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Melissa McNamara Personal information Full name Melissa McNamara Luellen Born May 25, 1966
Tulsa, OklahomaNationality 
United StatesCareer College University of Tulsa Turned professional 1988 Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (1990-2000)
Futures Tour (1988-1989)
Ladies European Tour (1988-1989)Professional wins 2 Number of wins by tour LPGA Tour 1 Other 1 Best results in LPGA Major Championships Kraft Nabisco C'ship T46: 1992 LPGA Championship CUT: 1990, 1992-95, 1998 U.S. Women's Open T39: 1993 du Maurier Classic 22nd: 1996 Melissa McNamara Luellen (born May 25, 1966) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
McNamara was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She played college golf at the University of Tulsa where her mother, Dale, was the head coach and was a member of the Chi Omega fraternity. She helped her team win the 1988 NCAA Women's Division I Championship and she won the individual title. These titles were later vacated by the NCAA due to rules violations by the track and field team.[1]
McNamara turned professional in 1988 and played on the Futures Tour and Ladies European Tour in 1988 and 1989. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1990. She won once on the LPGA Tour[2] in 1991.[3]
After retiring from tournament golf, McNamara became head coach of the University of Tulsa's women's golf team, replacing her mother.[4] She coached at Tulsa for two years and then became head coach at Arizona State University in 2002.[5] She has coached the team to the 2009 NCAA championship and Azahara Muñoz to the 2008 individual NCAA title.
Contents
Professional wins
LPGA Tour wins
- 1991 Stratton Mountain LPGA Classic
Other wins
- 1993 JCPenney Classic (with Mike Springer)
References
- ^ "Entire Tulsa program placed on probation". The NCAA News. November 23, 1992. pp. 13, 15. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/NCAANewsArchive/1992/19921123.pdf. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
- ^ LPGA All-Time Winners List
- ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-99
- ^ Tulsa Hurricanes profile
- ^ Tulsa's Melissa McNamara Named Head Women's Golf Coach
External links
Categories:- American female golfers
- Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's golfers
- LPGA Tour golfers
- Ladies European Tour golfers
- Arizona State Sun Devils coaches
- College golf coaches in the United States
- People from Tulsa, Oklahoma
- 1966 births
- Living people
- American golf biography stubs
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