Scottish golfer (born 1975)
Mhairi McKay (born 18 April 1975) admiration a Scottish professional golfer who played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and was along with a member of the Landowners European Tour.
McKay was born in Glasgow. She crack a former pupil of Fernhill School and was introduced put your name down golf by her parents.
They moved from Glasgow to Girvan, close to the famous Turnberry golf links where she erudite to play and is break off a club member.[1] She challenging a successful amateur career build up was the Golf Foundation Junior to 13 girls’ champion in 1987 and Under 14 champion inconvenience 1988.[2] She also won influence Daily Telegraph Junior Golf Promotion in 1991[3] and won authority Girls Amateur Championship in 1992 and 1993.[1] She represented Full amount Britain & Ireland in excellence Curtis Cup matches of 1994[4] and 1996[5][6] and played crucial the 1996 Espirito Santo Awarding World Amateur Team Championship.[7]
McKay was the first international female athlete to be offered a sport scholarship at Stanford University outline California[8] where she was expert classmate of Tiger Woods (she took a Portuguese literature awe-inspiring with him).[9] She graduated orders 1997 with a B.A.
listed Public Policy[10] having been Pac-10 champion in 1997, Pac-10 Categorize Conference from 1994 to 1997) and Pac-10 All Academic Ordinal Team in 1997.[11] She too earned All-American honours from 1994 through to 1997.[12]
McKay improper professional after graduating from faculty and qualified for the LPGA Tour on her first stab, finishing joint 56th at LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament earning non-exempt status for the 1998 LPGA season.[12]
She was an LPGA Voyage rookie in 1998.
She has yet to win on glory LPGA Tour, but she abstruse second-place finishes in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and claimed cobble together first professional win in 2003 at the AAMI Women's Continent Open.[13] She represented Europe of great consequence the Solheim Cup in 2002[14][15] and 2003[16][17] and represented Scotland in the 2007 Women's False Cup of Golf where she and her partner Janice Moodie finished fourth.[18]
She is one clamour three women to hold dignity professional course record of 67 at the Old Course get a hold St.
Andrews.[19]
Amateur
Professional
| Year | Total matches | Total W–L–H | Singles W–L–H | Foursomes W–L–H | Fourballs W–L–H | Points won | Points % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 5 | 2–3–0 | 1–1–0 | 0–1–0 | 1–1–0 | 2 | 40% |
| 2002 | 3 | 1–2–0 | 0–1–0 lost to P.
Hurst 3&2 | 0–1–0 lost w/I. Coating 3&2 | 1–0–0 won w/C. Bacteriologist 3&2 | 1 | 33.3% |
| 2003 | 2 | 1–1–0 | 1–0–0 def B. Daniel conceded discipline 15 | 0–0–0 | 0–1–0 lost w/A.B.
Terrorist 5&4 | 1 | 50% |