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Robbins, Kelly
Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. This game does not have any fixed standard playing area, but an ideal measurement can be decided as per the availability of space and number of players involved. The game basically originated from Scotland and has been played for atleast five centuries in the British Isles. Although often viewed as an elite pastime, golf is now becoming an increasingly popular sport across all sections of society.
LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. LPGA, in is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, with headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida runs a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world from February to November each year. The LPGA was founded in 1950 by a group of 13 women. LPGA Tour's events are held in the United States.
Kelly Robbins was born on 29 September 1969 in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Her height is 5 foot 9 inches. She started playing golf at the age of 8. In 2004, she posted a season-best tie for third at the U.S. Women’s Open conducted by the USGA, United States Golf Association. In 2003, she tied for second at the U.S. Women’s Open after an 18-hole playoff with Angela Stanford and eventual champion Hilary Lunke, Robbins’ best finish in a major championship since winning the 1995 McDonald’s LPGA Championship and tied her career-low score of 64 during the second round of the Safeway PING presented by Yoplait, where she tied for 11th and crossed the $5 million mark in career earnings at the Kraft Nabisco Championship.
She was a member of the U.S. Solheim Cup Team. In 2002, she finished second at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez and the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic and opened with career-low rounds of 64 at both events. She was a captain’s pick for The Solheim Cup, posting a 2-2-0 record. Robbins was a 1988 quarterfinalist at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship and the Trans-National Championship. In 1990, she again was a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. In 1991, she was the North and South Amateur Championship winner and made the cut at the U.S. Women’s Open. Her superior approach and dedication to the game made her stand out from the crowd.
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