Carol Semple Thompson
| Carol Semple Thompson | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
October 27, 1948 Sewickley, Pennsylvania |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Career | |
| College | Hollins University |
| Status | Amateur |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
|
| Titleholders C'ship | DNP |
| ANA Inspiration | T51: 1989 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP |
| U.S. Women's Open | T9: 1972 |
| du Maurier Classic | DNP |
| Women's British Open | DNP |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 2008 (member page) |
| Bob Jones Award | 2003 |
Carol Semple (born October 27, 1948) is an American golfer who participated only on the amateur circuit, and never turned pro.
Semple was born in Sewickley, Pennsylvania. She is from a prominent golfing family; her father served as president of the United States Golf Association (USGA) in 1974 and 1975. Her mother played competitive golf and served on various USGA committees for many years. At age 16, Carol Semple won her first tournament by defeating her mother in the finals of the Western Pennsylvania Women's Championship.
A 1970 graduate of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, she defeated Anne Quast to win the 1973 U.S. Women's Amateur at the Montclair Golf Club in Montclair, New Jersey. Semple won the 1974 British Ladies Amateur. At present, she is one of only eleven golfers to hold both titles. In defense of her U.S. championship, she made it to the 1974 finals but lost to Cynthia Hill. Among her other significant victories in amateur play, she won the 1976 and 1987 North and South Women's Amateur, two U.S. Women's Mid-Amateurs, and won the U.S. Senior Women's Amateur four years in a row from 1999 to 2002. She also was part of the American team that won four Espirito Santo Trophys at the World Amateur Golf Team Championships. She is also one of only five people to have won three different USGA individual championship events, the others being JoAnne Carner, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, and Tiger Woods.
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