Muffin Spencer-Devlin

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Muffin Spencer-Devlin
Personal information
Born (1953-10-25) October 25, 1953 (age 70)
Piqua, Ohio
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College American College of Switzerland
Rollins College
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (1979-2000)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour3
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.

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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]

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1Aug 18, 1985 MasterCard International Pro-Am −7 (70-75-64=209)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Deedee Lasker
Flag of the United States.svg Kim Shipman
2May 11, 1986 United Virginia Bank Classic −2 (76-69-69=214)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Debbie Massey
Flag of the United States.svg Jody Rosenthal
Flag of the United States.svg Barb Thomas
3Sep 10, 1989 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship −2 (74-69-71=214)1 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dawn Coe
Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez
Flag of the United States.svg Susan Sanders

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References

  1. Garrity, John; Nutt, Amy (March 18, 1996). "No More Disguises - Muffin Spencer-Devlin stands tall in her chosen role: the first LPGA player to declare she's gay". Sports Illustrated . Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  2. "Muffin Spencer-Devlin bio". LPGA . Retrieved February 11, 2015.