Michigan Golf Journal October 2018

ZĞǀŝƐŝƟŶŐ DĞŐ DĂůůŽŶ MICHIGAN’S MEG MALLON: WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAMER By Tom Lang KE ͳKEͳKE d >< t/d, D/ ,/' E 'K>& :KhZE > ĚŝƚŽƌ͛Ɛ EŽƚĞ͗ /Ŷ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ŽĨ ϮϬϭϳ͕ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶĚĞƌ DĞŐ DĂůůŽŶ ǁĂƐ ŝŶĚƵĐƚĞĚ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ tŽƌůĚ 'ŽůĨ ,Ăůů ŽĨ &ĂŵĞ͘ dŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉůŝƐŚŵĞŶƚ͕ ǁĞ ĂƌĞ ƌĞͲƉƌŝŶƟŶŐ ƚŚĞ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ĨƌŽŵ &ĞďƌƵĂƌLJ ŽŶ DĂůůŽŶ ʹ ŝŶ ĐĂƐĞ LJŽƵ ŵŝƐƐĞĚ ŝƚ͘ dŚĞ ϭϵϴϯ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ tŽŵĞŶ͛Ɛ ŵĂƚĞƵƌ ŚĂŵƉŝŽŶƐŚŝƉ ŚĞůƉĞĚ launch an incredible World Golf Hall of Fame career no one really saw coming, not even the winner herself – Meg Mallon. “Probably no one was more ƐƵƌƉƌŝƐĞĚ ƚŚĂŶ / ǁĂƐ͕͟ DĂůůŽŶ said about that amateur victory during her early college LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ͞ Ƶƚ / ŬĞƉƚ ǁŝŶŶŝŶŐ ŽŶĞ ŵĂƚĐŚ ĂŌĞƌ ĂŶŽƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ǁĂƐ really fun. ͞ ǀĞŶ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ / ůĞĂƌŶĞĚ ŐŽůĨ Ăƚ a young age with lessons when / ǁĂƐ ϳ Žƌ ϴ LJĞĂƌƐ ŽůĚ͕ ŐŽůĨ ǁĂƐ ůŝŬĞ ŵLJ ĨŽƵƌƚŚ ƐƉŽƌƚ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ƵƉ in Michigan,” Mallon added in ƌĞĨĞƌĞŶĐĞ ƚŽ ďĂƐŬĞƚďĂůů͕ ƐŽŌďĂůů and tennis. “So that was the ĮƌƐƚ ƌĞĂů ƚŚŝŶŐ / ĞǀĞƌ ǁŽŶ͕ ƐŽ