Opal Hill

Opal Hill
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Opal S. Trout Hill
Born	(1892-06-02)June 2, 1892 Newport, Nebraska
Died	June 23, 1981(1981-06-23) (aged 89) Kansas City, Missouri
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1938
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (founder)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2)
Western Open	Won: 1935, 1936
Titleholders C'ship	7th: 1939
U.S. Women's Open	T18: 1947

Opal S. Trout Hill (June 2, 1892 – June 23, 1981)^[1]^[2] was an American professional golfer. She won the Women's Western Open in 1935 and 1936.

Opal Trout was born in Newport, Nebraska but was raised in Kansas City, Missouri.^[1] She married Oscar S. Hill, an attorney. Suffering from a lingering kidney infection, her doctor recommended mild exercise and she took up golf at the age of 31.^[1]^[3] She won numerous amateur tournaments.

Hill became a golf professional in 1938,^[2] and was one of the 13 founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1950.^[4]

Hill died in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 89.^[2]

Amateur wins

this list is incomplete

1928 Trans-Mississippi Women's Amateur, North and South Women's Amateur
1929 Women's Western Amateur, Trans-Mississippi Women's Amateur
1931 Women's Western Amateur, Trans-Mississippi Women's Amateur
1932 Women's Western Amateur
1934 Trans-Mississippi Women's Amateur
1935 Missouri Women's Amateur
1936 Missouri Women's Amateur
1937 Missouri Women's Amateur

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1935	Women's Western Open	9 & 7	Mrs. S.L. Reinhart (a)
1936	Women's Western Open	3 & 2	Mrs. Charles Dennehy (a)

Team appearances

Amateur

Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1932 (winners), 1934 (winners), 1936 (tie, Cup retained)

References

1 2 3 Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 92. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
1 2 3 "Opal Hill: Professional Golfer Helped Organize What Later Became The LPGA". Toledo Blade (Toledo, Ohio). June 24, 1981. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
↑ LPGA profile
↑ "History of Women's Golf in America – From Amateur to Professional" (Retrieved on March 10, 2008)

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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