| Judy Rankin | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Judy Torluemke Rankin |
| Born | February 18, 1945 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Spouse | Yippy Rankin (m. 1967) |
| Career | |
| College | None |
| Turned professional | 1962 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 1962) |
| Professional wins | 28 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 26 |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA Major Championships |
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| Titleholders C'ship | T2nd 1972 |
| Kraft Nabisco C'ship | T44th 1983 |
| LPGA Championship | 2nd 1976 T2 1977 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T2nd 1972 |
| du Maurier Classic | T5 1979 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 2000 (member page) |
| LPGA Vare Trophy | 1973, 1976, 1977 |
| LPGA Player of the Year | 1976, 1977 |
| LPGA Tour Money Winner |
1976, 1977 |
| GWAA Female Player of the Year |
1976, 1977 |
| LPGA William and Mousie Powell Award |
1998 |
| LPGA Patty Berg Award | 1999 |
| USGA Bob Jones Award | 2002 |
| LPGA Komen Award | 2007 |
| GCSAA Old Tom Morris Award | 2010 |
Judy Torluemke Rankin (born February 18, 1945, St Louis, Missouri) is an American professional golfer and golf broadcaster. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1962 and won twenty-six LPGA Tour victories in all.
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Amateur career
At 14-years-old, Rankin won the Missouri Amateur. At 15, she was a low amateur in the U.S. Women's Open. She then turned pro at 17 years of age.
Professional career
Rankin won twenty-six events on the LPGA Tour. She topped the money list in 1976 and 1977 and finished in the top ten on the money list eleven times between 1965 and 1979. However, she did not win a major championship; her best finishes were a clear second at the 1976 LPGA Championship and tied seconds at the 1972 Titleholders Championship, 1972 U.S. Women's Open, and 1977 LPGA Championship. Rankin did win the Colgate Dinah Shore Winner's Circle (currently the Kraft Nabisco) in 1976 and the Peter Jackson Classic (later renamed the duMaurier) in 1977, two events that would later be elevated to major status, but they are not counted as majors in the years in which Rankin won.
Rankin was LPGA Player of the Year twice and won the Vare Trophy for the lowest scoring average three times. She retired from full-time competition at the age of 38, due to chronic back problems. She captained the victorious American teams in the 1996 and 1998 Solheim Cups. Rankin became the first player voted into the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame in 2000 under the veterans category, and she was also inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000.
In 2002, she was voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. Rankin is a golf commentator for the TV networks - ABC and ESPN. She has also been a professional advisor for the magazines Golf Digest and Golf For Women.
Family
Rankin played as Judy Torluemke until she married Walter Rankin, known as "Yippy", in 1967. They live in Midland, Texas. They have one son, Walter Jr., known as "Tuey," born in 1968.[1]
Tuey's wife is the sister of the wife of PGA Tour golfer Geoff Ogilvy.[2][3]
Breast cancer
Rankin was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2006.[4] She completed treatment by August, 2006 and returned to her on-air work on ABC in time to cover the Women's British Open.
LPGA wins (26)
- 1968 (1) Corpus Christi Civitan Open
- 1970 (3) George Washington Golf Classic, Springfield Jaycee Open, Lincoln-Mercury Open
- 1971 (1) Quality-First Classic
- 1972 (2) Lady Eve Open, Heritage Village Open
- 1973 (4) American Defender-Raleigh Classic, Lady Carling Open, Pabst Ladies Classic, GAC Classic
- 1974 (1) Baltimore Classic
- 1975 (1) National Jewish Hospital Open
- 1976 (6) Burdine’s Invitational, Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner’s Circle, Karsten-PING Open, Babe Zaharias Invitational, Borden Classic, Colgate-Hong Kong Open
- 1977 (5) Orange Blossom Classic, Bent Tree Classic, Mayflower Classic, Peter Jackson Classic, Colgate European Women’s Open
- 1978 (1) WUI Classic
- 1979 (1) WUI Classic
- Note: Rankin won the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winnder's Circle (now known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship) and the Peter Jackson Classic (which became the du Maurier Classic) before they became major championships.
Other wins (2)
- 1974 (1) Colgate European Open
- 1977 (1) LPGA National Team Championship (with JoAnne Carner)
See also
References
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20067061,00.html
- ^ http://www.pgatour.com/2009/tournaments/r473/03/10/rankin.ogilvy/index.html
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=G4-Yi_i5HHsC&pg=PA233&lpg=PA233&dq=judy+rankin+tuey&source=bl&ots=t7bsxQ-Sxa&sig=V2X0do34nJW0KfRctK_vUgggJo0&hl=en&ei=wm-zSuWmJ9PflAeQwaiUDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=judy%20rankin%20tuey&f=false
- ^ "Hall of Fame Golfer Rankin Is Being Treated for Cancer". The Washington Post. The Washington Post Company. 2006-06-10. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/09/AR2006060901035.html. Retrieved 2009-11-04.
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