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Meg Mallon

Summary

Meg Mallon (born April 14, 1963) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1987 and won 18 LPGA Tour events, including four major championships, during her career. Mallon was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2017.[1]

Meg Mallon
Mallon in August 2009
Personal information
Born (1963-04-14) April 14, 1963 (age 61)
Natick, Massachusetts
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceOcean Ridge, Florida
PartnerBeth Daniel
Career
CollegeOhio State University
Turned professional1987
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (1987–2010)
Professional wins20
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour18
Other2
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 4)
Chevron Championship2nd/T2: 1996, 1999
Women's PGA C'shipWon: 1991
U.S. Women's OpenWon: 1991, 2004
du Maurier ClassicWon: 2000
Women's British OpenT8: 2002
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame2017 (member page)
GWAA Female
Player of the Year		1991
LPGA William and
Mousie Powell Award		1999

Early life and amateur career edit

Mallon was born on April 14, 1963, in Natick, Massachusetts. She started playing golf at the age of 7. She won the Michigan Amateur Championship title in 1983. She attended Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Mallon attended Ohio State University, where she earned All-Conference honors from 1984 to 1985 and was the runner-up at the 1985 Big Ten Championship.

Professional career edit

Mallon joined the LPGA Tour in 1987. Her breakthrough year was 1991, when she won four times. Two of her victories were majors, the Mazda LPGA Championship and the U.S. Women's Open. She was also named Female Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of America and Most Improved Player by Golf Digest. She would win two more majors, the du Maurier Classic in 2000 and her second U.S. Women's Open in 2004. She also won the season-ending ADT Championship in 2003.

Mallon won a total of 18 events on the tour, including four major championships. She also had nine top-10 placings on the money list, her best being second in 1991.

Mallon played for the United States in the Solheim Cup eight times: in 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2005. She served as an assistant team captain in 2009. She is the team captain in 2013.[2]

Mallon was inducted into the Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996, the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame in 2002, and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. She was recognized during the LPGA's 50th Anniversary in 2000 as one of the LPGA's top-50 players and teachers. She was a non-voting member of the LPGA Tour Player Executive Committee in 1999, 2004, and 2008.

Mallon announced her retirement from professional golf on July 7, 2010, shortly before the start of the 2010 U.S. Women's Open.[3] She was inducted into the Palm Beach County Hall of Fame in 2011.

In 2003 during the second round of the Welch's/Fry's Championship, Mallon became the first player in LPGA history to shoot a 60, one stroke off the LPGA Tour's all-time record of 59 set by Annika Sörenstam in 2001. She is tied for second in the LPGA's all-time records for most career aces.

Professional wins (20) edit

LPGA Tour wins (18) edit

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (4)
Other LPGA Tour (14)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 Feb 4, 1991 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic −12 (66-70-69-71=276) 2 strokes   Dana Lofland
2 Jun 30, 1991 Mazda LPGA Championship −10 (68-68-71-67=274) 1 stroke   Pat Bradley
  Ayako Okamoto
3 Jul 14, 1991 U.S. Women's Open −1 (70-75-71-67=283) 2 strokes   Pat Bradley
4 Oct 6, 1991 Daikyo World Championship −3 (73-72-71=216) 5 strokes   Dottie Mochrie
5 Mar 14, 1993 PING/Welch's Championship (Tucson) −16 (67-66-70-69=272) 1 stroke   Betsy King
6 May 9, 1993 Sara Lee Classic −11 (70-71-64=205) Playoff   Tina Tombs
7 Feb 24, 1996 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open −4 (74-70-68=212) 1 stroke   Karrie Webb
8 Apr 28, 1996 Sara Lee Classic −6 (70-71-69=210) 2 strokes   Stephanie Farwig
  Pamela Wright
9 Aug 9, 1998 Star Bank LPGA Classic −17 (64-66-68=199) Playoff   Dottie Pepper
10 Jan 24, 1999 Naples LPGA Memorial −16 (69-67-69-67=272) 1 stroke   Helen Alfredsson
  Kelly Robbins
11 May 16, 1999 Sara Lee Classic −17 (66-65-68=199) 1 stroke   Annika Sörenstam
  Kris Tschetter
12 Jun 11, 2000 Wegmans Rochester International −8 (74-67-72-67=280) 2 strokes   Wendy Doolan
13 Aug 13, 2000 du Maurier Classic −6 (73-68-72-69=282) 1 stroke   Rosie Jones
14 Aug 18, 2002 Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open −4 (71-71-69-73=284) 3 strokes   Michelle Ellis
  Catriona Matthew
  Michele Redman
15 Nov 23, 2003 ADT Championship −7 (71-71-72-67=281) 1 stroke   Annika Sörenstam
16 Jul 4, 2004 U.S. Women's Open −10 (73-69-67-65=274) 2 strokes   Annika Sörenstam
17 Jul 11, 2004 BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open −18 (65-70-65-70=270) 4 strokes   Beth Daniel
18 Aug 8, 2004 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic −7 (66-69-74-68=277) 1 stroke   Se Ri Pak
  Karen Stupples

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1992 The Phar-Mor in Youngstown   Donna Andrews
  Beth Daniel
  Betsy King 		King won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1993 Sara Lee Classic   Tina Tombs Won with birdie on third extra hole
3 1998 Star Bank LPGA Classic   Dottie Pepper Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1) edit

Legends Tour wins (1) edit

  • 2014 Walgreens Charity Championship

Major championships edit

Wins (4) edit

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

Results timeline edit

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989
Kraft Nabisco Championship
LPGA Championship T61 T29
U.S. Women's Open CUT T44 CUT
du Maurier Classic 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 CUT
LPGA Championship T17 T12 T27 16 T33 CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open T30 T22 CUT 1 T13 CUT CUT T58 CUT
Women's British Open ^ CUT T8 T37 CUT CUT CUT 68

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary edit

  • Starts – 84
  • Wins – 4
  • 2nd-place finishes – 4
  • 3rd-place finishes – 1
  • Top 3 finishes – 9
  • Top 5 finishes – 15
  • Top 10 finishes – 21
  • Top 25 finishes – 41
  • Missed cuts – 18
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 24
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (5 times)

Team appearances edit

Professional

  • Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 1992, 1994 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1998 (winners), 2000, 2002 (winners), 2003, 2005 (winners), 2013 (non-playing captain)
  • World Cup (representing the United States): 2005
  • Handa Cup (representing the United States): 2010 (winners), 2011 (winners), 2014 (winners), 2015 (winners)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Love III gets Hall of Fame call: Woosnam, Mallon, Ochoa, Longhurst also included in Class of 2017". PGA Tour. October 18, 2016.
  2. ^ Meg Mallon is U.S. Solheim captain
  3. ^ Golfweek.com, As will to win fades, Mallon, 47, retires 2010-07-07

External links edit

  • Meg Mallon at the LPGA Tour official site
  • Meg Mallon at the Legends Tour official site (also at former site)
  • Meg Mallon at golf.about.com at the Wayback Machine (archived March 10, 2008)

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