Marnie McGuire

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Marnie McGuire
Personal information
Full nameMarnie McGuire
Born (1969-02-22) 22 February 1969 (age 55)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Career
College Oklahoma State
Turned professional1992
Former tour(s) LPGA of Japan Tour
LPGA Tour
ALPG Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
LPGA of Japan Tour5
ALPG Tour1

Marnie McGuire (born 22 February 1969) [1] is a former New Zealand professional golfer who played mostly on the LPGA of Japan Tour.

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McGuire won the British Ladies Amateur in 1986 as a 17-year-old and was at the time the youngest champion in the tournament's history. [2] She was also the individual winner of the 1991 Queen Sirikit Cup. [3] She played college golf at Oklahoma State where she was an All-American in 1990. [4] While at Oklahoma State, she was diagnosed with malignant melanoma which led her to compete wearing long-sleeved shirts, a big floppy hat, and long slacks. [5]

McGuire won five times as a professional on the Japan Tour and was awarded the Sportswoman of the Year title at the 1996 Halberg Awards. She is the only New Zealander to have won the Women's Australian Open, and the British Ladies Amateur. [2] She also played on the LPGA Tour from 1999 to 2003.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (6)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (5)

ALPG Tour wins (1)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

1 Co-sanctioned by ALPG Tour and Ladies European Tour

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. "Marnie McGuire: profile and notes". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Former pro Marnie McGuire a coup for Waikato". Stuff.co.nz. 31 May 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  3. "Queen Sirikit Cup: Past Winners". Queen Sirikit Cup. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  4. "2013 Women's Golf Media Guide". Oklahoma State University. p. 37. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  5. Markey, Matt (9 July 2001). "Sun shadows McGuire's progress on LPGA Tour". The Blade . Toledo, Ohio.
  6. "Japanese Womens Tour - 1994 To 1996". users.tpg.com.au. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  7. "Japanese Womens Tour - 1997 To 1999". users.tpg.com.au. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
Awards
Preceded by New Zealand's Sportswoman of the Year
1995
Succeeded by