Meghan MacLaren (born 15 May 1994) is an English

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and

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player.

Early life and amateur career

MacLaren starting playing golf at age 4 and attended The Ferrers Specialists Arts College between 2005 and 12, where she earned the Young Sportswoman of the Year award in 2009 and Upper School Sportsperson of the Year in 2010. She enrolled at

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in 2012 and played with the

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team. She won eight times before graduating with a degree in English in 2016. She was

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Freshman of the Year in 2013 and

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Golfer of the Year in 2015. MacLaren had a successful amateur career and won the 2013 Irish Women’s Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the 2014

Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship was founded in 1969 by the Ladies' Golf Union (now merged into The R&A) of Great Britain. A stroke play tournament over 72 holes, it was discontinued by the R&A after the 2017 tournament won ...

, while representing country or continent in the

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2016 Espirito Santo Trophy The 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 14–17 September at Mayakoba El Camaleon Golf Club and Iberostar Playa Paraiso Golf Club in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico. It was the 27th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the ...

and

Patsy Hankins Trophy The Patsy Hankins Trophy is a women's amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup, corresponding to the men's Bonallack Trophy. The competition opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific, and the venue a ...

. She won the Santander Golf Tour LETAS La Peñaza, final

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tournament of 2016, while still an amateur.

Professional career

MacLaren turned professional in late 2016 and at Q-School earned a spot on the 2017 LET Access Series, where she won the

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and had seven top-10 finishes. She topped the Order of Merit, earning a full card for the

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. In her rookie season, she secured her maiden victory at the

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in Australia, and medalled twice at the

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. In 2019, she recorded a runner-up finish behind

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player

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in the

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, a third place in the

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, and successfully defended her

title, to finish fifth on the Order of Merit. In 2021, MacLaren mainly played on the

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in the United States where she won the

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. She returned to LET Q-School for 2022 and finished in the top-20 to rejoin the LET. In 2022, she lost playoffs at the

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and the

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. She won her third LET title in Australia, the

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, ending the season seventh in the Order of Merit.

Amateur wins

*2012 Wolverine Invitational, FIU Pat Bradley Invitational *2013 Irish Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, Sun Belt Conference Championship *2014

, Mary Fossum Invitational *2015 Amelia Island Collegiate, Mountain View Collegiate, Conference USA Championship

Professional wins (7)

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

^Co-sanctioned with the

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Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–2)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

LET Access Series (2)

Other wins (1)

*2020 Rose Ladies Series – Event 2

Team appearances

Amateur *

Girls Home Internationals The Girls Home Internationals was an amateur team golf championship for girls between the four Home Nations. Ireland was represented by the whole island of Ireland.The event was organised by The R&A. The inaugural event was held in 1969 and the ...

(representing England): 2011 (winners), 2012 (winners) *

European Girls' Team Championship The European Girls' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women up to 18 organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1991. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 1999 and has bee ...

(representing England): 2012 *

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(representing England):

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(winners) *

Women's Home Internationals The Women's Home Internationals were an amateur team golf championship for women contested between the four Home Nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, where Ireland was represented by the whole island of Ireland on an All-Ireland basi ...

(representing England): 2016 (winners) *

(representing Europe): 2016 *

Curtis Cup The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match. It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and The R&A and is contested by teams representing the United States and " ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

(winners) *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

(representing England):

Professional *

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

(representing Great Britain):

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:MacLaren, Meghan English female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers FIU Panthers women's golfers Sportspeople from Wellingborough People from Rushden 1994 births Living people 21st-century English women