Joyce Ziske (born May 20, 1934), 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

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. She played on the 1954

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team. Ziske turned professional on February 8, 1955, and played on the

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from 1955 to 1960. In 1960 she won the

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which was one of the LPGA major championships at that time. She had her best finish in the

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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.

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 – Soviet lunar probe Luna 1 is the first human-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reaches the ...

Howard Johnson Invitational *

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 * Janu ...

Wolverine 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 *

(representing the United States):

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(winners)

References

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* * {{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 20th-century American sportswomen