Meg Mallon (born April 14, 1963) is an American

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. She became a member of the

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in 1987 and won 18 LPGA Tour events, including four major championships, during her career. Mallon was inducted into the

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in 2017.

Early life and amateur career

Mallon was born on April 14, 1963, in

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. She started playing golf at the age of 7. She won the Michigan Amateur Championship title in 1983. She attended Mercy High School in

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. Mallon attended

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, where she earned All-Conference honors from 1984 to 1985 and was the runner-up at the 1985 Big Ten Championship.

Professional career

Mallon joined the

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''. She 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. Mallon 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

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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.Meg Mallon is U.S. Solheim captain
/ref> Mallon was inducted into the Ohio State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1996, the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame in 2002, and the

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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.Golfweek.com
As will to win fades, Mallon, 47, retires
2010-07-07 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

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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)

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

Other wins (1)

*1998 JCPenney Classic (with Steve Pate)

Legends Tour wins (1)

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Walgreens Charity Championship

Major championships

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

*Starts – 84 *Wins – 4 *2nd-place finishes – 4 *3rd-place finishes – 1 *Top 3 finishes – 9 *Top 5 finishes – 15 *Top 10 finishes – 21 *Top 25 finishes – 41 *Missed cuts – 18 *Most consecutive cuts made – 24 *Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (5 times)

Team appearances

Professional *

(representing the United States):

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 ...

(winners),

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 ...

(winners),

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

(winners),

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 ...

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

(winners),

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

(winners),

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

(non-playing captain) *

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(representing the United States): 2005 * Handa Cup (representing the United States): 2010 (winners), 2011 (winners), 2014 (winners), 2015 (winners)

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Early life and amateur career

Professional career

Professional wins (20)

LPGA Tour wins (18)

Other wins (1)

Legends Tour wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (4)

Results timeline

Summary

Team appearances

See also

References

External links