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Opal Hill

American professional golfer

Summary

American professional golfer

Field	Value
name	Opal Hill
fullname	Opal S. Trout Hill
birth_date
birth_place	Newport, Nebraska, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
height
nationality
yearpro	1938
extour	LPGA Tour (founder)
prowins	2
lpgawins	2
majorwins	2
western	Won: 1935, 1936
titleholders	7th: 1939
wusopen	T18: 1947

Opal S. Trout Hill (June 2, 1892 – June 23, 1981) was an American professional golfer. She won the Women's Western Open in 1935 and 1936.

Opal Trout was born in Newport, Nebraska but was raised in Kansas City, Missouri. She won numerous amateur tournaments.

Hill became a golf professional in 1938,

Hill died in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 89.

Amateur wins

this list is incomplete

1928 Trans-Mississippi Women's Amateur, North and South Women's Amateur
1929 Women's Western Amateur, Trans-Mississippi Women's Amateur
1931 Women's Western Amateur, Trans-Mississippi Women's Amateur
1932 Women's Western Amateur
1934 Trans-Mississippi Women's Amateur
1935 Missouri Women's Amateur
1936 Missouri Women's Amateur
1937 Missouri Women's Amateur

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1935	Women's Western Open	9 & 7	USA Mrs. S.L. Reinhart (a)
1936	Women's Western Open	3 & 2	USA Mrs. Charles Dennehy (a)

Team appearances

Amateur

Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1932 (winners), 1934 (winners), 1936 (tie, Cup retained)

References

(1976). "Who's Who in Golf". Arlington House.
(June 24, 1981). "Opal Hill: Professional Golfer Helped Organize What Later Became The LPGA". [[Toledo Blade]].
She married Oscar S. Hill, an attorney. As she was suffering from a lingering kidney infection, her doctor recommended mild exercise and she took up golf at the age of 31.[http://www.lpga.com/content/2008PlayerBiosPDF/Hill-08.pdf LPGA profile]
link. (June 15, 2008 (Retrieved on March 10, 2008))
"About the LPGA - Our Founders". LPGA.

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