Muffin Spencer-Devlin (born October 25, 1953) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
| Muffin Spencer-Devlin | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | October 25, 1953 Piqua, Ohio |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | American College of Switzerland Rollins College |
| Status | Professional |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (1979-2000) |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 3 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | T12: 1988, 1992 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | 5th: 1986 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T10: 1982 |
| du Maurier Classic | T25: 1982 |
She was born in Piqua, Ohio and joined the LPGA in 1979. She is openly gay and, in 1996, became the first LPGA player to come out as gay.[1]
Spencer-Devlin made a cameo appearance as a member of Starfleet Medical in the feature film Star Trek Generations that was released in 1994, and made a brief appearance in "The Chute", the third episode of the 1995 series Star Trek: Voyager.[2]
Professional wins edit
LPGA Tour wins (3) edit
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 18, 1985 | MasterCard International Pro-Am | −7 (70-75-64=209) | 2 strokes |  Deedee Lasker Kim Shipman
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| 2 | May 11, 1986 | United Virginia Bank Classic | −2 (76-69-69=214) | 1 stroke | Debbie Massey Jody Rosenthal Barb Thomas
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| 3 | Sep 10, 1989 | Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship | −2 (74-69-71=214) | 1 stroke |  Dawn Coe Nancy Lopez Susan Sanders
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References edit
- ^ Garrity, John; Nutt, Amy (March 18, 1996). "No More Disguises - Muffin Spencer-Devlin stands tall in her chosen role: the first LPGA player to declare she's gay". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ "Muffin Spencer-Devlin bio". LPGA. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
External links edit
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived December 24, 2015)
- Muffin Spencer-Devlin at the LPGA Tour official site
- Muffin Spencer-Devlin at the Legends Tour former site
- Muffin Spencer Devlin at IMDb
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