Meghan MacLaren

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Meghan MacLaren
Personal information
Born (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 (age 29)
Wellingborough, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
Career
College Florida International University
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour
Former tour(s) Symetra Tour
LET Access Series
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour3
ALPG Tour3
Epson Tour1
Other3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2017, 2020
Women's British Open 63rd: 2018
Evian Championship CUT: 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023
Achievements and awards
Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year2013
Conference USA Golfer of the Year2015
LET Access Series Order of Merit 2017
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Golf Team Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gleneagles Women's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gleneagles Mixed team

Meghan MacLaren (born 15 May 1994) is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player.

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Early life and amateur career

MacLaren starting playing golf at age 4 and attended The Ferrers Specialists Arts College between 2005 and 12, where she earned the Young Sportswoman of the Year award in 2009 and Upper School Sportsperson of the Year in 2010. [1]

She enrolled at Florida International University in 2012 and played with the FIU Panthers women's golf team. She won eight times before graduating with a degree in English in 2016. She was Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year in 2013 and Conference USA Golfer of the Year in 2015. [1]

MacLaren had a successful amateur career and won the 2013 Irish Women’s Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the 2014 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, while representing country or continent in the 2016 Curtis Cup, 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy and Patsy Hankins Trophy.

She won the Santander Golf Tour LETAS La Peñaza, final LET Access Series tournament of 2016, while still an amateur. [2]

Professional career

MacLaren turned professional in late 2016 and at Q-School earned a spot on the 2017 LET Access Series, where she won the Azores Ladies Open and had seven top-10 finishes. She topped the Order of Merit, earning a full card for the 2018 Ladies European Tour. [3] In her rookie season, she secured her maiden victory at the Women's NSW Open in Australia, and medalled twice at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships.

In 2019, she recorded a runner-up finish behind Challenge Tour player Daan Huizing in the Jordan Mixed Open, a third place in the Jabra Ladies Open, and successfully defended her Women's NSW Open title, to finish fifth on the Order of Merit. [4]

In 2021, MacLaren mainly played on the Epson Tour in the United States where she won the Prasco Charity Championship. She returned to LET Q-School for 2022 and finished in the top-20 to rejoin the LET. In 2022, she lost playoffs at the Open de France Dames and the Ladies Italian Open. She won her third LET title in Australia, the Australian Ladies Classic – Bonville, ending the season seventh in the Order of Merit.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (7)

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
14 Mar 2018 Women's NSW Open^71-67-65-71=274−102 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Silvia Banon
210 Mar 2019 Women's NSW Open^70-66-67-69=272−123 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Munchin Keh
Flag of Sweden.svg Lynn Carlsson
324 Apr 2022 Australian Ladies Classic – Bonville^67-70-69=206−101 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Maja Stark

^Co-sanctioned with the WPGA Tour of Australasia

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2022 Ladies Italian Open Flag of Italy.svg Alessandra Fanali (a)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Morgane Métraux 		Métraux won with eagle on first extra hole
22022 Open de France Dames Flag of Morocco.svg Ines Laklalech Lost to par on first extra hole

Symetra Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
127 Jun 2021 Prasco Charity Championship 68-70-69=207−92 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Linnea Johansson
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Weiwei

LET Access Series (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
122 Oct 2016 Santander Golf Tour LETAS La Peñaza
(as an amateur)		69-68-66=213−32 strokes Flag of Austria.svg Sarah Schober
223 Apr 2017 Azores Ladies Open 70-70-74=214−22 strokes Flag of France.svg Eva Gilly
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Chloe Williams

Other wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. 1 2 "Women's Golf Roster: Meghan MacLaren". Florida International University Athletics. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ↑ "2016 Santander Golf Tour LETAS La Peñaza Final Result". LET Access Series. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Player Profile: Meghan MacLaren". LET Access. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Meghan MacLaren makes Thailand debut". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. ↑ Heath, Elliot (25 June 2020). "Meg MacLaren Wins Moor Park Justin Rose Ladies Series Event". Golf Monthly.
  6. ↑ "European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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