Muffin Spencer-Devlin | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Piqua, Ohio | October 25, 1953
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Career | |
College | American College of Switzerland Rollins College |
Status | Professional |
Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (1979-2000) |
Professional wins | 3 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 3 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
Chevron Championship | T12: 1988, 1992 |
Women's PGA C'ship | 5th: 1986 |
U.S. Women's Open | T10: 1982 |
du Maurier Classic | T25: 1982 |
Muffin Spencer-Devlin (born October 25, 1953) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
She was born in Piqua, Ohio and joined the LPGA in 1979. She is openly gay and, in 1996, became the first LPGA player to come out as gay. [1]
Spencer-Devlin made a cameo appearance as a member of Starfleet Medical in the feature film Star Trek Generations that was released in 1994, and made a brief appearance in "The Chute", the third episode of the 1995 series Star Trek: Voyager . [2]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | Aug 18, 1985 | MasterCard International Pro-Am | −7 (70-75-64=209) | 2 strokes | Deedee Lasker Kim Shipman |
2 | May 11, 1986 | United Virginia Bank Classic | −2 (76-69-69=214) | 1 stroke | Debbie Massey Jody Rosenthal Barb Thomas |
3 | Sep 10, 1989 | Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship | −2 (74-69-71=214) | 1 stroke | Dawn Coe Nancy Lopez Susan Sanders |
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