Polly Annika Mack (born 26 February 1999) is a German

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and member of the LPGA Tour and

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. She won the 2023 LET Q-School at

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Amateur career

In 2016, Mack was the German National Champion and won the RB German Junior Championship, to finish first in the German Junior Golf Tour rankings. Mack competed for the German National team between 2017 and 2021. She appeared at the

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three times, finishing 5th in

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and 4th in

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. Mack accepted an athletic scholarship to the

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and played with the UNLV Rebels women's golf team for two seasons between 2017 and 2019. She had an outstanding freshman campaign and became the first Rebel to earn both

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Player and Freshman of the Year honors in the same season. She recorded two career individual tournament wins. She then transferred to the

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and played with the

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team for three seasons between 2019 and 2022. In 2022, she won twice and played in the

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, after she became the first Crimson Tide player to win an NCAA regional since

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in 2013.

Professional career

Mack turned professional after graduating in 2022 and joined the Epson Tour mid-season. She made eight cuts in 11 events and finished 32nd in the rankings, recording two top-10s including a season-best solo third place at the French Lick Charity Championship. She finished 4th at the

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, tied with Linn Grant, two strokes behind Maja Stark. Mack secured a place on the 2023 LPGA Tour by finishing T15 at Q-Series and on the 2023

by winning the LET Q-School at

in Spain, alongside compatriot

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Amateur wins

*2016 RB German Junior, German National Amateur *2019 Battle at Boulder Creek I, Mountain View Collegiate *2022 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, NCAA Franklin Regional Source:

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Germany):

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mack, Polly German female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Ladies European Tour golfers UNLV Rebels women's golfers Alabama Crimson Tide women's golfers Sportspeople from Berlin 1999 births Living people 21st-century German women