Opal Hill | |
Fullname: | Opal S. Trout Hill |
Birth Date: | 2 June 1892 |
Birth Place: | Newport, Nebraska, U.S. |
Death Place: | Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
Yearpro: | 1938 |
Extour: | LPGA Tour (founder) |
Prowins: | 2 |
Lpgawins: | 2 |
Majorwins: | 2 |
Western: | Won: 1935, 1936 |
Titleholders: | 7th: 1939 |
Wusopen: | 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. As she was 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] [5]
Hill died in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 89.[2]
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Year | Championship | Winning score | Runner-up | |
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9 & 7 | Mrs. S.L. Reinhart (a) | |||
3 & 2 | Mrs. Charles Dennehy (a) |
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