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Colleen Walker Personal information Full name Colleen Walker Born August 16, 1956
Jacksonville, FloridaHeight 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Nationality United States Residence Valrico, Florida Career College Florida State University Turned professional 1982 Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (1982-2004)
Legends TourProfessional wins 11 Number of wins by tour LPGA Tour 9 Other 2 Best results in LPGA Major Championships
(Wins: 1)Kraft Nabisco C'ship 2nd: 1988 LPGA Championship T15: 1991 U.S. Women's Open T3: 1988 du Maurier Classic Won: 1997 Women's British Open DNP Achievements and awards LPGA Vare Trophy 1988 LPGA Heather Farr
Player Award2004 Colleen Walker (born August 16, 1956) is an American golfer who formerly played on the LPGA Tour. She is currently playing on the Legends Tour.
Walker was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She attended Florida State University and her rookie year on the tour was 1982. She won nine tour titles, the first of them in 1987 and the last in 1997, including one major championship, the 1997 du Maurier Ltd. Classic. In 1988, she won the LPGA Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average and finished a career high fifth on the money list, one of four times she finished in the top ten.
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Professional wins
LPGA Tour wins (9)
- 1987 (1) Mayflower Classic
- 1988 (1) Boston Five Classic
- 1990 (1) Circle K LPGA Tucson Open
- 1991 (1) Lady Keystone Open
- 1992 (3) Oldsmobile LPGA Classic, LPGA Corning Classic, Safeco Classic
- 1997 (2) du Maurier Classic, Star Bank LPGA Classic
LPGA major is shown in bold.
Legends Tour wins
- 2001 Hy-Vee Classic
Other wins
- 1989 Nichirei International
Major championships
Wins (1)
Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner-up 1997 du Maurier Classic -14 (68-72-73-65=278) 2 strokes Liselotte Neumann External links
- Colleen Walker at the LPGA Tour official site
- Colleen Walker at the Legends Tour official site
Canadian Women's Open (Peter Jackson/du Maurier Classic) champions 1979 Amy Alcott · 1980 Pat Bradley · 1981 Jan Stephenson · 1982 Sandra Haynie · 1983 Hollis Stacy · 1984 Juli Inkster · 1985 Pat Bradley · 1986 Pat Bradley† · 1987 Jody Rosenthal · 1988 Sally Little · 1989 Tammie Green · 1990 Cathy Johnston · 1991 Nancy Scranton · 1992 Sherri Steinhauer · 1993 Brandie Burton† · 1994 Martha Nause · 1995 Jenny Lidback · 1996 Laura Davies · 1997 Colleen Walker · 1998 Brandie Burton · 1999 Karrie Webb · 2000 Meg Mallon
† indicates the event was won in a playoffCategories:- American female golfers
- Florida State Seminoles women's golfers
- LPGA Tour golfers
- Winners of LPGA major golf championships
- 1956 births
- Living people
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