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Opal Hill

Opal Hill
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Opal S. Trout Hill
Born (1892-06-02)June 2, 1892
Newport, Nebraska
Died June 23, 1981(1981-06-23) (aged 89)
Kansas City, Missouri
Nationality  United States
Career
Turned professional 1938
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (founder)
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 2
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
Western Open Won: 1935, 1936
Titleholders C'ship 7th: 1939
U.S. Women's Open 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 married Oscar S. Hill, an attorney. Suffering from a lingering kidney infection, her doctor recommended mild exercise and she took up golf at the age of 31. She won numerous amateur tournaments.

Hill became a golf professional in 1938, and was one of the 13 founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association in 1950.

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

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