Joyce Ziske (born May 20, 1934 and also known as Joyce Ziske Malison) is an American

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. As an amateur, Ziske won the Wisconsin Women's Amateur twice and the

North and South Women's Amateur The North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship is an annual golf tournament held since 1903 at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina. An invitational tournament, participants are chosen based upon their performance in national am ...

. She played on the 1954 Curtis Cup team. Ziske turned professional on February 8, 1955, and played on the LPGA Tour from 1955 to 1960. In 1960 she won the Women's Western Open which was one of the LPGA major championships at that time. She had her best finish in the U.S. Women's Open that same year, placing second. She retired from professional golf in 1960 after marrying Tom Malison in June 1961, but she played competitively at least once.Joyce Ziske enters meet
/ref> In 1975, she was elected to the

Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame The Wisconsin State Golf Association (WSGA) established a Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame in 1964 to honor distinguished amateurs for their significant contributions to the game of golf in Wisconsin. The five charter members of this elite group, all " ...

Amateur wins

''this list may be incomplete'' *1949 District Junior Girls Golf Invitational Tournament *1952 Milwaukee County Women's Tournament, Wisconsin Women's Amateur *1954 Palm Beach Women's Amateur,

, Wisconsin Women's Amateur

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins

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Syracuse Open *

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

Howard Johnson Invitational The Howard Johnson Invitational was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played only in 1959.LPGA Tourna ...

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

Wolverine Open, Women's Western Open LPGA

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is shown in bold.

Other wins

*1960 Hoosier Celebrity

Major championships

Wins (1)

¹ Won on second hole of sudden-death playoff.

Team appearances

Amateur * Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1954 (winners)

References

External links

Wisconsin Golf Hall of Fame profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ziske, Joyce American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Winners of LPGA major golf championships Golfers from Milwaukee 1934 births Living people 21st-century American women