Meg Mallon
| Meg Mallon | |
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| — Golfer — | |
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Mallon in August 2009
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Meg Mallon |
| Born |
April 14, 1963 Natick, Massachusetts |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| 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) |
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| 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 elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame and will be inducted in September 2017.
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.
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.
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