Joyce Ziske

Joyce Ziske
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Joyce Ziske Malison
Born	1934 (age 81–82) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nationality	United States
Spouse	Tom Malison
Career
Turned professional	1955
Retired	1960
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (1955–60)
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	4
Best results in LPGA major championships (Wins: 1)
Western Open	Won: 1960
Titleholders C'ship	T5: 1959
Women's PGA C'ship	T3: 1958
U.S. Women's Open	2nd: 1960

Joyce Ziske (born 1934 and also known as Joyce Ziske Malison) is an American professional golfer.

As an amateur, Ziske won the Wisconsin Women's Amateur twice and the North and South Women's Amateur. She played on the 1954 Curtis Cup team.

Ziske turned professional on February 8, 1955, and played on the LPGA Tour from 1955 to 1960. In 1960 she won the Women's Western Open which was one of the LPGA major championships at that time. She had her best finish in the U.S. Women's Open that same year, placing second. She retired from professional golf in 1960 after getting married to Tom Malison in June 1961, but she played competitively at least once.^[1]

In 1975, she was elected to the Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

1949 District Junior Girls Golf Invitational Tournament
1952 Milwaukee County Women's Tournament, Wisconsin Women's Amateur
1954 Palm Beach Women's Amateur, North and South Women's Amateur, Wisconsin Women's Amateur

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins

LPGA major is shown in bold.

Other wins

1960 Hoosier Celebrity

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1960	Women's Western Open	+9 (79-75-76-72=301)	Playoff¹	Barbara Romack

¹ Won on second hole of sudden-death playoff.

Team appearances

Amateur

Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1954 (winners)

References

↑ Joyce Ziske enters meet

External links

Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame profile

Women's Western Open champions

Match play era	1930 Mrs. Lee Mida 1931 June Beebe 1932 Jane Weiller 1933 June Beebe 1934 Marian McDougall 1935 Opal Hill 1936 Opal Hill 1937 Helen Hicks 1938 Bea Barrett 1939 Helen Dettweiler 1940 Babe Zaharias 1941 Patty Berg 1942 Betty Jameson 1943 Patty Berg 1944 Babe Zaharias 1945 Babe Zaharias 1946 Louise Suggs 1947 Louise Suggs 1948 Patty Berg 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Patty Berg 1952 Betsy Rawls 1953 Louise Suggs 1954 Betty Jameson

Stroke play era	1955 Patty Berg 1956 Beverly Hanson 1957 Patty Berg 1958 Patty Berg 1959 Betsy Rawls 1960 Joyce Ziske† 1961 Mary Lena Faulk 1962 Mickey Wright† 1963 Mickey Wright 1964 Carol Mann 1965 Susie Maxwell 1966 Mickey Wright 1967 Kathy Whitworth

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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