Kelly Robbins

Kelly Robbins
— Golfer —

Personal information
Full name	Kelly Robbins
Born	(1969-09-29) September 29, 1969 Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
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)
ANA Inspiration	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 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 Mt. 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. 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

Women's PGA Championship champions

1955‡ Beverly Hanson 1956 Marlene Hagge† 1957 Louise Suggs 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Betsy Rawls 1960 Mickey Wright 1961‡ Mickey Wright 1962‡ Judy Kimball 1963 Mickey Wright 1964 Mary Mills 1965 Sandra Haynie 1966 Gloria Ehret 1967‡ Kathy Whitworth 1968‡ Sandra Post† 1969 Betsy Rawls 1970 Shirley Englehorn† 1971 Kathy Whitworth 1972 Kathy Ahern 1973 Mary Mills 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Kathy Whitworth 1976 Betty Burfeindt 1977 Hisako Higuchi 1978 Nancy Lopez 1979 Donna Caponi 1980 Sally Little 1981 Donna Caponi 1982‡ Jan Stephenson 1983 Patty Sheehan 1984 Patty Sheehan 1985‡ Nancy Lopez 1986 Pat Bradley 1987 Jane Geddes 1988 Sherri Turner 1989 Nancy Lopez 1990 Beth Daniel 1991 Meg Mallon 1992‡ Betsy King 1993 Patty Sheehan 1994 Laura Davies 1995 Kelly Robbins 1996 Laura Davies 1997 Christa Johnson† 1998‡ Se-ri Pak 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Juli Inkster† 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Se-ri Pak 2003 Annika Sörenstam† 2004 Annika Sörenstam 2005 Annika Sörenstam 2006 Se-ri Pak† 2007 Suzann Pettersen 2008 Yani Tseng† 2009 Anna Nordqvist 2010‡ Cristie Kerr 2011‡ Yani Tseng 2012 Shanshan Feng 2013 Inbee Park† 2014 Inbee Park† 2015 Inbee Park 2016 Brooke Henderson†

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

Kelly Robbins in the Solheim Cup

United States Solheim Cup team – 1994

Donna Andrews Brandie Burton Beth Daniel Tammie Green Betsy King Meg Mallon Dottie Mochrie Kelly Robbins Patty Sheehan Sherri Steinhauer JoAnne Carner (non-playing captain)

Won: 13 – 7

United States Solheim Cup team – 1996

Pat Bradley Brandie Burton Beth Daniel Jane Geddes Rosie Jones Betsy King Meg Mallon Michelle McGann Dottie Pepper Kelly Robbins Patty Sheehan Val Skinner Judy Rankin (non-playing captain)

Won: 17 – 11

United States Solheim Cup team – 1998

Donna Andrews Brandie Burton Tammie Green Pat Hurst Juli Inkster Christa Johnson Rosie Jones Betsy King Meg Mallon Dottie Pepper Kelly Robbins Sherri Steinhauer Judy Rankin (non-playing captain)

Won: 16 – 12

United States Solheim Cup team – 2000

Brandie Burton Beth Daniel Pat Hurst Juli Inkster Becky Iverson Rosie Jones Meg Mallon Dottie Pepper Michele Redman Kelly Robbins Nancy Scranton Sherri Steinhauer Pat Bradley (non-playing captain)

Lost: 11.5 – 14.5

United States Solheim Cup team – 2002

Beth Daniel Laura Diaz Pat Hurst Juli Inkster Rosie Jones Cristie Kerr Emilee Klein Kelli Kuehne Meg Mallon Michele Redman Kelly Robbins Wendy Ward Patty Sheehan (non-playing captain)

Won: 15.5 – 12.5

United States Solheim Cup team – 2003

Heather Bowie Beth Daniel Laura Diaz Juli Inkster Rosie Jones Cristie Kerr Kelli Kuehne Meg Mallon Michele Redman Kelly Robbins Angela Stanford Wendy Ward Patty Sheehan (non-playing captain)

Lost: 10.5 – 17.5

United States Solheim Cup team – 2009

Nicole Castrale Paula Creamer Natalie Gulbis Juli Inkster Cristie Kerr Christina Kim Brittany Lang Brittany Lincicome Kristy McPherson Morgan Pressel Angela Stanford Michelle Wie Beth Daniel (non-playing captain) Meg Mallon (non-playing assistant captain) Kelly Robbins (non-playing assistant captain)

Won: 16 – 12

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