Melissa Reid
Name:
Melissa Rose ReidCountry:
EnglandBorn:
Sept 19, 1987 in Derby, Derbyshire.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
2007Solheim Cup player (2015, '17, '21). Multiple wins on the Ladies European Tour. LET Rookie of the Year (2008).
"Mel" Reid's impressive amateur career culminated in her playing in the 2006 Curtis Cup team, winning the British Amateur Strokeplay in 2007, and in the same year the low amateur award at the British Women's Open on the Old Course, St Andrews. Turning professional in late 2007, Reid recorded her first LET win in 2010 in Turkey, then two more wins came in 2011.
Reid's mother was tragically killed in a car accident while travelling to see her daughter compete in a tour event in Munich in 2012. A slump in Reid's form followed in the 2013 and 2014 seasons. The return to her previous winning ways came in 2015, not just on the Ladies European Tour but also in her 3-0-1 (W-L-H) tally in the 2015 Solheim Cup.
America
ShopRite
Played as the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer (Oct 1-4; postponed from May 29-31 due to world coronavirus pandemic). Second-placed Jennifer Kupcho (USA) finished 2 shots behind 33-year-old Melissa "Mel" Reid (Eng), who recorded her first LPGA Tour win. [Bay course, Seaview Resort, Galloway, nr Atlantic City, NJ].
Aus/NZ
Oates
Played as the Oates Vic Open (Feb 9-12; ALPG/LET Trs event; first year an LET event; LET season-opener). Reid (Eng) beat Sandra Gal (Ger) with a par at the third playoff hole. [Beach course, 13th Beach Links, Barwon Heads, Victoria; early rounds also on 13th Beach's Creek course].
Europe
Turkish Airlines
Played as the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open (May 17-20). Second-placed Gwladys Nocera (Fra) finished 4 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Reid (Eng). [Carya GC, Belek, nr Antalya, Turkey].
Europe
Raiffeisenbank
Played as the Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters (June 22-24). Second-placed Diana Luna (Italy) finished 1 shot behind Reid (Eng). [Albatross Golf Resort, Prague, Czech Rep.].
Europe
Deloitte
Played as the Deloitte Dutch Ladies Open (June 3-5). Second-placed Caroline Alfonso (Fra), Caroline Hedwall (Swe) and Holly Aitchison (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Reid (Eng). [Broekpolder GC, nr Rotterdam].
Europe
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Played as the Open de España Femenino (Sept 15-18). Second-placed Lee-Anne Pace (RSA), Tania Elosegui (Esp) and Beth Allen (USA) finished 1 shot behind Reid (Eng). [La Quinta G&CC, Costa del Sol, Spain].
Europe
Turkish Airlines
Played as the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open (May 7-9). Second-placed Christel Boeljon (Neth) and Iben Tinning (Den) finished 2 shots behind first-time Ladies European Tour winner Reid (Eng). [National GC, Belek, nr Antalya, Turkey].
Awards
LET
Reid (Eng) won the LET 2008 Ryder Cup Wales Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. She finished 12th on the Tour's (money-based) Order of Merit, with earnings of €136,606.
Tournaments:
PGA Championship: the year’s second men’s major championship is hosted by Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Soudal Open: Belgium’s return to European Tour golf sees 36-hole Rinkven International GC host the Soudal Open, the country’s national open championship (May 12-15).
Who's Who:
Scottie Scheffler: bags the 2022 Masters Tournament title, and with it a fourth win in six starts on the PGA Tour and his first major championship victory.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys.
Golf Son Gual is located just a few kilometres from Palma (Mallorca). Palma's Old City shows clear influences from the city's Arab past.
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