Meg Mallon

Meg Mallon
— Golfer —
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
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
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.

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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	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)

1998 JCPenney Classic (with Steve Pate)

Legends Tour wins (1)

2014 Walgreens Charity Championship

Major championships

Wins (4)

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

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.

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

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

References

↑ Meg Mallon is U.S. Solheim captain
↑ Golfweek.com, As will to win fades, Mallon, 47, retires 2010-07-07

External links

Meg Mallon at the LPGA Tour official site
Meg Mallon at the Legends Tour official site
Meg Mallon bio at about.com

Meg Mallon in the major championships

Women's PGA Championship champions

1955‡ Beverly Hanson 1956 Marlene Hagge† 1957 Louise Suggs 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Betsy Rawls 1960 Mickey Wright 1961‡ Mickey Wright 1962‡ Judy Kimball 1963 Mickey Wright 1964 Mary Mills 1965 Sandra Haynie 1966 Gloria Ehret 1967‡ Kathy Whitworth 1968‡ Sandra Post† 1969 Betsy Rawls 1970 Shirley Englehorn† 1971 Kathy Whitworth 1972 Kathy Ahern 1973 Mary Mills 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Kathy Whitworth 1976 Betty Burfeindt 1977 Hisako Higuchi 1978 Nancy Lopez 1979 Donna Caponi 1980 Sally Little 1981 Donna Caponi 1982‡ Jan Stephenson 1983 Patty Sheehan 1984 Patty Sheehan 1985‡ Nancy Lopez 1986 Pat Bradley 1987 Jane Geddes 1988 Sherri Turner 1989 Nancy Lopez 1990 Beth Daniel 1991 Meg Mallon 1992‡ Betsy King 1993 Patty Sheehan 1994 Laura Davies 1995 Kelly Robbins 1996 Laura Davies 1997 Christa Johnson† 1998‡ Se-ri Pak 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Juli Inkster† 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Se-ri Pak 2003 Annika Sörenstam† 2004 Annika Sörenstam 2005 Annika Sörenstam 2006 Se-ri Pak† 2007 Suzann Pettersen 2008 Yani Tseng† 2009 Anna Nordqvist 2010‡ Cristie Kerr 2011‡ Yani Tseng 2012 Shanshan Feng 2013 Inbee Park† 2014 Inbee Park† 2015 Inbee Park

† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire

U.S. Women's Open champions

1946 Patty Berg∞ 1947 Betty Jameson 1948 Babe Zaharias 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Betsy Rawls 1952 Louise Suggs 1953 Betsy Rawls† 1954‡ Babe Zaharias 1955‡ Fay Crocker 1956 Kathy Cornelius† 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Mickey Wright 1960 Betsy Rawls 1961 Mickey Wright 1962 Murle Lindstrom 1963‡ Mary Mills 1964 Mickey Wright† 1965 Carol Mann 1966 Sandra Spuzich 1967‡ Catherine LaCoste# 1968‡ Susie Berning 1969 Donna Caponi 1970‡ Donna Caponi 1971‡ JoAnne Carner 1972 Susie Berning 1973 Susie Berning 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Sandra Palmer 1976 JoAnne Carner† 1977 Hollis Stacy 1978 Hollis Stacy 1979 Jerilyn Britz 1980 Amy Alcott 1981 Pat Bradley 1982 Janet Alex 1983 Jan Stephenson 1984 Hollis Stacy 1985 Kathy Baker 1986 Jane Geddes† 1987 Laura Davies† 1988 Liselotte Neumann 1989 Betsy King 1990 Betsy King 1991 Meg Mallon 1992 Patty Sheehan† 1993 Lauri Merten 1994 Patty Sheehan 1995 Annika Sörenstam 1996 Annika Sörenstam 1997 Alison Nicholas 1998 Pak Se-ri† 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Karrie Webb 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Juli Inkster 2003 Hilary Lunke† 2004 Meg Mallon 2005 Birdie Kim 2006 Annika Sörenstam† 2007 Cristie Kerr 2008 Inbee Park 2009 Ji Eun-hee 2010 Paula Creamer 2011 Ryu So-yeon† 2012 Choi Na-yeon 2013 Inbee Park 2014 Michelle Wie 2015 Chun In-gee

† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play

Canadian Women's Open (Peter Jackson/du Maurier Classic) champions

1979 Amy Alcott 1980 Pat Bradley 1981 Jan Stephenson 1982 Sandra Haynie 1983 Hollis Stacy 1984 Juli Inkster 1985 Pat Bradley 1986 Pat Bradley† 1987 Jody Rosenthal 1988 Sally Little 1989 Tammie Green 1990 Cathy Johnston 1991 Nancy Scranton 1992 Sherri Steinhauer 1993 Brandie Burton† 1994 Martha Nause 1995 Jenny Lidback 1996 Laura Davies 1997 Colleen Walker 1998 Brandie Burton 1999 Karrie Webb 2000 Meg Mallon

