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This article is about the English professional golfer. For the Scottish woman convicted of drug smuggling, see Peru Two.
Not to be confused with Melissa Reid (paratriathlete), Melanie Reid, or Mel Read.

Mel Reid
Reid at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full nameMelissa Rose Reid
Born (1987-09-19) 19 September 1987 (age 37)
Derby, England
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationality England
Career
Turned professional2007
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour (joined 2008)
LPGA Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Ladies European Tour6
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT7: 2020
Women's PGA C'shipT3: 2019
U.S. Women's OpenT46: 2021
Women's British OpenT9: 2015
Evian ChampionshipT37: 2019
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year		2008

Melissa Rose Reid (born 19 September 1987) is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.[1] In October 2020, she won her maiden LPGA Tour event, the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Early life and amateur career

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Reid was born in Derby, England. As an amateur she won several events including the 2004 and 2005 English Girls' Championship, the 2006 and 2007 Helen Holm Trophy, the 2007 St Rule Trophy, and the 2007 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.[1] She played on the Great Britain and Ireland team in the 2006 Curtis Cup.

Reid was the low amateur at the 2007 Women's British Open with a T16 finish.

Professional career

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Reid failed to earn her card at the 2007 LET Qualifying School in Italy but turned professional in late 2007 and began playing on the Ladies European Tour in 2008 on sponsor invitations. A third-place finish at the Australian Open in early February allowed her to stay in the top 20 on the money list and gain entrance into LET events for the rest of the season. She placed 12th on the money list in 2008 and was named LET Rookie of the Year.

Reid's first LET victory came in 2010 at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open.[2] She followed that up with two wins in 2011 and was a member of the 2011 Solheim Cup team, securing a spot on the European team as the leader in the LET rankings.

Personal life

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In May 2012 Reid's mother, Joy, was killed in an automobile crash near Munich while travelling to see her daughter compete in a Ladies European Tour event. Reid quickly returned to golf but her performance declined rapidly in the ensuing years. In September 2015, Reid told ESPN that her life "was a mess ... I wasn't coping, I was rebelling. I was spending time with people who partied. I was hitting the self-destruct button. I was with a lot of people, but I was lonely."[3] On 10 December 2018, Reid came out as gay in an interview with Athlete Ally.[4]

Professional wins (7)

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LPGA Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up
1 4 Oct 2020 ShopRite LPGA Classic 68-64-66-67=265 −19 2 strokes United States Jennifer Kupcho

Ladies European Tour (6)

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No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (€)
1 9 May 2010 Turkish Airlines Ladies Open 71-71-74=216 –3 2 strokes Netherlands Christel Boeljon
Denmark Iben Tinning		 30,000
2 5 Jun 2011 Deloitte Ladies Open 71-72-70=213 –3 2 strokes France Caroline Afonso
Sweden Caroline Hedwall		 37,500
3 18 Sep 2011 Open De España Femenino 71-69-70-70=280 –8 1 stroke United States Beth Allen
Spain Tania Elósegui
South Africa Lee-Anne Pace		 52,500
4 24 Jun 2012 Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters 68-67-72=207 –9 1 stroke Italy Diana Luna 37,500
5 20 May 2015 Turkish Airlines Ladies Open 65-69-74-73=281 –11 4 strokes France Gwladys Nocera 75,000
6 12 Feb 2017 Oates Victorian Open 67-70-67-72=276 –16 Playoff Germany Sandra Gal 53,594

Results in LPGA majors

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chevron Championship T34 T33 T56 CUT T68 CUT T7
Women's PGA Championship T64 CUT CUT T60 T3 T30
U.S. Women's Open CUT T50 CUT CUT CUT
The Evian Championship ^ CUT CUT T68 T37 NT
Women's British Open T16LA CUT CUT T31 T37 CUT T9 T65 T30 CUT CUT T39
Tournament 2021 2022 2023
Chevron Championship T14 T44 CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT T30 T24
U.S. Women's Open T46 CUT
The Evian Championship CUT CUT
Women's British Open CUT T37 CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = low amateur
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 1 2 10 7
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 1 1 1 2 9 6
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 2 15 8
Totals 0 0 1 1 3 6 47 25
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (three times)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

