Barb Whitehead

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| fullname = Barb Thomas Whitehead

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|1|22}}

| birth_place = Sibley, Iowa, U.S.

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| nationality = {{USA}}

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| spouse = Trentie Whitehead

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| children = 2

| college = Iowa State University
University of Tulsa

| status = Professional

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| extour = LPGA Tour

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| nabisco = T25: 1988

| lpga = T6: 1995

| wusopen = T50: 1985

| dumaurier = T32: 1996

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Barb Thomas Whitehead (born January 22, 1961) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.

Career

She played under both her maiden name, Barb Thomas, and her married name, Barb Whitehead (since 1995). Thomas was a three-time winner of the Iowa State Women's Amateur.[http://www.iawga.org/history/IWGA%20Women%27s%20State%20Amateur%20History%20and%20Winners/Iowa%20Amateur%20Champions.pdf Iowa State Women's Amateur]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She started playing golf at the age of 8 with the mentoring of her father. Whitehead credits her parents as being influential figures in her life and as having helped build her career{{cite news |url=http://www.lpga.com/players/barb-whitehead/82017/bio |title=Barb Whitehead – Bio |publisher=LPGA |access-date=May 4, 2017}}

Whitehead won once on the LPGA Tour[http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf LPGA All-Time Winners List] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229053926/http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf |date=December 29, 2010 }} in 1995.[http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-99] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920192212/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf |date=September 20, 2007 }}

On May 21, 2011, Whitehead was inducted into the [http://www.iowagolf.org/HTML/Hall_of_Fame/HOF_index.html Iowa Golf Hall of Fame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325084156/http://www.iowagolf.org/HTML/Hall_of_Fame/HOF_index.html |date=2012-03-25 }}.[http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/sports/golf/article_f747e90b-d11d-5a33-81d6-2c1fa64f206d.html Whitehead to enter Iowa Golf Hall of Fame]