Mhairi McKay

Mhairi McKay
Mhairi McKay
Personal information
Born 18 April 1975 (1975-04-18) (age 36)
Glasgow, Scotland
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality  Scotland
Residence Los Alamos, New Mexico, U.S.
Career
College Stanford University
Turned professional 1997
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 1998)
Former tour(s) LET (1998-2008)
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
ALPG Tour 1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship T19: 2002
LPGA Championship T13: 2004
U.S. Women's Open 6th/T6: 2002, 2003
du Maurier Classic T13: 2000
Women's British Open T11: 2007

Mhairi McKay (born 18 April 1975) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.

Contents

Amateur career

McKay was born in Glasgow. She is a former pupil of Fernhill School and was introduced to golf by her parents. They moved from Glasgow to Girvan, close to the famous Turnberry golf links where she learned to play and is still a club member.[1] She had a successful amateur career and was the Golf Foundation Under 13 girls’ champion in 1987 and Under 14 champion in 1988.[2] She also won the Daily Telegraph Junior Golf Championship in 1991 [3] and won back-to-back British Girls Championships in 1992 and 1993.[1] She represented Great Britain & Ireland in the Curtis Cup matches of 1994[4] and 1996[5][6] and played in the 1996 Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship.[7]

McKay was the first international player to be offered a golf scholarship at Stanford University in California[8] where she was a classmate of Tiger Woods (she took a Portuguese literature class with him).[9] She graduated in 1997 with a B.A. in Public Policy[10] having been Pac-10 champion in 1997, Pac-10 All Conference from 1994 to 1997) and Pac-10 All Academic 1st Team in 1997.[11] She also earned All-American honours from 1994 through to 1997.[12]

Professional career

McKay turned professional after graduating from college and qualified for the LPGA Tour on her first attempt, finishing joint 56th at LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament earning non-exempt status for the 1998 LPGA season.[12]

She was an LPGA Tour rookie in 1998. She has yet to win on the LPGA Tour, but she had second place finishes in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and claimed her first professional win in 2003 at the AAMI Women's Australian Open.[13] She represented Europe in the Solheim Cup in 2002[14][15] and 2003[16][17] and represented Scotland in the 2007 Women's World Cup of Golf where she and her partner Janice Moodie finished fourth.[18]

She is one of three women to hold the professional course record of 67 at the Old Course of St. Andrews.[19]

Professional wins (1)

ALPG (1)

  • 2003 (1) AAMI Women's Australian Open

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup Record

Year Total Matches Total W-L-H Singles W-L-H 4somes W-L-H 4balls W-L-H Points Won Points %
Career 5 2-3-0 2-0-0 3-0-1 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. Tinning 3&2 1-0-0 won w/C. Koch 3&2 1 33.3%
2003 2 1-1-0 1-0-0 def B. Daniel conceded on 15 0-0-0' 0-1-0 lost w/A.B. Sanchez 5&4 1 50%

References

  1. ^ a b Campbell, Alan (2002-08-11). "The pressure is being piled on but Mhairi McKay can cope, reports". Sunday Herald. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20020811/ai_n12578208. Retrieved 2007-03-25. 
  2. ^ "The Golf Foundation Junior Championships 2006". Golf Foundation. 2006-03-23. Archived from the original on 2006-12-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20061208062624/http://www.golf-foundation.org/news.cfm?nws=141. Retrieved 2007-03-23. 
  3. ^ "Roll of Honour Daily Telegraph Junior Golf Championship". London: Daily Telegraph. http://juniorsport.telegraph.co.uk/golf/roll-of-honour/. Retrieved 2007-03-23. [dead link]
  4. ^ "1994 Curtis Cup". USGA. http://www.curtiscup.org/2004/history/us_teams/1994.html. Retrieved 2007-03-24. 
  5. ^ "1996 Curtis Cup Match". USGA. http://www.curtiscup.org/2004/history/us_teams/1996.html. Retrieved 2007-03-25. 
  6. ^ "Previous Curtis Cup Matches 1932-2002". USGA. http://www.curtiscup.org/2004/history/previous_matches.html. Retrieved 2007-03-23. 
  7. ^ "Notable Past Players". International Golf Federation. http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/History/notables.html. Retrieved 2007-03-23. 
  8. ^ "McKay on track for bigger and better things". Scottish Golf. 2001-11-29. http://www.scottishgolf.com/features/feature_display4f46.html. Retrieved 2007-03-23. 
  9. ^ "McKay aims for home rule". The Scotsman. 2002-04-30. http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport.cfm?id=463652002. Retrieved 2007-03-23. 
  10. ^ "Mhairi McKay Player Profile". LET. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/100219.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-25. 
  11. ^ "PAC-10 Women's Golf" (PDF). PAC-10. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pac10/sports/c-golf/auto_pdf/Pac-10WomensGolfRecords.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-25. 
  12. ^ a b "LPGA Full Career Biography" (PDF). LPGA. http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/McKay-07.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-25. 
  13. ^ "McKay steals the show at Terrey Hills". LET. 2003-03-03. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4099&page=117. Retrieved 2007-03-25. 
  14. ^ "Solheim Cup Player Profile: Mhairi McKay". LET. 2002-09-04. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4651. Retrieved 2007-03-25. 
  15. ^ "Reid chooses wild cards amid controversy". LET. 2002-08-25. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4639. Retrieved 2007-03-25. 
  16. ^ "European Team announced". LET. 2003-08-25. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4249. Retrieved 2007-03-25. 
  17. ^ "Solheim Cup player profiles". LET. 2003-08-30. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4251. Retrieved 2007-03-25. 
  18. ^ "Solid showing from Scottish pair after late call-up". Edinburgh News. 2007-01-22. http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/othersport.cfm?id=113122007. Retrieved 2007-03-25. [dead link]
  19. ^ "Course Records at St. Andrews". http://www.standrews.org.uk/golf/the_courses/records.html. 

External links

v · d · eEuropean Solheim Cup team – 2002

Helen Alfredsson  • Raquel Carriedo  • Laura Davies  • Sophie Gustafson  • Maria Hjorth  • Karine Icher  • Carin Koch  • Paula Marti  • Mhairi McKay  • Suzann Pettersen  • Annika Sörenstam  • Iben Tinning

Dale Reid (non-playing captain)
Lost: 12.5 – 15.5
 Europe
v · d · eEuropean Solheim Cup team – 2003

Laura Davies  • Elisabeth Esterl  • Sophie Gustafson  • Carin Koch  • Catriona Matthew  • Mhairi McKay  • Patricia Meunier-Lebouc  • Janice Moodie  • Suzann Pettersen  • Ana-Belen Sánchez  • Annika Sörenstam  • Iben Tinning

Catrin Nilsmark (non-playing captain)
Won: 17.5 – 10.5
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