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Juli Inkster

United States · born , Santa Cruz, California, United States

7major championships, LPGA count

Summary

  • First major 1984 The Chevron Championship
  • Last major 2002 U.S. Women's Open
  • Runner-up in majors 2 times
  • Other titles 1980 U.S. Women's Amateur, 1981 U.S. Women's Amateur, 1982 U.S. Women's Amateur and 2003 Evian Championship

Wins

  1. 1980 U.S. Women's Amateur Prairie Dunes Country Club · 2 up
  2. 1981 U.S. Women's Amateur Waverley Country Club · 1 up
  3. 1982 U.S. Women's Amateur The Broadmoor · 4 & 3
  4. 1984 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 280 (-8) · Playoff – sudden death, 1st extra hole (15th): Inkster 4, Bradley 5 from Pat Bradley
  5. 1984 du Maurier Classic won (an LPGA major)
  6. 1989 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 279 (-9) · 5 strokes from JoAnne Carner and Tammie Green
  7. 1999 U.S. Women's Open Old Waverly G.C. · 272 (-16) · by 5 strokes from Sherri Turner
  8. 1999 KPMG Women's PGA Championship DuPont Country Club · 268 (-16) · 4 strokes from Liselotte Neumann
  9. 2000 KPMG Women's PGA Championship DuPont Country Club · 281 (-3) · Playoff – sudden death: Inkster won with a par on the second extra hole from Stefania Croce
  10. 2002 U.S. Women's Open Prairie Dunes C.C. · 276 (-4) · by 2 strokes from Annika Sorenstam
  11. 2003 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 267

Near misses

  1. 1992 U.S. Women's Open Oakmont C.C. · runner-up to Patty Sheehan · 280 · lost playoff
  2. 1992 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Dottie Mochrie

Rivals

Beat her

Dottie MochrieBeat Juli Inkster to the 1992 Chevron Championship

Next in the chain: Patty Sheehan's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1999 U.S. Women's Open Four strokes ahead starting the final round, Inkster saved par at the 7th with what she called an "all-world" bunker shot from a fried-egg lie, with water beyond the green.
  2. 1999 U.S. Women's Open Inkster closed with 71 for 272, matching the 72-hole record and setting the championship record in relation to par at 16 under, and won by five over Sherri Turner, whose 11 under also beat the old mark.
  3. 2002 U.S. Women's Open Inkster tied Sorenstam at the par-4 6th in the final round by chipping in for birdie from about 65 feet off the green after driving into the first cut of rough.
  4. 2002 U.S. Women's Open Inkster holed a 21-foot birdie putt at the 16th to go 5 under and two clear, answering with four fist pumps; she closed with a 66, tying the record for the lowest final round by a champion.

Records and firsts

  1. 1999 U.S. Women's Open most under par, 72 holes · -16
  2. 2002 U.S. Women's Open 2nd oldest champion · 42y 0m 13d
  3. 1973 U.S. Women's Open most appearances · 35 (1973–2014)

Results by championship

    Best day

    2002 U.S. Women's Open

    Prairie Dunes C.C., Hutchinson, KS · 276 (-4) · by 2 strokes from Annika Sorenstam

    Inkster tied Sorenstam at the par-4 6th in the final round by chipping in for birdie from about 65 feet off the green after driving into the first cut of rough.

    Inkster holed a 21-foot birdie putt at the 16th to go 5 under and two clear, answering with four fist pumps; she closed with a 66, tying the record for the lowest final round by a champion.

    Record: 2nd oldest champion · 42y 0m 13d

    Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 2002.

    Career line, 1980–2003

    U.S. Women's Open
    1992 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Patty Sheehan1999 U.S. Women's Open: won2002 U.S. Women's Open: won
    Chevron Championship
    1984 Chevron Championship: won1989 Chevron Championship: won1992 Chevron Championship: runner-up to Dottie Mochrie
    Women's PGA
    1999 Women's PGA: won2000 Women's PGA: won
    Evian Championship
    2003 Evian Championship: won
    Other LPGA majors
    1984 du Maurier Classic: won
    U.S. Women's Amateur
    1980 U.S. Women's Amateur: won1981 U.S. Women's Amateur: won1982 U.S. Women's Amateur: won
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    13 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Other win
    • Runner-up

    Juli Inkster was born on June 24, 1960, in Santa Cruz, California, United States. Inkster won 7 major championships by the LPGA's official count: 2 Chevron Championships (1984, 1989), 1 du Maurier Classic (1984), 2 U.S. Women's Opens (1999, 2002) and 2 Women's PGA Championships (1999, 2000).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (7)

    Count and list are the LPGA official major-championship record as given in our U.S. Women's Open champions table.

    1. 1980 U.S. Women's Amateur Prairie Dunes Country Club · 2 up
    2. 1981 U.S. Women's Amateur Waverley Country Club · 1 up
    3. 1982 U.S. Women's Amateur The Broadmoor · 4 & 3
    4. 1984 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 280 (-8) · Playoff – sudden death, 1st extra hole (15th): Inkster 4, Bradley 5 from Pat Bradley
    5. 1984 du Maurier Classic won (an LPGA major)
    6. 1989 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 279 (-9) · 5 strokes from JoAnne Carner and Tammie Green
    7. 1999 U.S. Women's Open Old Waverly G.C., West Point, MS · 272 (-16) · by 5 strokes from Sherri Turner
    8. 1999 KPMG Women's PGA Championship DuPont Country Club · 268 (-16) · 4 strokes from Liselotte Neumann
    9. 2000 KPMG Women's PGA Championship DuPont Country Club · 281 (-3) · Playoff – sudden death: Inkster won with a par on the second extra hole from Stefania Croce
    10. 2002 U.S. Women's Open Prairie Dunes C.C., Hutchinson, KS · 276 (-4) · by 2 strokes from Annika Sorenstam
    11. 2003 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 267

    Near misses

    1. 1992 U.S. Women's Open Oakmont C.C. · runner-up to Patty Sheehan · 280 · lost playoff
    2. 1992 The Chevron Championship runner-up to Dottie Mochrie

    Other wins in championships we cover

    1. 1980 U.S. Women's Amateur Prairie Dunes Country Club · 2 up
    2. 1981 U.S. Women's Amateur Waverley Country Club · 1 up
    3. 1982 U.S. Women's Amateur The Broadmoor · 4 & 3
    4. 2003 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 267

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 1999 U.S. Women's Open most under par, 72 holes · -16
    2. 2002 U.S. Women's Open 2nd oldest champion · 42y 0m 13d
    3. 1973 U.S. Women's Open most appearances · 35 (1973–2014)

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

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