Throughout her collegiate career, she won seven individual titles and twice was named a First-Team All-American. In 1991, she was honored as the NCAA Co-Player of the Year along with Annika Sörenstam and was the North and South Women's Amateur winner.
Professional career In 1992, Robbins joined the LPGA Tour. She qualified for the tour on her first attempt. She won nine tournaments on the tour, including one major, the 1995 McDonald's LPGA Championship. She was most successful in the mid-1990s, finishing in the top-10 on the money list four years in a row, from 1994 to 1997. In 2005, she only played two LPGA Tour events due to a back injury. She retired from competitive golf in 2007.
In 2008, was named co-assistant captain of the 2009 U.S. Solheim Cup team.
Professional wins (12) LPGA Tour wins (9) LegendLPGA Tour major championships (1)Other LPGA Tour (8)
No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1May 30, 1993LPGA Corning Classic−11 (70-68-70-69=277)Playoff Alison Nicholas2Jul 10, 1994Jamie Farr Toledo Classic−9 (69-70-65=204)Playoff Tammie Green3May 14, 1995McDonald's LPGA Championship−10 (66-68-72-68=274)1 stroke Laura Davies4Apr 7, 1996Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic−11 (73-68-68-64=273)Playoff Val Skinner5Feb 9, 1997Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am−17 (66-69-69-67=271)Playoff Emilee Klein6Jul 6, 1997Jamie Farr Kroger Classic−19 (67-64-67-67=265)8 strokes Tammie Green7Jan 18, 1998HealthSouth Inaugural−7 (76-67-66=209)2 strokes Meg Mallon8Oct 11, 1998Lifetime's AFLAC Tournament of Champions−12 (66-73-67-70=276)4 strokes Juli Inkster9Jan 17, 1999HealthSouth Inaugural−11 (70-71-64=205)1 stroke Tina Barrett Karrie Webb
LPGA Tour playoff record (4–3) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result11993LPGA Corning Classic Alison NicholasWon with par on first extra hole21994Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Tammie GreenWon with birdie on first extra hole31996Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic Val SkinnerWon with birdie on fifth extra hole41997Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am Emilee KleinWon with par on second extra hole51997Standard Register PING Laura DaviesLost to par on first extra hole61997Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf Helen Alfredsson Juli InksterInkster won with birdie on first extra hole72003U.S. Women's Open Hilary Lunke Angela StanfordLunke won 18-hole playoff (Lunke:70, Stanford:71, Robbins:73)
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Other wins (3) 1994 Diner's Club Matches (with Tammie Green) 1995 Diner's Club Matches (with Tammie Green) 1997 Gillette Tour Challenge Championship (with Jim Colbert and Nick Price)
Major championships Wins (1) YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner-up 1995 McDonald's LPGA Championship −10 (66-68-72-68=274) 1 stroke Laura Davies
Results timeline Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipT6T27T2T3T424T17LPGA ChampionshipT22T50CUT1T18T11T966T12U.S. Women's OpenT59T55T26T9T13T583CUTT30T9du Maurier ClassicT13T30T7CUTCUTT3CUTT31T40 Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipT24T58T42T33WDCUTLPGA ChampionshipT17T22CUTT49CUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenT12T12T23CUTWomen's British Open ^T32T35T50CUT ^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
CUT = missed the half-way cut WD = withdrew "T" = tied for place
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeKraft Nabisco Championship 0 1 1 3 4 6 13 11LPGA Championship 1 0 0 1 2 8 15 11U.S. Women's Open 0 1 2 3 5 8 15 13du Maurier Classic 0 0 1 1 2 3 9 6Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3Totals 1 2 4 8 13 25 56 44 Most consecutive cuts made – 17 (1999 Nabisco – 2003 Nabisco) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)
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Team appearances Professional Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 1994 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1998 (winners), 2000, 2002 (winners), 2003
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