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Dottie Pepper Personal information Full name Dottie Pepper Born August 17, 1965
Saratoga Springs, New YorkHeight 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Nationality 
United StatesResidence Saratoga Springs, New York Career College Furman University Turned professional 1988 Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (1988-2004) Professional wins 28 Number of wins by tour LPGA Tour 17 LPGA of Japan Tour 1 Futures Tour 1 Other 9 Best results in LPGA Major Championships
(Wins: 2)Kraft Nabisco C'ship Won: 1992, 1999 LPGA Championship T5: 1992 U.S. Women's Open 3rd/T3: 1988, 1990, 2001 du Maurier Classic 4th: 1993 Women's British Open T24: 2003 Achievements and awards LPGA Tour
Money Winner1992 LPGA Tour
Player of the Year1992 LPGA Vare Trophy 1992 GWAA Female
Player of the Year1992 Best Female Golfer
ESPY Award1993 Dottie Pepper (born August 17, 1965) is an American professional golfer and television golf broadcaster. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce. She won two major championships and 17 LPGA Tour events in all.
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Amateur career
Pepper was born in Saratoga Springs, New York; her father, Don, was a major league baseball player, appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a "rookie to watch", along with Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, in 1968. Her career began with big amateur victories in her home state of New York, winning the 1981 state amateur and the 1981 and '83 New York Junior Amateur titles. She was a member of the 1981 Junior World Cup team and low amateur at the 1984 U.S. Women's Open. She attended Furman University where she earned five collegiate victories and was named All-American three times.
Professional career
She joined the LPGA Tour in 1988 and won 17 official events on the Tour, including two major championships: the 1992 and 1999 Nabisco Dinah Shores. Her 19-under-par finish in the 1999 victory still stands as the lowest score in relation to par in a major championship. She topped the money list in 1992 and finished in the top ten in ten of eleven seasons between 1991 and 2001. Pepper also played for the United States in the Solheim Cup six times.
Due to injury problems, Pepper only played one tournament in 2002. In July 2004 she announced that she would retire at the end of the season. In 2005, she began work as a golf commentator for NBC and The Golf Channel, reporting on both men's and women's events.
During the 2007 Solheim Cup, Pepper caused some stir while working as commentator for the Golf Channel. She called the American team "choking freaking dogs". Pepper thought the network had cut to commercial when the comment was uttered, but it was actually still broadcasting live. Many were greatly upset by this and Pepper was quick to apologize for her "poor choice of words".[1]
Personal life
Pepper currently resides in Saratoga Springs, New York with her third husband, golf writer and historian David Normoyle. They were married in May 2010.[2]
Professional wins
LPGA Tour wins (17)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
VictoryRunner(s)-up 1 Jan 29, 1989 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic -9 (69-74-67-69=279) Playoff Beth Daniel2 May 13, 1990 Crestar Classic -16 (67-65-68=200) 9 strokes Chris Johnson3 Mar 29, 1992 Nabisco Dinah Shore -9 (69-71-70-69=279) Playoff Juli Inkster4 Apr 19, 1992 Sega Women's Championship -11 (70-69-68-70=277) 1 stroke Danielle Ammaccapane5 Aug 2, 1992 Welch's Classic -10 (72-67-69-70=278) 3 strokes Stephanie Farwig6 Aug 30, 1992 Sun-Times Challenge Even (71-72-73=216) Playoff Beth Daniel, Judy Dickinson7 Oct 19, 1993 World Championship of Women's Golf -4 (72-71-69-72=284) 1 stroke Donna Andrews, Meg Mallon,
Michelle McGann, Sherri Steinhauer8 Mar 5, 1994 Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions -1 (72-75-71-69=287) 2 strokes Nancy Lopez, Lauri Merten9 Mar 12, 1995 PING/Welch's Championship (Tucson) -10 (70-68-72-68=278) 3 strokes Cindy Rarick, 
Annika Sörenstam10 Aug 6, 1995 McCall's LPGA Classic -12 (69-67-68=204) 3 strokes Kelly Robbins11 Jun 23, 1996 Rochester International -10 (69-66-71=206) 2 strokes Annika Sörenstam12 Jun 30, 1996 ShopRite LPGA Classic -11 (67-66-69=202) 4 strokes Amy Benz13 Jul 21, 1996 Friendly's Classic -9 (68-69-73-69=279) 1 stroke Brandie Burton14 Sep 8, 1996 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship -14 (65-70-67=202) 2 strokes Chris Johnson15 Mar 28, 1999 Nabisco Dinah Shore -19 (70-66-67-66=269) 6 strokes Meg Mallon16 Aug 29, 1999 Oldsmobile Classic -18 (67-63-70-70=270) 2 strokes Kelli Kuehne17 Nov 19, 2000 Arch Wireless Championship -9 (68-71-69-71=279) 3 strokes 
Rachel HetheringtonLPGA Tour playoff record (3-5)
No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result 1 1989 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic Beth DanielWon with par on fifth extra hole 2 1992 Nabisco Dinah Shore Juli InksterWon with par on first extra hole 3 1992 Sun-Times Challenge Beth Daniel, Judy DickinsonPepper won with par on sixth extra hole
Daniel eliminated with par on fourth hole4 1993 PING/Welch's Championship
(Massachusetts) Missie BerteottiLost to birdie on fifth extra hole 5 1993 State Farm Rail Classic 
Helen DobsonLost to birdie on fifth extra hole 6 1995 Pinewild Women's Championship Rosie JonesLost to birdie on first extra hole 7 1998 Star Bank LPGA Classic Meg MallonLost to par on first extra hole 8 2000 AFLAC Champions Karrie WebbLost to par on first extra hole LPGA majors are shown in bold.
