| Kathy Cornelius | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Kathy McKinnon Cornelius |
| Born | October 27, 1932 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Arizona, U.S. |
| Spouse | Bill Cornelius (m. 1953) |
| Career | |
| College | Florida Southern College |
| Turned professional | 1953 |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (1956–1985) |
| Professional wins | 8 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 6 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) | |
| Western Open | 6th: 1959, 1961 |
| Titleholders C'ship | 2nd: 1960 |
| Chevron Championship | T62: 1983 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T5: 1965 |
| U.S. Women's Open | Won: 1956 |
| du Maurier Classic | DNP |
Kathy Cornelius (née McKinnon,[1] born October 27, 1932) is an American professional golfer.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Cornelius attended Florida Southern College, where she played on the men's golf team, as the school did not have a women's team at the time. She turned pro in 1953 and married golf pro Bill Cornelius the same year. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1956 and won two events in her rookie season, including the U.S. Women's Open, which was to be her only major championship. She won six LPGA Tour titles in total and had her highest money list finish in 1973, when she came eighth. She made the top-20 of the money list twelve times in total (1957–65 and 1971–73).
In 1985, Kathy and her husband founded Magique Golf, a golf club company based in Arizona, which they ran until 1999. She later taught golf part-time at Rio Salado Golf Course in Tempe, Arizona.[citation needed] Her daughter, Kay, won the 1981 U.S. Girls' Junior, making them the only mother-daughter pair to win USGA championships.[2][3]
- ^ Foster, Jim (April 27, 1957). "Kathy Cornelius had fast rise to LPGA championship". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. p. B2. Retrieved June 22, 2016 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ "2012 United States Golf Association Championships Media Guide" (PDF). USGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 25, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
- ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (May 8, 2022). "Meet Kathy and Kay Cornelius, the only mother-daughter pair in history to win USGA championships". Golfweek.