Melissa Rose Reid (born 19 September 1987) is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.Profile on Ladies European Tour's official site In October 2020, she won her maiden LPGA Tour event, the ShopRite LPGA Classic.
Early life and amateur career In 1987, Reid was born in Derby, England. As an amateur she won several events including the 2004 and 2005 English Girls' Championship, the 2006 and 2007 Helen Holm Trophy, the 2007 St Rule Trophy, and the 2007 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. She played on the Great Britain and Ireland team in the 2006 Curtis Cup.
Reid was the low amateur at the 2007 Women's British Open with a T16 finish.
Professional career In 2007, Reid failed to earn her card at the LET Qualifying School in Italy. However, she turned professional in late 2007 and began playing on the Ladies European Tour in 2008 on sponsor invitations. A third-place finish at the Australian Open in early February allowed her to stay in the top 20 on the money list and gain entrance into LET events for the rest of the season. She placed 12th on the money list in 2008 and was named LET Rookie of the Year.
In 2010, Reid's first LET victory came at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open. She followed that up with two wins in 2011 and was a member of the 2011 Solheim Cup team, securing a spot on the European team as the leader in the LET rankings.
Reid retired following the 2024 season.
Personal life In May 2012 Reid's mother, Joy, was killed in an automobile crash near Munich while travelling to see her daughter compete in a Ladies European Tour event. Reid quickly returned to golf but her performance declined rapidly in the ensuing years. In September 2015, Reid told ESPN that her life "was a mess ... I wasn't coping, I was rebelling. I was spending time with people who partied. I was hitting the self-destruct button. I was with a lot of people, but I was lonely."
On 10 December 2018, Reid came out as gay in an interview with Athlete Ally.
Professional wins (7) LPGA Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner-up14 Oct 2020ShopRite LPGA Classic68-64-66-67=265−192 strokes Jennifer Kupcho
Ladies European Tour (6) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner(s)-upWinner'sshare (€)1 9 May 2010 Turkish Airlines Ladies Open 71-71-74=216–32 strokes Christel Boeljon Iben Tinning30,000 2 5 Jun 2011 Deloitte Ladies Open 71-72-70=213 –3 2 strokes Caroline Afonso Caroline Hedwall37,500 3 18 Sep 2011 Open De España Femenino 71-69-70-70=280–8 1 stroke Beth Allen Tania Elósegui Lee-Anne Pace52,500 4 24 Jun 2012 Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters 68-67-72=207–9 1 stroke Diana Luna37,500 5 20 May 2015 Turkish Airlines Ladies Open 65-69-74-73=281 –11 4 strokes Gwladys Nocera 75,000 6 12 Feb 2017 Oates Victorian Open 67-70-67-72=276 –16 Playoff Sandra Gal 53,594
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020Chevron ChampionshipT34T33T56CUTT68CUTT7Women's PGA ChampionshipT64CUTCUTT60T3T30U.S. Women's OpenCUTT50CUTCUTCUTThe Evian Championship ^CUTCUTT68T37NTWomen's British OpenT16LACUTCUTT31T37CUTT9T65T30CUTCUTT39 Tournament 2021 2022 2023Chevron ChampionshipT14T44CUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipCUTT30T24U.S. Women's OpenT46CUTThe Evian ChampionshipCUTCUTWomen's British Open CUTT37CUT ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
LA = low amateur CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 7Women's PGA Championship 0 0 1 1 1 2 9 6U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 2 15 8Totals 0 0 1 1 3 6 47 25 Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (three times) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)
World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year Worldranking Source2006 658 2007 307 2008 169 2009 128 2010 58 2011 47 2012 68 2013 222 2014 233 2015 83 2016 152 2017 116 2018 257 2019 102 2020 39 2021 63 2022 220 2023 182 2024 419 2025 1555
Ladies European Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings(€) Order of Merit list rank Scoring average Scoringrank 2006110000T12n/an/a72.33n/a200733000194,0501n/a73.18n/a2008161203172136,6061271.96262009141301282168,749771.12620102120121101270,871371.21720111919213101286,578270.831120121081003182,7521972.394220131360002T728,3176573.097520141490102258,9983273.71852015141111161249,151271.86262016970013T368,847 2071.46162017641002191,269870,5382018420000T2122,7905272.46462019310000T3723,55710372.502n/a22020210000T3918,524T11873.252n/a22021310000T348,33014072.332n/a2 official as end of 2021 season 1 Reid played in only one LET event as a professional in 2007, the Dubai Ladies Masters, in which she finished T35.
2 Insufficient number of rounds played to be officially ranked.
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Team appearances Amateur European Girls' Team Championship (representing England): 2005 (winners) Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2005 Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2006 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing England): 2006 Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2007 European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England): 2007 Commonwealth Trophy (representing Great Britain): 2007 (winners)
Professional Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2011 (winners), 2015, 2017, 2021 (winners) The Queens (representing Europe): 2015, 2017 International Crown (representing England): 2016
Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career166–7–31–3–04–2–11–2–27.546.9201141–3–00–1–0 lost to V. Hurst 2 dn0–1–0 lost w/ K. Stupples 1 dn1–1–0 lost w/ L. Davies 1 dnwon w/ L. Davies 4&3125.0201543–0–11–0–0 def. B. Lang 2&12–0–0 won w/ C. Hull 2&1won w/ C. Ciganda 4&30–0–1 halved w/ C. Ciganda3.587.5201740–3–10–1–0 lost to C. Kerr 2&10–1–1 halved w/ C. Hulllost w/ E. Pedersen 5&30–1–0 lost w/ C. Ciganda 2 dn0.512.5202142–1–10–1–0 lost to Y. Noh 1 dn2–0–0 won w/ L. Maguire 1 upwon w/ L. Maguire 5&40–0–1 halved w/ L. Maguire2.562.5
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