Stephanie Meadow

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Stephanie Meadow
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Personal information
Born (1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 32)
Jordanstown, Northern Ireland
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sporting nationalityUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Residence Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Career
College University of Alabama
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Former tour(s) Symetra Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T19: 2021
Women's PGA C'ship T3: 2023
U.S. Women's Open 3rd: 2014
Women's British Open T39: 2020
Evian Championship T29: 2021
Achievements and awards
Heather Farr Player Award 2015

Stephanie Meadow (born 20 January 1992) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who played for the University of Alabama and made her professional debut at the 2014 U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst where she finished third. [1]

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Personal life

Meadow married long time boyfriend Kyle Kallan in April 2023.

Amateur career

Meadow won The Womens Amateur Championship in 2012. She appeared for the British and Irish team at the 2012 and 2014 Curtis Cup.

At the University of Alabama, Meadow became the Crimson Tide's first four-time first-team All-American. 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 NCAA Women's Golf Championship in 2012 and is a recipient of the 2014 Elite 89 Award. She is also the only Southeastern Conference 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 2014 U.S. Women's Open 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 Women's PGA Championship. [1] In 2014, she achieved her highest ever position in the Women's World Golf Rankings with number eighty-two. [2]

Meadow represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished tied 31st. [3]

Meadow gained an LPGA Tour card for 2017 via the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.

Meadow won her first Symetra Tour tournament at the 2018 IOA Championship in a playoff. [4] She finished sixth on the Symetra Tour money list, thus earning her LPGA Tour Card for 2019. In August 2019, she won the World Invitational at Galgorm Castle, Northern Ireland. [5]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in August 2021, she finished 7th. [6]

Meadow came joint third at the 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, 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)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
18 Apr 2018 IOA Championship 69-73-70=212−4Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Carleigh Silvers15,000

Symetra Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12018 IOA Championship Flag of the United States.svg Carleigh SilversWon with birdie on first extra hole
22018 Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic Flag of South Korea.svg Seong Eun-jeongLost on fourth extra hole

Other wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order

Tournament2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
Chevron Championship 47T20CUTT51
Women's PGA Championship CUTCUTCUTCUTCUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT3CUTCUTCUT
The Evian Championship ^NT
Women's British Open CUTCUTCUTT39
Tournament2021202220232024
Chevron Championship T19T35CUTT30
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUT
Women's PGA Championship CUTT10T3CUT
The Evian Championship T29T40T61CUT
Women's British Open CUTT56CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00000286
U.S. Women's Open 00111171
Women's PGA Championship 00112292
The Evian Championship 00000043
Women's British Open 00000072
Totals0022353514

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. 1 2 "Stephanie Meadow makes the cut on pro debut at US Open". The Irish Times. 20 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "13 Things You Didn't Know About Stephanie Meadow". Golf Monthly. 26 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Meet Ireland's Olympic team: Stephanie Meadow". The42.ie. Journal Media. 30 July 2016.
  4. ↑ "2018 IOA Championship". LPGA. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Haughey, John (18 August 2019). "World Invitational: Stephanie Meadow takes women's title at Galgorm Castle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Today in Tokyo: Stephanie Meadow falls just short of medal and mixed fortunes for marathon hopefuls". Irish Independent. 7 August 2021.
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