Nationality Australia Name Katherine Kirk Alpg tour 6 Residence Wichita, Kansas, U.S. Role Golfer Former tours Symetra Tour | Spouse Tom Kirk (m. 2012) Height 1.77 m Symetra tour wins 2 Turned professional 2003 Education Pepperdine University Ladies european tour 1 | |
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Born 26 February 1982 (age 42) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ( 1982-02-26 ) College Pepperdine University (graduated 2003) Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2004)ALPG Tour | ||
Cart Cruisin' with LPGA Golfer Katherine Kirk
Katherine Kirk (born 26 February 1982) is a professional golfer from Australia, currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the ALPG Tour. She played under her maiden name, Katherine Hull, until her marriage to Tom Kirk on 2 August 2012 and also under the name Katherine Hull-Kirk.
Contents
- Cart Cruisin with LPGA Golfer Katherine Kirk
- Amateur career
- Professional career
- ALPG Tour 6
- Futures Tour 2
- Results in LPGA majors
- Summary
- LPGA Tour career summary
- Futures Tour summary
- Team appearances
- References
Amateur career
Hull began playing golf at age 12 in her native Australia. She attended Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, where she was an All-American in 2002–03 and was the NCAA Player of the Year in 2003. She collected eight collegiate wins during her career. Hull graduated from college in 2003 with a degree in Sports Administration.
Professional career
After graduating from college in 2003, Hull turned professional, playing on the Duramed Futures Tour. She won her first two events as a professional, the Aurora Health Care FUTURES Charity Golf Classic, and the Lima Memorial Hospital Foundation FUTURES Classic the next week. She finished tied for 42nd at the final LPGA Qualifying Tournament in 2003 to earn non-exempt status on the LPGA Tour for 2004. In 2006, Hull won two events on the Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour (ALPG), and also earned full playing privileges on the LGPA Tour for 2007 after returning to the LPGA Qualifying Tour
Hull's breakout year as a professional was 2008. She earned her first win on the LPGA Tour at the Canadian Women's Open and went on to record eight top-10 finishes during the season, including seven top 10s in her last ten events played. She finished 13th on the official LPGA money list.
She opened the 2009 season with a win in the ANZ Ladies Masters, a tournament co-sanctioned by the ALPG and the Ladies European Tour and finished on top of the Order of Merit for 2008/09 on the ALPG.
ALPG Tour (6)
* Co-sanctioned with Ladies European Tour
Futures Tour (2)
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Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Summary
LPGA Tour career summary
Futures Tour summary
Team appearances
Amateur
Professional