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Mhairi McKay (born 18 April 1975) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour. ==Amateur career== McKay was born in Glasgow. She is a former pupil of Fernhill School and was introduced to golf by her parents. They moved from Glasgow to Girvan, close to the famous Turnberry golf links where she learned to play and is still a club member.〔 〕 She had a successful amateur career and was the Golf Foundation Under 13 girls’ champion in 1987 and Under 14 champion in 1988.〔 〕 She also won the Daily Telegraph Junior Golf Championship in 1991 〔 〕 and won back-to-back British Girls Championships in 1992 and 1993.〔 She represented Great Britain & Ireland in the Curtis Cup matches of 1994〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = USGA )〕 and 1996〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = USGA )〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = USGA )〕 and played in the 1996 Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = International Golf Federation )〕 McKay was the first international player to be offered a golf scholarship at Stanford University in California〔 〕 where she was a classmate of Tiger Woods (she took a Portuguese literature class with him).〔 〕 She graduated in 1997 with a B.A. in Public Policy〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = LET )〕 having been Pac-10 champion in 1997, Pac-10 All Conference from 1994 to 1997) and Pac-10 All Academic 1st Team in 1997.〔 〕 She also earned All-American honours from 1994 through to 1997.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mhairi McKay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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