Dottie Pepper
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Dottie Pepper (b. 17 August 1965, Saratoga Springs, New York) is an American golfer. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce.
Pepper attended Furman University where she earned five collegiate victories and was named All-American three times, Pepper joined the LPGA Tour. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1988 and won seventeen official events on the Tour, including two major championships, the 1992 and 1999 Kraft Nabisco Championships. Her 19-under-par finish in the 1999 victory still stands as the lowest score in relation to par in a major championship. She topped the money list in 1992 and finished in the top ten in ten of eleven seasons between 1991 and 2001. Pepper also played for the United States in the Solheim Cup six times.
Due to injury problems, Pepper only played one tournament in 2002 and in July 2004 she announced that she would retire at the end of the season. In 2005 she began work as a golf commentator for NBC and The Golf Channel reporting on both men's and women's events.
LPGA victories
- 1989 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic
- 1990 Crestar Classic
- 1992 Kraft Nabisco Championship, SEGA Women's Championship, Welch's Classic, Sun Times Challenge
- 1993 World Championship of Women's Golf
- 1994 Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
- 1995 PING Welch’s Championship (Tucson), McCall’s LPGA Classic at Stratton Mountain
- 1996 Rochester International, ShopRite LPGA Classic, LPGA Classic, Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
- 1999 Kraft Nabisco Championship, Oldsmobile Classic
- 2000 Arch Wireless Championship
Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T7 | T66
|
| LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T45 | T39
|
| U.S. Women's Open | T22 | T55 | 78 | T12 | T3 | T5
|
| du Maurier Classic | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T35 | T18 |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | T11 | 2 | 1 | T30 | T19 | T11 | T23 | T11 | T9 | 1 | 2
|
| LPGA Championship | T53 | T22 | T5 | T30 | T11 | T6 | T26 | T37 | CUT | T19 | T23
|
| U.S. Women's Open | T3 | T5 | T6 | T17 | T12 | T13 | CUT | T14 | T11 | T14 | WD
|
| du Maurier Classic | T27 | T6 | T20 | 4 | T14 | T12 | DNP | T27 | T14 | T34 | DNP |
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | T2 | DNP | T51 | T24
|
| LPGA Championship | T17 | DNP | T67 | T70
|
| U.S. Women's Open | 8 | WD | WD | DNP
|
| Women's British Open ^ | CUT | DNP | T24 | DNP |
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
WD = withdrew
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
External links
- [Profile on the LPGA's official site]
- [Golf Stars Online] - links to features and profiles
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