Dottie Pepper
| Dottie Pepper | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
August 17, 1965 Saratoga Springs, New York |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Residence | Saratoga Springs, New York |
| Career | |
| College | Furman University |
| Turned professional | 1988 |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (1988-2004) |
| Professional wins | 28 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 17 |
| LPGA of Japan Tour | 1 |
| Symetra Tour | 1 |
| Other | 9 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2) |
|
| ANA Inspiration | Won: 1992, 1999 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T5: 1992 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 3rd/T3: 1988, 1990, 2001 |
| du Maurier Classic | 4th: 1993 |
| Women's British Open | T24: 2003 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| LPGA Tour Money Winner |
1992 |
| LPGA Tour Player of the Year |
1992 |
| LPGA Vare Trophy | 1992 |
| GWAA Female Player of the Year |
1992 |
| Best Female Golfer ESPY Award |
1993 |
Dottie Pepper (born August 17, 1965) is an American professional golfer and television golf broadcaster. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce. She won two major championships and 17 LPGA Tour events in all.
Pepper was born in Saratoga Springs, New York; her father, Don, was a major league baseball player, who appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a "rookie to watch", along with Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, in 1968. Her career began with big amateur victories in her home state of New York. She won the 1981 state amateur and the 1981 and 1983 New York Junior Amateur titles. She was a member of the 1981 Junior World Cup team and low amateur at the 1984 U.S. Women's Open. She attended Furman University where she earned five collegiate victories and was named All-American three times.
She joined the LPGA Tour in 1988 and won 17 official events on the Tour, including two major championships: the 1992 and 1999 Nabisco Dinah Shores. Her 19-under-par finish in the 1999 victory still stands as the lowest score in relation to par in a major championship. She topped the money list in 1992 and finished in the top ten in ten of eleven seasons between 1991 and 2001. Pepper also played for the United States in the Solheim Cup six times.
Due to injury problems, Pepper played only one tournament in 2002. In July 2004 she announced that she would retire at the end of the season. In 2005, she began work as a golf commentator for NBC and The Golf Channel, reporting on both men's and women's events.
During the 2007 Solheim Cup, Pepper caused some stir while working as commentator for the Golf Channel. She called the American team "choking freaking dogs". Pepper thought the network had cut to commercial when the comment was uttered, but it was actually still broadcasting live. Some players and fans were upset by this and Pepper quickly apologized for her "poor choice of words".
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