World ranking

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Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year World
ranking		 Source
2006 658 [5]
2007 307 [6]
2008 169 [7]
2009 128 [8]
2010 58 [9]
2011 47 [10]
2012 68 [11]
2013 222 [12]
2014 233 [13]
2015 83 [14]
2016 152 [15]
2017 116 [16]
2018 257 [17]
2019 102 [18]
2020 39 [19]
2021 63 [20]
2022 220 [21]
2023 182 [22]

Ladies European Tour career summary

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Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
(€)		 Order of Merit
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2006 1 1 0 0 0 0 T12 n/a n/a 72.33 n/a
2007 3 3 0 0 0 1 9 4,0501 n/a 73.18 n/a
2008 16 12 0 3 1 7 2 136,606 12 71.96 26
2009 14 13 0 1 2 8 2 168,749 7 71.12 6
2010 21 20 1 2 1 10 1 270,871 3 71.21 7
2011 19 19 2 1 3 10 1 286,578 2 70.83 11
2012 10 8 1 0 0 3 1 82,752 19 72.39 42
2013 13 6 0 0 0 2 T7 28,317 65 73.09 75
2014 14 9 0 1 0 2 2 58,998 32 73.71 85
2015 14 11 1 1 1 6 1 249,151 2 71.86 26
2016 9 7 0 0 1 3 T3 68,847 20 71.46 16
2017 6 4 1 0 0 2 1 91,269 8 70,53 8
2018 4 2 0 0 0 0 T21 22,790 52 72.46 46
2019 3 1 0 0 0 0 T37 23,557 103 72.502 n/a2
2020 2 1 0 0 0 0 T39 18,524 T118 73.252 n/a2
2021 3 1 0 0 0 0 T34 8,330 140 72.332 n/a2
  • official as end of 2021 season

1 Reid played in only one LET event as a professional in 2007, the Dubai Ladies Masters, in which she finished T35.

2 Insufficient number of rounds played to be officially ranked.

Source:[23]

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

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Year Total
matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
won		 Points
%
Career 16 6–7–3 1–3–0 4–2–1 1–2–2 7.5 46.9
2011 4 1–3–0 0–1–0 lost to V. Hurst 2 dn 0–1–0 lost w/ K. Stupples 1 dn 1–1–0 lost w/ L. Davies 1 dn
won w/ L. Davies 4&3 		1 25.0
2015 4 3–0–1 1–0–0 def. B. Lang 2&1 2–0–0 won w/ C. Hull 2&1
won w/ C. Ciganda 4&3 		0–0–1 halved w/ C. Ciganda 3.5 87.5
2017 4 0–3–1 0–1–0 lost to C. Kerr 2&1 0–1–1 halved w/ C. Hull
lost w/ E. Pedersen 5&3 		0–1–0 lost w/ C. Ciganda 2 dn 0.5 12.5
2021 4 2–1–1 0–1–0 lost to Y. Noh 1 dn 2–0–0 won w/ L. Maguire 1 up
won w/ L. Maguire 5&4 		0–0–1 halved w/ L. Maguire 2.5 62.5

References

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  1. ^ a b Profile on Ladies European Tour's official site Archived 27 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Results for the 2010 Turkish Airlines Ladies Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  3. ^ Cooper, Matt (14 September 2015). "Rising From Tragedy, Melissa Reid Is Back For Another Solheim Cup". ESPN.
  4. ^ Hoffman, Joana (10 December 2018). "LPGA Golfer Mel Reid Comes Out: 'Be Proud of Who You Are'". Athlete Ally.
  5. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2006.
  6. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2007.
  7. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2008.
  8. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2009.
  9. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2010.
  10. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2011.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2012.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2013.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  20. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  21. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  22. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
  23. ^ "Ladies European Tour Information Centre". OCS Sport. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  24. ^ "European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association". 19 October 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
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