Meg Mallon


Meg Mallon 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.

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.
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. 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)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Feb 4, 1991Oldsmobile LPGA Classic−12 2 strokes Dana Lofland
2Jun 30, 1991Mazda LPGA Championship−10 1 stroke Pat Bradley
Ayako Okamoto
3Jul 14, 1991U.S. Women's Open−1 2 strokes Pat Bradley
4Oct 6, 1991Daikyo World Championship−3 5 strokes Dottie Mochrie
5Mar 14, 1993PING/Welch's Championship −16 1 stroke Betsy King
6May 9, 1993Sara Lee Classic−11 Playoff Tina Tombs
7Feb 24, 1996Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open−4 1 stroke Karrie Webb
8Apr 28, 1996Sara Lee Classic−6 2 strokes Stephanie Farwig
Pamela Wright
9Aug 9, 1998Star Bank LPGA Classic−17 Playoff Dottie Pepper
10Jan 24, 1999Naples LPGA Memorial−16 1 stroke Helen Alfredsson
Kelly Robbins
11May 16, 1999Sara Lee Classic−17 1 stroke Annika Sörenstam
Kris Tschetter
12Jun 11, 2000Wegmans Rochester International−8 2 strokes Wendy Doolan
13Aug 13, 2000du Maurier Classic−6 1 stroke Rosie Jones
14Aug 18, 2002Bank of Montreal Canadian Women's Open−4 3 strokes Michelle Ellis
Catriona Matthew
Michele Redman
15Nov 23, 2003ADT Championship−7 1 stroke Annika Sörenstam
16Jul 4, 2004U.S. Women's Open−10 2 strokes Annika Sörenstam
17Jul 11, 2004BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open−18 4 strokes Beth Daniel
18Aug 8, 2004Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic−7 1 stroke Se Ri Pak
Karen Stupples

LPGA Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11992The Phar-Mor in Youngstown Donna Andrews
Beth Daniel
Betsy King		King won with birdie on first extra hole
21993Sara Lee Classic Tina TombsWon with birdie on third extra hole
31998Star Bank LPGA Classic Dottie PepperWon with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

Wins (4)

Results timeline

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

Professional