Meg Mallon

Meg Mallon
Mallon in August 2009
Personal information
Full name Meg Mallon
Born (1963-04-14) April 14, 1963
Natick, Massachusetts
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality  United States
Residence Ocean Ridge, Florida
Partner Beth Daniel
Career
College Ohio State University
Turned professional 1987
Retired 2010
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (1987–2010)
Professional wins 20
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 18
Other 2
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 4)
ANA Inspiration 2nd/T2: 1996, 1999
Women's PGA C'ship Won: 1991
U.S. Women's Open Won: 1991, 2004
du Maurier Classic Won: 2000
Women's British Open T8: 2002
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 2017 (member page)
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. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1987 and won 18 LPGA Tour events, including four major championship, during her career. Mallon was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2017.[1]

Amateur career

Mallon was born 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.

She attended Ohio State University, where she earned All-Conference honors from 1984–85 and was the runner-up at the 1985 Big Ten Championship.

Professional career

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.

Mallon 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.

She 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)

LPGA Tour wins (18)

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 United States Dana Lofland
2 Jun 30, 1991 Mazda LPGA Championship −10 (68-68-71-67=274) 1 stroke United States Pat Bradley
Japan Ayako Okamoto
3 Jul 14, 1991 U.S. Women's Open −1 (70-75-71-67=283) 2 strokes United States Pat Bradley
4 Oct 6, 1991 Daikyo World Championship −3 (73-72-71=216) 5 strokes United States Dottie Mochrie
5 Mar 14, 1993 PING/Welch's Championship (Tucson) −16 (67-66-70-69=272) 1 stroke United States Betsy King
6 May 9, 1993 Sara Lee Classic −11 (70-71-64=205) Playoff Canada Tina Tombs
7 Feb 24, 1996 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open −4 (74-70-68=212) 1 stroke Australia Karrie Webb
8 Apr 28, 1996 Sara Lee Classic −6 (70-71-69=210) 2 strokes United States Stephanie Farwig
Scotland Pamela Wright
9 Aug 9, 1998 Star Bank LPGA Classic −17 (64-66-68=199) Playoff United States Dottie Pepper
10 Jan 24, 1999 Naples LPGA Memorial −16 (69-67-69-67=272) 1 stroke Sweden Helen Alfredsson
United States Kelly Robbins
11 May 16, 1999 Sara Lee Classic −17 (66-65-68=199) 1 stroke Sweden Annika Sörenstam
United States Kris Tschetter
12 Jun 11, 2000 Wegmans Rochester International −8 (74-67-72-67=280) 2 strokes Australia Wendy Doolan
13 Aug 13, 2000 du Maurier Classic −6 (73-68-72-69=282) 1 stroke United States Rosie Jones
14 Aug 18, 2002 Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open −4 (71-71-69-73=284) 3 strokes Australia Michelle Ellis
Scotland Catriona Matthew
United States Michele Redman
15 Nov 23, 2003 ADT Championship −7 (71-71-72-67=281) 1 stroke Sweden Annika Sörenstam
16 Jul 4, 2004 U.S. Women's Open −10 (73-69-67-65=274) 2 strokes Sweden Annika Sörenstam
17 Jul 11, 2004 BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open −18 (65-70-65-70=270) 4 strokes United States Beth Daniel
18 Aug 8, 2004 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic −7 (66-69-74-68=277) 1 stroke South Korea Se Ri Pak
England Karen Stupples

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

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

Other wins (1)

Legends Tour wins (1)

  • 2014 Walgreens Charity Championship

Major championships

Wins (4)

YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-up
1991LPGA Championship−10 (68-68-71-67=274)1 strokeUnited States Pat Bradley, Japan Ayako Okamoto
1991U.S. Women's Open−1 (70-75-71-67=283)2 strokesUnited States Pat Bradley
2000du Maurier Classic−6 (73-68-72-69=282)1 strokeUnited States Rosie Jones
2004U.S. Women's Open−10 (73-69-67-65=274)2 strokesSweden Annika Sörenstam

Results timeline

Tournament1986198719881989
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
Tournament19901991199219931994199519961997199819992000
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
Tournament2001200220032004200520062007200820092010
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.

Summary

  • Starts – 84
  • Wins – 4
  • 2nd-place finishes – 4
  • 3rd-place finishes – 2
  • Top 3 finishes – 10
  • Top 5 finishes – 16
  • Top 10 finishes – 20
  • Top 25 finishes – 41
  • Missed cuts – 17
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 24
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (5 times)

Team appearances

Professional

See also

References

  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
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