Stephanie Meadow (born 20 January 1992) is a

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who played for the

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and made her professional debut at the

2014 U.S. Women's Open The 2014 U.S. Women's Open was the 69th U.S. Women's Open, held June 19-22 at Pinehurst Resort Course No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. It marked the first time that the U.S. Women's Open was played on the same course in the same year as the ...

at Pinehurst where she finished third.

Personal life

Meadow married long time boyfriend Kyle Kallan in April 2023.

Amateur career

Meadow won

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in 2012. She appeared for the British and Irish team at the 2012 and 2014

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. At the

, Meadow became the Crimson Tide's first four-time first-team

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. She left Alabama as the career record holder in most every category. She finished with a 71.89 scoring average, just 0.17 strokes above par per round over her 132 career rounds. Meadow won nine career tournaments - three times more than anyone else in school history, men's or women's - while carding school records with 73 career rounds of par or better, 125 counting rounds (95.5 percent) and 404 birdies. Meadow was part of the Tide's first

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in 2012 and is a recipient of the 2014 Elite 89 Award. She is also the only

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women's golfer to achieve both first team All-American and first team Academic All-American honors in consecutive years.

Professional career

Meadow officially turned professional in 2014 shortly after qualifying for the

and went on to secure 3rd place. This remains her best result at a major championship to date, equalled by joint third in the 2023

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. In 2014, she achieved her highest ever position in the

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with number eighty-two. Meadow represented Ireland at the

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where she finished tied 31st. Meadow gained an LPGA Tour card for 2017 via the

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. Meadow won her first

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tournament at the 2018

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in a playoff. She finished sixth on the

money list, thus earning her LPGA Tour Card for

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. In August 2019, she won the World Invitational at

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, Northern Ireland. At the

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, held in August 2021, she finished 7th. Meadow came joint third at the 2023

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, receiving the largest ever prize check of her career at $423,070. This pushed her back into the top 100 in the world rankings, into 89th place.

Professional wins (2)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

Symetra Tour playoff record (1–1)

Other wins (1)

*2019

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(Women's event)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2023 Women's PGA – 2024 Chevron) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Ireland ):

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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 ...

Vagliano Trophy The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in o ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011, 2013 *

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

(winners),

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

(representing Ireland):

References

External links

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Player profile – Stephanie Meadow
– 2014 U.S. Women's Open (Archived)

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