KATHERINE HULL
Birthdate: February 26, 1982
Birth Place: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Age: 27 - Ht.: 5’10"
Home: Sunrise Beach, Queensland, Australia
College: Pepperdine
Turned Professional: 2003
Joined LPGA Tour: 2004
Player Notes:
Started playing golf at the age of 12. Credits her parents Frank and Pauline, and Chris and Laurie Gibbs as the individuals most influencing her career. In October 2007, traveled to Rwanda on a mission trip with Betsy King and Golf Fore Africa..Hull finished 10th in the 1999 Junior World Golf Championship. In 2002, she was a member of the winning Australian team at the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship and finished fourth-low individual. While at Pepperdine University, she recorded the lowest 18-hole score in school history, was the 2003 NCAA College Player of the Year, an All-American from 2002-03 and winner of eight collegiate tournaments. She was the recipient of the 2003 Dinah Shore Award.
* In 2008, became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the CN Canadian Women’s Open, where she crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings; recorded eight additional top-10 finishes, including a tie for fourth at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational by Banamex and Corona Light, where she crossed the $1 million mark in season earnings; carded a career-low 64 in the final round of the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill and finished sixth.
* In 2007, best finish was a tie for ninth at the SemGroup Championship presented by John Q. Hammons.
* In 2006, won two events on the ALPG Tour; returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she tied for seventh to earn exempt status for the 2007 LPGA season.
* In 2005, recorded a career-best finish - at the BMO Financial Group Canadian Women’s Open, where she finished second; won the Titanium ALPG Players Championship on the ALPG Tour.
* In 2004, best finish was sixth at the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic; tied for seventh at the Longs Drugs Challenge.
* In 2003, turned professional in June; won two Futures Tour events – the Aurora Health Care FUTURES Charity Golf Classic, her first event as a professional, and the Lima Memorial Hospital Foundation FUTURES Classic; tied for 42nd at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season.
2003 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -4; Rounds Played - 11; In Money - 3; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 73.91; Money - $13,767.00 Rank (184th); Best Finish - T-22nd at the LPGA State Farm Classic
2004 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -18; Rounds Played - 59; In Money - 13; Top-10 Finishes - 2; Scoring Average - 71.86 Rank (43rd); Money - $156,760.00 Rank (69th); Best Finish - 6th at the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
2005 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -24; Rounds Played - 71; In Money - 14; Top-10 Finishes - 2; Scoring Average - 73.90 Rank (104th); Money - $201,676.00 Rank (55th); Best Finish - 2nd at the CN Canadian Women’s Open
2006 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -22; Rounds Played - 52; In Money - 5; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 75.08 Rank (159th); Money - $20,359.00 Rank (146th); Best Finish - T-34th at the MasterCard Classic
2007 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -23; Rounds Played - 68; In Money - 15; Top-10 Finishes - 2; Scoring Average - 72.90 Rank (48th); Money - $187,008.00 Rank (60th); Best Finish - T-9th at the SemGroup Championship
2008 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -30; Rounds Played - 98; In Money - 22; Top-10 Finishes - 9; Scoring Average - 71.51 Rank (17th); Money - $1,045,619.00 Rank (13th); Best Finish - Win at the CN Canadian Women’s Open
