Meg Mallon
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Birth | April 14, 1963 Natick, Massachusetts, USA |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.676 m) |
Nationality | United States |
Residence | Ocean Ridge, Florida, USA |
College | The Ohio State University |
Career | |
Turned Pro | 1987 |
LPGA wins | 18 |
Best Results in Major Championships | |
Kraft Nabisco | 2: 1996, 1999 |
LPGA Championship | Won 1991 |
U.S. Women's Open | Won 1991, 2004 |
Women's British Open | T8: 2002 |
du Maurier Classic | Won 2000 |
Awards | |
Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year | 1991 |
LPGA William and Mousie Powell Award | 1999 |
Meg Mallon (born April 14, 1963, Natick, Massachusetts) is an American professional golfer.
Mallon attended Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan and The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1987. By the end of the 2004 season she had won eighteen events on the tour, including four major championships.
She had also recorded nine top ten placings on the money list, her best being second in 1991. She has played for the United States in the Solheim Cup eight times through 2005.
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[edit] LPGA Tour wins (18)
- 1991 (4) LPGA Oldsmobile Classic, LPGA Championship, US Women's Open, Daikyo World Championship of Women's Golf
- 1993 (2) PING Welch's Championship, Sara Lee Classic
- 1996 (2) Cup Noodles Hawaiian, Sara Lee Classic
- 1998 (1) Star Bank LPGA Classic
- 1999 (2) Naples LPGA Memorial, Sara Lee Classic,
- 2000 (2) Wegmans LPGA, du Maurier Classic
- 2002 (1) BMO Canadian Women's Open
- 2003 (1) ADT Championship
- 2004 (3) US Women's Open, BMO Canadian Women's Open, Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic
LPGA Majors are shown in bold.
[edit] Other regular career wins
- 1998 JC Penney Classic (with Steve Pate)
[edit] Results in LPGA majors
Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | T61 | T29 |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | DNP | T44 | CUT |
du Maurier Classic | DNP | DNP | DNP | T59 |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | T9 | T30 | 5 | T49 | T11 | T16 | T2 | CUT | T16 | 2 | 3 |
LPGA Championship | T20 | 1 | T26 | T45 | T11 | T15 | T10 | T22 | T6 | T11 | T17 |
U.S. Women's Open | T9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | T6 | 2 | T19 | T43 | CUT | T5 | T2 |
du Maurier Classic | CUT | T23 | T13 | T64 | T4 | T12 | 4 | T30 | T4 | T66 | 1 |
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | T28 | T36 | T33 | T48 | T50 | T66 | 73 | T15 |
LPGA Championship | T17 | T12 | T27 | 16 | T33 | DNP | CUT | CUT |
U.S. Women's Open | T30 | T22 | CUT | 1 | T13 | CUT | CUT | |
Women's British Open ^ | T28 | T8 | T37 | CUT | CUT | CUT | 68 |
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half way cut.
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Profile on the LPGA's official site
- Golf Stars Online - links to features and articles
- Meg Mallon bio
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