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Female golfers who have won 2 or more major championships in one year

1946 Louise Suggs (2)
1948 Patty Berg (2)
1949 Louise Suggs (2)
1950 Babe Zaharias (3)
1955 Patty Berg (2)
1957 Patty Berg (2)
1958 Mickey Wright (2)
1959 Betsy Rawls (2)
1961 Mickey Wright (3)
1962 Mickey Wright (2)
1963 Mickey Wright (2)
1967 Kathy Whitworth (2)
1974 Sandra Haynie (2)
1984 Juli Inkster (2)
1986 Pat Bradley (3)
1990 Betsy King (2)
1991 Meg Mallon (2)
1996 Laura Davies (2)
1998 Se-ri Pak (2)
1999 Juli Inkster (2)
2000 Karrie Webb (2)
2001 Karrie Webb (2)
2003 Annika Sörenstam (2)
2005 Annika Sörenstam (2)
2010 Yani Tseng (2)
2011 Yani Tseng (2)
2013 Inbee Park (3)
2015 Inbee Park (2)

Meg Mallon in the Solheim Cup

United States Solheim Cup team – 1992

Danielle Ammaccapane Pat Bradley Brandie Burton Beth Daniel Juli Inkster Betsy King Meg Mallon Dottie Mochrie Deb Richard Patty Sheehan Kathy Whitworth (non-playing captain)

Lost: 6.5 – 11.5

United States Solheim Cup team – 1994

Donna Andrews Brandie Burton Beth Daniel Tammie Green Betsy King Meg Mallon Dottie Mochrie Kelly Robbins Patty Sheehan Sherri Steinhauer JoAnne Carner (non-playing captain)

Won: 13 – 7

United States Solheim Cup team – 1996

Pat Bradley Brandie Burton Beth Daniel Jane Geddes Rosie Jones Betsy King Meg Mallon Michelle McGann Dottie Pepper Kelly Robbins Patty Sheehan Val Skinner Judy Rankin (non-playing captain)

Won: 17 – 11

United States Solheim Cup team – 1998

Donna Andrews Brandie Burton Tammie Green Pat Hurst Juli Inkster Christa Johnson Rosie Jones Betsy King Meg Mallon Dottie Pepper Kelly Robbins Sherri Steinhauer Judy Rankin (non-playing captain)

Won: 16 – 12

United States Solheim Cup team – 2000

Brandie Burton Beth Daniel Pat Hurst Juli Inkster Becky Iverson Rosie Jones Meg Mallon Dottie Pepper Michele Redman Kelly Robbins Nancy Scranton Sherri Steinhauer Pat Bradley (non-playing captain)

Lost: 11.5 – 14.5

United States Solheim Cup team – 2002

Beth Daniel Laura Diaz Pat Hurst Juli Inkster Rosie Jones Cristie Kerr Emilee Klein Kelli Kuehne Meg Mallon Michele Redman Kelly Robbins Wendy Ward Patty Sheehan (non-playing captain)

Won: 15.5 – 12.5

United States Solheim Cup team – 2003

Heather Bowie Beth Daniel Laura Diaz Juli Inkster Rosie Jones Cristie Kerr Kelli Kuehne Meg Mallon Michele Redman Kelly Robbins Angela Stanford Wendy Ward Patty Sheehan (non-playing captain)

Lost: 10.5 – 17.5

United States Solheim Cup team – 2005

Paula Creamer Beth Daniel Laura Diaz Natalie Gulbis Pat Hurst Juli Inkster Rosie Jones Cristie Kerr Christina Kim Meg Mallon Michele Redman Wendy Ward Donna Caponi (non-playing assistant captain) Nancy Lopez (non-playing captain)

Won: 15.5 – 12.5

United States Solheim Cup team – 2009

Nicole Castrale Paula Creamer Natalie Gulbis Juli Inkster Cristie Kerr Christina Kim Brittany Lang Brittany Lincicome Kristy McPherson Morgan Pressel Angela Stanford Michelle Wie Beth Daniel (non-playing captain) Meg Mallon (non-playing assistant captain) Kelly Robbins (non-playing assistant captain)

Won: 16 – 12

United States Solheim Cup team – 2013

Paula Creamer Cristie Kerr Jessica Korda Brittany Lang Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome Gerina Piller Morgan Pressel Lizette Salas Angela Stanford Lexi Thompson Michelle Wie Meg Mallon (non-playing captain) Laura Diaz (non-playing assistant captain) Dottie Pepper (non-playing assistant captain)

Lost: 10–18

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