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Stephanie Meadow
Personal information
Born (1992-01-20) 20 January 1992 (age 32)
Jordanstown, Northern Ireland
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sporting nationality Northern Ireland
ResidencePhoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Career
CollegeUniversity of Alabama
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT19: 2021
Women's PGA C'shipT3: 2023
U.S. Women's Open3rd: 2014
Women's British OpenT39: 2020
Evian ChampionshipT29: 2021
Achievements and awards
Heather Farr Player Award2015

Stephanie Meadow (born 20 January 1992) is a Northern Irish professional golfer who played for the University of Alabama and made her professional debut at the 2014 U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst where she finished third.[1]

Personal life

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Meadow married long time boyfriend Kyle Kallan in April 2023.

Amateur career

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Meadow won The Womens Amateur Championship in 2012. She appeared for the British and Irish team at the 2012 and 2014 Curtis Cup.

At the University of Alabama, Meadow became the Crimson Tide's first four-time first-team All-American. She left Alabama as the career record holder in most every category. She finished with a 71.89 scoring average, just 0.17 strokes above par per round over her 132 career rounds. Meadow won nine career tournaments - three times more than anyone else in school history, men's or women's - while carding school records with 73 career rounds of par or better, 125 counting rounds (95.5 percent) and 404 birdies.

Meadow was part of the Tide's first NCAA Women's Golf Championship in 2012 and is a recipient of the 2014 Elite 89 Award. She is also the only Southeastern Conference women's golfer to achieve both first team All-American and first team Academic All-American honors in consecutive years.

Professional career

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Meadow officially turned professional in 2014 shortly after qualifying for the 2014 U.S. Women's Open and went on to secure 3rd place. This remains her best result at a major championship to date, equalled by joint third in the 2023 Women's PGA Championship.[1] In 2014, she achieved her highest ever position in the Women's World Golf Rankings with number eighty-two.[2]

Meadow represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she finished tied 31st.[3]

Meadow gained an LPGA Tour card for 2017 via the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.

Meadow won her first Symetra Tour tournament at the 2018 IOA Championship in a playoff.[4] She finished sixth on the Symetra Tour money list, thus earning her LPGA Tour Card for 2019. In August 2019, she won the World Invitational at Galgorm Castle, Northern Ireland.[5]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in August 2021, she finished 7th.[6]

Meadow came joint third at the 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship, receiving the largest ever prize check of her career at $423,070. This pushed her back into the top 100 in the world rankings, into 89th place.

Professional wins (2)

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Symetra Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 8 Apr 2018 IOA Championship 69-73-70=212 −4 Playoff United States Carleigh Silvers 15,000

Symetra Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2018 IOA Championship United States Carleigh Silvers Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2018 Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic South Korea Seong Eun-jeong Lost on fourth extra hole

Other wins (1)

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Results in LPGA majors

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Results not in chronological order

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chevron Championship 47 T20 CUT T51
Women's PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT 3 CUT CUT CUT
The Evian Championship ^ NT
Women's British Open CUT CUT CUT T39
Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T19 T35 CUT T30
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT T10 T3 CUT
The Evian Championship T29 T40 T61 CUT
Women's British Open CUT T56 CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 6
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 1 1 1 1 7 1
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 1 1 2 2 9 2
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
Totals 0 0 2 2 3 5 35 14
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2023 Women's PGA – 2024 Chevron)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

Team appearances

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Amateur

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stephanie Meadow makes the cut on pro debut at US Open". The Irish Times. 20 June 2014.
  2. ^ "13 Things You Didn't Know About Stephanie Meadow". Golf Monthly. 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Meet Ireland's Olympic team: Stephanie Meadow". The42.ie. Journal Media. 30 July 2016.
  4. ^ "2018 IOA Championship". LPGA. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ^ Haughey, John (18 August 2019). "World Invitational: Stephanie Meadow takes women's title at Galgorm Castle". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Today in Tokyo: Stephanie Meadow falls just short of medal and mixed fortunes for marathon hopefuls". Irish Independent. 7 August 2021.
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