Kelly Robbins

Kelly Robbins
Personal information
Full name	Kelly Robbins
Born	(1969-09-29) September 29, 1969 (age 56) Mount Pleasant, Michigan, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
College	University of Tulsa
Turned professional	1992
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 1992)
Professional wins	12
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	9
Other	3
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1)
Chevron Championship	T2: 1996
Women's PGA C'ship	Won: 1995
U.S. Women's Open	T2: 2003
du Maurier Classic	T3: 1997
Women's British Open	T32: 2001

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.

Amateur career

Robbins was born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. She started playing golf at the age of 8. She 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 Amateur Championship winner .

Professional career

Robbins joined the LPGA Tour in 1992. She qualified for the Tour on her first attempt. She has 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

LPGA Tour wins (9)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	May 30, 1993	LPGA Corning Classic	−11 (70-68-70-69=277)	Playoff	Alison Nicholas
2	Jul 10, 1994	Jamie Farr Toledo Classic	−9 (69-70-65=204)	Playoff	Tammie Green
3	May 14, 1995	McDonald's LPGA Championship	−10 (66-68-72-68=274)	1 stroke	Laura Davies
4	Apr 7, 1996	Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic	−11 (73-68-68-64=273)	Playoff	Val Skinner
5	Feb 9, 1997	Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am	−17 (66-69-69-67=271)	Playoff	Emilee Klein
6	Jul 6, 1997	Jamie Farr Kroger Classic	−19 (67-64-67-67=265)	8 strokes	Tammie Green
7	Jan 18, 1998	HealthSouth Inaugural	−7 (76-67-66=209)	2 strokes	Meg Mallon
8	Oct 11, 1998	Lifetime's AFLAC Tournament of Champions	−12 (66-73-67-70=276)	4 strokes	Juli Inkster
9	Jan 17, 1999	HealthSouth Inaugural	−11 (70-71-64=205)	1 stroke	Tina Barrett Karrie Webb

LPGA Tour playoff record (4–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1993	LPGA Corning Classic	Alison Nicholas	Won with par on first extra hole
2	1994	Jamie Farr Toledo Classic	Tammie Green	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1996	Twelve Bridges LPGA Classic	Val Skinner	Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
4	1997	Diet Dr Pepper National Pro-Am	Emilee Klein	Won with par on second extra hole
5	1997	Standard Register PING	Laura Davies	Lost to par on first extra hole
6	1997	Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf	Helen Alfredsson Juli Inkster	Inkster won with birdie on first extra hole
7	2003	U.S. Women's Open	Hilary Lunke Angela Stanford	Lunke won 18-hole playoff (Lunke:70, Stanford:71, Robbins:73)

Other wins

• 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)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1995	McDonald's LPGA Championship	−10 (66-68-72-68=274)	1 stroke	Laura Davies

Team appearances

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 1994 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1998 (winners), 2000, 2002 (winners), 2003

External links

• Kelly Robbins at the LPGA Tour official site
• Media related to Kelly Robbins at Wikimedia Commons