Dale Reid

Dale Reid
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born	(1959-03-20) 20 March 1959 Ladybank, Scotland
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Nationality	Scotland
Residence	Ladybank, Scotland
Career
Turned professional	1979
Former tour(s)	Ladies European Tour (1979-2005) LPGA Tour (1997-1998)
Professional wins	23
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour	21 (2nd all-time)
Other	2
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	CUT: 1985, 1992
LPGA Championship	T25: 1997
U.S. Women's Open	64th: 1988
du Maurier Classic	T52: 1997
Women's British Open	CUT: 2001, 2002, 2004
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour Order of Merit	1984, 1987

Dale Reid OBE (born 20 March 1959) is a Scottish professional golfer from Ladybank, Fife. She is one of the most successful players in the history of the Ladies European Tour, with 21 tournament victories. She topped the Order of Merit in 1984 and 1987 and was made a life member of the tour after collecting her 20th title at the 1991 Ford Classic. She played for Europe in the first four Solheim Cups (1990, 1992, 1994 and 1996) and was Europe's non-playing captain in 2000 and 2002.

She worked full-time in a Care home in Cupar, Fife for a short time as a social care worker, shortly after leaving this job she moved to Australia where she now resides.^{[citation needed]}

Reid was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on the 2001 Queen's New Year's Honours List, following the 2000 Solheim Cup win.^[1]

Professional wins (23)

Ladies European Tour wins (21)

• 1980 (1) Carlsberg Coventry Tournament
• 1981 (2) Carlsberg Gleneagles Hotel Tournament, Moben Kitchens Tournament
• 1982 (1) Guernsey Open
• 1983 (3) United Friendly Tournament, International Classic, Caldy Classic
• 1984 (2) UBM Classic, JS Bloor Eastleigh Classic
• 1985 (2) Ulster Volkswagen Open, Brend Hotels International
• 1986 (1) British Olivetti Tournament
• 1987 (4) Ulster Volkswagen Open, Volmac Dutch Open, La Manga Club European Open, Bowring Ladies Scottish Open
• 1988 (2) Birchgrey European Open, Toshiba Players Championship
• 1990 (1) Haninge Open
• 1991 (2) Ford Classic, Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic

Other wins (2)

• 1990 Women's Victorian Open
• 1993 Rorstrand Open (Sweden)

Team appearances

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1990, 1992 (winners), 1994, 1996

See also

• List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins

References

Dale Reid at the Solheim Cup v t e European Solheim Cup team – 1990 Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Trish Johnson Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Dale Reid Pam Wright Mickey Walker (non-playing captain) Lost: 4.5 – 11.5 v t e European Solheim Cup team – 1992 Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies Florence Descampe Kitrina Douglas Trish Johnson Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Catrin Nilsmark Dale Reid Pam Wright Mickey Walker (non-playing captain) Won: 11.5 – 6.5 v t e European Solheim Cup team – 1994 Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies Lora Fairclough Trish Johnson Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Catrin Nilsmark Dale Reid Annika Sörenstam Pam Wright Mickey Walker (non-playing captain) Lost: 7 – 13 v t e European Solheim Cup team – 1996 Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Lisa Hackney Trish Johnson Kathryn Marshall Joanne Morley Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Catrin Nilsmark Dale Reid Annika Sörenstam Mickey Walker (non-playing captain) Lost: 11 – 17 v t e European Solheim Cup team – 2000 Helen Alfredsson Raquel Carriedo Laura Davies Sophie Gustafson Trish Johnson Carin Koch Patricia Meunier-Lebouc Janice Moodie Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Catrin Nilsmark Annika Sörenstam Dale Reid (non-playing captain) Won: 14.5 – 11.5 v t e European Solheim Cup team – 2002 Helen Alfredsson Raquel Carriedo Laura Davies Sophie Gustafson Maria Hjorth Karine Icher Carin Koch Paula Marti Mhairi McKay Suzann Pettersen Annika Sörenstam Iben Tinning Dale Reid (non-playing captain) Lost: 12.5 – 15.5