Mel Reid

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.

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
Personal information
Full nameMelissa Rose Reid
Born (1987-09-19) 19 September 1987
Derby, England
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Nationality England
Career
Turned professional2007
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour (joined 2008)
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Ladies European Tour6
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT7: 2020
Women's PGA C'shipT3: 2019
U.S. Women's OpenT50: 2012
Women's British OpenT9: 2015
Evian ChampionshipT37: 2019
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year		2008

Early life and amateur career

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

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

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)

LPGA Tour wins (1)
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 Jennifer Kupcho

Ladies European Tour (6)
No. Date Tournament Winning
score		 To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (€)
19 May 2010Turkish Airlines Ladies Open71-71-74=216–32 strokes Christel Boeljon
Iben Tinning		30,000
25 Jun 2011Deloitte Ladies Open71-72-70=213–32 strokes Caroline Afonso
Caroline Hedwall		37,500
318 Sep 2011Open De España Femenino71-69-70-70=280–81 stroke Beth Allen
Tania Elósegui
Lee-Anne Pace		52,500
424 Jun 2012Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters68-67-72=207–91 stroke Diana Luna37,500
520 May 2015Turkish Airlines Ladies Open65-69-74-73=281–114 strokes Gwladys Nocera75,000
612 Feb 2017Oates Victorian Open67-70-67-72=276–16Playoff Sandra Gal53,594

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament20072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020
ANA Inspiration T34 T33 T56 CUT T68 CUT T7
U.S. Women's Open CUT T50 CUT CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T64 CUT CUT T60 T3 T30
The Evian Championship ^ CUT CUT T68 T37 NT
Women's British Open T16LA CUT CUT T31 T37 CUT T9 T65 T30 CUT CUT T39

^ 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
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration00001175
U.S. Women's Open00000051
Women's PGA Championship00111164
The Evian Championship00000042
Women's British Open000012127
Totals0011343419
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (three times)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

World ranking

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

YearWorld
ranking		Source
2006658[5]
2007307[6]
2008169[7]
2009128[8]
201058[9]
20111645[10]
201268[11]
2013222[12]
2014233[13]
201583[14]
2016152[15]
2017116[16]
2018257[17]
2019102[18]
202039[19]

Ladies European Tour career summary
YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish		Earnings
(€)		Money
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 12 6 0 0 0 2 T7 25,554 73.09 60
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 9 0 0 1 3 T3 68,847 – 71.46 16
2017 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 53,594 1 69.00 1

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

  • official as of 18 September 2015

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record
YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
Career 12 4–6–2 1–2–0 2–2–1 1–2–1 5 41.7
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

References
  1. 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.
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  13. "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
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