Alison Munt

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Alison Munt
Personal information
Born (1965-10-21) 21 October 1965 (age 57)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour
ALPG Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour3
ALPG Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
U.S. Women's Open T44: 1991
du Maurier Classic T57: 1991
Women's British Open CUT: 2001, 2002, 2003

Alison Munt (born 21 October 1965) is an Australian professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour as well as on the ALPG Tour in her home country. [1]

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Munt won three times on the Ladies European Tour between 2000 and 2003, the last time aged 37, after beating Elisabeth Esterl in a playoff in Portugal. [2]

She finished third at the 2000 TSN Ladies World Cup Golf in partnership with Jane Crafter.

Professional wins (5)

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
128 May 2000 Ladies Hannover Expo 2000 Open −4 (67-72-73=212)1 stroke Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Valérie Van Ryckeghem
215 Oct 2000 Marrakech Palmeraie Open −9 (70-70-67=207)3 strokes Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson
325 May 2003 Lancia Ladies Open of Portugal −7 (69-72-68=209)Playoff Flag of Germany.svg Elisabeth Esterl

Ladies European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12005 Lancia Ladies Open of Portugal Flag of Germany.svg Elisabeth Esterl Won with bogey on first extra hole

ALPG Tour wins (2)

Source: [3]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. "Alison Munt". Golfdata. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  2. "Golfe: Alison Munt vence Ladies Open por morte súbita" (in Portuguese). Estatuto Editorial de RECORD. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
  3. "Tournaments". ALPG Tour. Retrieved 2 February 2020.