Muffin Spencer-Devlin (born October 25, 1953) is an American
professional golfer who played on the
LPGA Tour
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of week ...
.
She was born in
Piqua, Ohio
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and joined the LPGA in 1979. She is
openly gay
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While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
and, in 1996, became the first LPGA player to come out as gay.
Spencer-Devlin made a cameo appearance as a member of Starfleet Medical in the feature film ''
Star Trek Generations
''Star Trek Generations'' is a 1994 American science fiction film and the seventh film in the Star Trek (film series), ''Star Trek'' film series. Malcolm McDowell joins cast members from the 1960s television show ''Star Trek: The Original Ser ...
'' that was released in 1994, and made a brief appearance in "
The Chute", the third episode of the 1995 series ''
Star Trek: Voyager''.
Professional wins
LPGA Tour wins (3)
References
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American female golfers
Rollins Tars women's golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Golfers from Ohio
Lesbian sportswomen
LGBT golfers
LGBT people from Ohio
American LGBT sportspeople
People from Piqua, Ohio
1953 births
Living people
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