Dale Reid (20 March 1959 – 8 November 2023) was a Scottish

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

. She was one of the most successful players in the history of the

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, with 21 tournament victories. She topped the Order of Merit in 1984 and 1987 and was made a life member of the tour after collecting her 20th title at the 1991 Ford Classic. She played for Europe in the first four

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s (

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, and

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

) and was Europe's non-playing captain in

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

and

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Amateur career

At the age of 15, Reid reached the final of the Scottish Girls Championship where she lost 3&1 to Suzanne Cadden. She also made her first appearance in the

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. She also played in the Girl's Home Internationals in 1975, 1976 and 1977 and in the

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in 1978 and 1979. In 1978 she reached the final of the

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, losing 4&3 to

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Professional career

Reid turned professional in late 1979. She played predominantly on the

, where she won 21 times between 1980 and 1991, and played in over 370 tournaments. She won the tour's Order of Merit twice, 1984 and 1987. Reid qualified for the

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in late 1996. She played on the tour in 1997 and in early 1998. He best finish was tied for 4th place in the 1997

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Personal life

Reid was appointed an

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(OBE) in the

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for services to women's golf, following the 2000 Solheim Cup win. In 2010 in

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, a truck she was riding in crashed into a car. She survived with minor cuts and bruises, but the driver of the car and a passenger, an eight-year-old boy, were killed.

Death

Reid died from cancer in

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on 8 November 2023, at the age of 64.

Professional wins (24)

Ladies European Tour wins (21)

Source:

Other wins (3)

*1990

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(with

Corinne Dibnah Corinne Dibnah (born 29 July 1962) is an Australian professional golfer. Dibnah played on the ALPG Tour and the Ladies European Tour (LET). She won the 1991 LET Order of Merit after winning three tour events that year. Amateur wins *1981 ...

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*1993 Rörstrand Ladies Open (Sweden) Source:

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Scotland): 1974, 1975, 1976 (winners), 1977 *

(representing Scotland): 1978, 1979 (winners) Professional *

(representing Europe):

(winners),

(non-playing captain, winners),

(non-playing captain)

References

External links

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Who is Dale Reid
{{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Dale Scottish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Solheim Cup competitors for Europe Golfers from Fife Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Bell Baxter High School Deaths from cancer in Queensland 1959 births 2023 deaths 20th-century Scottish sportswomen