Olivia Mehaffey (born 1998) is a professional golfer from

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Amateur career

Mehaffey enjoyed a very successful amateur career and reached a rank of No. 5 in the

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and No. 2 in the European Amateur Golf Rankings. In 2014, she won the Irish Girls' U18 Open Strokeplay, in 2015 the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship, and she won the

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in both 2015 and 2016. In 2016, she also won the

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and the

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. She was a semi-finalist at the

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in 2015 and finished 3rd at the 2016

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. Mehaffey played in the

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twice and in

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at Dun Laoghaire Golf Club outside of Dublin helped lead the Great Britain & Ireland team to victory after going 3-1-1. In 2016, Mehaffey along with

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and

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won the third place bronze medal for Ireland in the

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held at Mayakoka El Camaleon Golf Club in Mexico. Mehaffey joined

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in 2016 and played with the

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team. As a freshman in 2017, she helped ASU win the NCAA title by notching match-play victories in all three wins over Florida, Stanford and Northwestern (title match). She won the 2019 Pac-12 Championship and NCAA Norman Regional back-to-back. She overcame a four-stroke deficit in the final round to win the Pac-12 Championship in a playoff with

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. She took advantage of the NCAA granting an additional year of eligibility for spring-sport athletes due to COVID-19 cutting short the 2019-20 season. Mehaffey's amateur pedigree earned her spots in two

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s and three

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s, the first the 2016 Women's British Open at

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when she was 18. She also competed in the 2020 ANA Inspiration, where she made her first major cut. In 2021, she finished in a share of ninth place in her second appearance at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. She started in the Arizona Women's Classic on the

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in March, where she finished in a share of sixth place after leading the event at the half way stage.

Professional career

Mehaffey turned professional after the spring semester in 2021 and made her

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debut as a professional on home soil in Ballymena, 30 miles from Belfast, at the inaugural

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. She finished tied for 17th place. Mehaffey attended the LPGA Q-School in 2021 for the first time. She had plans to attend three years earlier but fell and broke her hand. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic postponed it further.

Amateur wins

*2014 Irish Girls' U18 Open Strokeplay *2015 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship,

*2016

*2018 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge *2019 Bruin Wave Invitational, Pac-12 Championship, NCAA Norman Regional Source:

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Ireland): 2011, 2012, 2013 *

Junior Vagliano Trophy The Junior Vagliano Trophy is an annual girls amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". The first event ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2013 *

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(representing Ireland):

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(representing Europe): 2015 *

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(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2015, 2017 *

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 Ireland): 2012, 2015 *

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 Ireland): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 *

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 be ...

(representing Ireland): 2011, 2012, 2013 *

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(representing Ireland):

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(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 Ireland):

Arnold Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup is an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The teams consist of 12 men and 12 ...

(representing the International team):

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(winners) *

Astor Trophy The Astor Trophy is a women's team golf tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. It has been played every four years since 1959. From its foundation until 2007 i ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2019

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehaffey, Olivia Irish female golfers Arizona State Sun Devils women's golfers 1998 births Living people