Katherine Kirk – Wikipedia

Australian golfer

Katherine Kirk^[2] (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^[3] and also under the name Katherine Hull-Kirk.

Amateur career[edit]

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.^[1]

Professional career[edit]

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^[2]

Hull’s breakout year as a professional was 2008. She earned her first win on the LPGA Tour at the Canadian Women’s Open^[4] and went on to record eight top-10 finishes during the season,^[2] including seven top 10s in her last ten events played. She finished 13th on the official LPGA money list.^[5]

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.^[6]

Professional wins (11)[edit]

LPGA Tour (3)[edit]

ALPG Tour (6)[edit]

* Co-sanctioned with Ladies European Tour

Futures Tour (2)[edit]

Source:^[7][8]

Results in LPGA majors[edit]

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary[edit]

• Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2009 British Open – 2011 LPGA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)

LPGA Tour career summary[edit]

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2003	4	3	0	0	0	0	T22	13,767	n/a	73.91
2004	18	13	0	0	0	2	6	156,760	69	71.86	42
2005	24	14	0	1	0	2	2	201,676	55	73.90	104
2006	22	5	0	0	0	0	T34	20,359	146	75.08	152
2007	24	15	0	0	0	2	T9	187,008	60	72.90	48
2008	30	22	1	1	0	8	1	1,045,619	13	71.51	17
2009	25	20	0	1	0	3	2	461,820	27	71.67	27
2010	18	15	1	1	0	4	1	793,412	12	71.40	20
2011	18	13	0	0	0	1	T6	137,884	60	73.23	74
2012	26	21	0	1	0	3	2	376,192	37	72.44	53
2013	26	17	0	0	0	1	T8	223,138	56	72.35	59
2014	26	21	0	0	0	2	T4	265,743	60	72.09	61
2015	21	9	0	0	0	0	T16	55,312	108	73.08	111
2016	17	9	0	0	0	0	T21	70,621	110	72.27	78
2017	24	17	1	0	1	3	1	678,831	29	71.56	63
2018	27	20	0	0	0	2	4	310,212	64	71.63	61
2019	27	18	0	0	0	1	T5	350,857	57	71.13	41
2020	15	11	0	0	0	4	T6	295,584	39	71.35	29
2021	23	16	0	0	0	0	T25	143,655	94	71.33	67
2022	10	4	0	0	0	0	T21	26,917	168	72.71	134

• official through 2022 season^[9]

Futures Tour summary[edit]

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2003	10	9	2	4	1	27,614	9	71.64	5

• joined in late May at mid-season

Team appearances[edit]

Amateur

Professional

References[edit]

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