Futures Tour wins
- 1985 Albany-Colonie Chamber Open (as an amateur)
LPGA of Japan Tour wins
- 1989 Karuizawa 72 Tokyu Ladies Open
Other wins
- 1992 JCPenney Classic (with Dan Forsman), Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Patty Sheehan and Nancy Lopez)
- 1995 JCPenney/LPGA Skins Game
- 1996 Diners Club Matches (with Juli Inkster)
- 1997 Diners Club Matches (with Juli Inkster)
- 1999 Gillette Tour Challenge Championship (with Graham Marsh and Tom Watson), Diners Club Matches (with Juli Inkster)
- 2000 Hyundai Team Matches (with Juli Inkster)
- 2001 Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Annika Sörenstam and Karrie Webb)
Major championships
Wins (2)
Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner-up 1992 Nabisco Dinah Shore -9 (69-71-70-69=279) Playoff 1 Juli Inkster1999 Nabisco Dinah Shore -19 (70-66-67-66=269) 6 strokes Meg Mallon1 Defeated Inkster with par on first extra hole.
Results timeline
Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T7 T66 LPGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T45 T39 U.S. Women's Open T22 T55 78 T12 T3 T5 du Maurier Classic DNP DNP DNP DNP T35 T18 Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Kraft Nabisco Championship T11 2 1 T30 T19 T11 T23 T11 T9 1 2 LPGA Championship T53 T22 T5 T30 T11 T6 T26 T37 CUT T19 T23 U.S. Women's Open T3 T5 T6 T17 T12 T13 CUT T14 T11 T14 WD du Maurier Classic T27 T6 T20 4 T14 T12 DNP T27 T14 T34 DNP Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship T2 DNP T51 T24 LPGA Championship T17 DNP T67 T70 U.S. Women's Open 3 WD WD DNP Women's British Open ^ CUT DNP T24 DNP ^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
WD = withdrew
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.Solheim Cup Record
Year Total Matches Total W-L-H Points Won Points % Career 20 13-5-2 14 70% 1990 3 2-1-0 2 67% 1992 3 0-2-1 0.5 17% 1994 3 3-0-0 3 100% 1996 4 3-1-0 3 75% 1998 4 4-0-0 4 100% 2000 3 1-1-1 1.5 50% See also
References
- ^ "Pepper Adds Spice to Solheim Cup". newswine. http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/09/15/964609-pepper-adds-spice-to-solheim-cup. Retrieved 2007-09-16.
- ^ The Albany Times Union, Pepper back home in Saratoga 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
External links
- Dottie Pepper at the LPGA Tour official site
- Dottie Pepper bio
Dinah Shore/Kraft Nabisco Championship champions 1983 Amy Alcott · 1984 Juli Inkster† · 1985 Alice Miller · 1986‡ Pat Bradley · 1987‡ Betsy King · 1988 Amy Alcott · 1989‡ Juli Inkster · 1990 Betsy King† · 1991‡ Amy Alcott · 1992 Dottie Mochrie† · 1993 Helen Alfredsson · 1994 Donna Andrews · 1995 Nanci Bowen · 1996 Patty Sheehan · 1997 Betsy King · 1998‡ Pat Hurst · 1999 Dottie Pepper · 2000‡ Karrie Webb · 2001 Annika Sörenstam · 2002 Annika Sörenstam · 2003 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc · 2004 Grace Park · 2005 Annika Sörenstam · 2006 Karrie Webb† · 2007 Morgan Pressel · 2008 Lorena Ochoa · 2009 Brittany Lincicome · 2010 Yani Tseng · 2011 Stacy Lewis
† event won in a playoff ‡ event won wire-to-wireCategories:- American female golfers
- Furman Lady Paladins golfers
- LPGA Tour golfers
- Winners of LPGA major golf championships
- Solheim Cup competitors for the United States
- Golf writers and broadcasters
- Women sports announcers
- People from Saratoga Springs, New York
- People from Orlando, Florida
- 1965 births
- Living people
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