Meg Mallon

Meg Mallon
Meg Mallon

Mallon posing in the U.S. Solheim Cup team uniform after the 2009 team was announced at Royal Lytham & St Annes, August 2, 2009.
Personal information
Full name Meg Mallon
Born April 14, 1963 (1963-04-14) (age 48)
Natick, Massachusetts
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality  United States
Residence Ocean Ridge, Florida
Career
College Ohio State University
Turned professional 1987
Retired 2010
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 1987)
Professional wins 19
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 18
Other 1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
(Wins: 4)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship 2nd/T2: 1996, 1999
LPGA Championship Won: 1991
U.S. Women's Open Won: 1991, 2004
du Maurier Classic Won: 2000
Women's British Open T8: 2002
Achievements and awards
GWAA Female
Player of the Year
1991
LPGA William and
Mousie Powell Award
1999

Meg Mallon (born April 14, 1963) is an American professional golfer.

Mallon was born in Natick, Massachusetts. She attended Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan and Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1987. During her career she won eighteen events on the tour, including four major championships. She also had nine top ten placings on the money list, her best being second in 1991. She played for the United States in the Solheim Cup eight times: in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2005. She served as an assistant team captain in 2009.

Mallon announced her retirement from professional golf on July 7, 2010, shortly before the start of the 2010 U.S. Women's Open.[1]

Contents

Professional wins (19)

LPGA Tour wins (18)

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

Other wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (4)

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up
1991 LPGA Championship -10 (68-68-71-67=274) 1 stroke United States Pat Bradley
Japan Ayako Okamoto
1991 U.S. Women's Open -1 (70-75-71-67=283) 2 strokes United States Pat Bradley
2000 du Maurier Classic -6 (73-68-72-69=282) 1 stroke United States Rosie Jones
2004 U.S. Women's Open -10 (73-69-67-65=274) 2 strokes Sweden Annika Sörenstam

Results timeline

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989
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
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 2009 2010
Kraft Nabisco Championship T28 T36 T33 T48 T50 T66 73 T15 DNP CUT
LPGA Championship T17 T12 T27 16 T33 DNP CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open T30 T22 CUT 1 T13 CUT CUT T58 CUT DNP
Women's British Open ^ T28 T8 T37 CUT CUT CUT 68 DNP DNP DNP

^ 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Golfweek.com, As will to win fades, Mallon, 47, retires 2010-07-07

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