Melissa McNamara
{{short description|American golfer and coach}}
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| birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma
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| college = University of Tulsa
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| nabisco = T46: 1992
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| wusopen = T39: 1993
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Melissa McNamara Luellen (born May 25, 1966) is the head women's golf coach for Auburn University, and a former American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Career
McNamara was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She played college golf at the University of Tulsa where her mother, Dale, was the head coach and was a member of the Chi Omega fraternity. She helped her team win the 1988 NCAA Women's Division I Championship and she won the individual title. These titles were later vacated by the NCAA due to rules violations by the track and field team.{{cite web |url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/NCAANewsArchive/1992/19921123.pdf |title=Entire Tulsa program placed on probation |date=November 23, 1992 |work=The NCAA News |pages=13, 15 |accessdate=July 13, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406201337/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/NCAANewsArchive/1992/19921123.pdf |archivedate=April 6, 2012}}
McNamara turned professional in 1988 and played on the Futures Tour and Ladies European Tour in 1988 and 1989. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1990. She won once on the LPGA Tour[http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf LPGA All-Time Winners List] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229053926/http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf |date=2010-12-29 }} in 1991.[http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990–99] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920192212/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf |date=2007-09-20 }}
After retiring from tournament golf, McNamara became head coach of the University of Tulsa's women's golf team, replacing her mother.[http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/w-golf/mtt/mcnamara_melissa00.html Tulsa Hurricanes profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722061346/http://www.tulsahurricane.com/sports/w-golf/mtt/mcnamara_melissa00.html |date=2011-07-22 }} She coached at Tulsa for two years and then became head coach at Arizona State University in 2002.[http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/071602aaa.html Tulsa's Melissa McNamara Named Head Women's Golf Coach] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120729142336/http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/071602aaa.html |date=2012-07-29 }} She coached the team to the 2009 NCAA championship and Azahara Muñoz to the 2008 individual NCAA title. In 2015, Luellen became the head coach of the Auburn Tigers women's golf team. She is currently in her fourth season.[https://auburntigers.com/staff.aspx?staff=1455 Melissa Luellen]
Professional wins
=LPGA Tour wins (1)=
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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of |
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|Aug 11, 1991 |Stratton Mountain LPGA Classic |−8 (71-70-67-70=278) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Patty Sheehan |
=Other wins=
- 1993 JCPenney Classic (with Mike Springer)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140524041406/http://www.thesundevils.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=761211&SPID=126710&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=30300&ATCLID=207911716&Q_SEASON=2013 Profile at Arizona State Sun Devils official site]
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Category:American female golfers
Category:Tulsa Golden Hurricane women's golfers
Category:Ladies European Tour golfers
Category:Golfers from Oklahoma
Category:Arizona State Sun Devils women's golf coaches
Category:Auburn Tigers women's golf coaches
Category:American female sports coaches