Olivia Mehaffey

Olivia Mehaffey (born 9 October 1998) is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland who plays on the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur career Mehaffey enjoyed a very successful amateur career and reached a rank of No. 5 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and No. 2 in the European Amateur Golf Rankings.

Mehaffey joined Arizona State University in 2016 and played with the Arizona State Sun Devils women's golf team. As a freshman in 2017, she helped ASU win the NCAA Championship by notching match-play victories in all three wins over Florida, Stanford and Northwestern (title match). She overcame a four-stroke deficit in the final round to win the Pac-12 Championship in a playoff with Albane Valenzuela. She took advantage of the NCAA granting an additional year of eligibility for spring-sport athletes due to COVID-19 cutting short the 2019-20 season.

Mehaffey's amateur pedigree earned her spots in two U.S. Women's Opens and three Women's British Opens, the first the 2016 Women's British Open at Woburn Golf and Country Club when she was 18. She also competed in the 2020 ANA Inspiration, where she made her first major cut. In 2021, she finished in a share of ninth place in her second appearance at the Augusta National Women's Amateur. She started in the Arizona Women's Classic on the Symetra Tour in March, where she finished in a share of sixth place after leading the event at the half way stage.

Professional career Mehaffey turned professional after the spring semester in 2021 and made her LPGA Tour debut as a professional on home soil in Ballymena, 30 miles from Belfast, at the inaugural ISPS Handa World Invitational. She finished tied for 17th place.

She joined the 2022 Ladies European Tour after finishing 24th at LET Q-School. The best finish in her rookie season was 9th place at the Madrid Ladies Open. She withdrew during the Skaftö Open and took the second half of the season off to process the grief after her father died of cancer.

In 2023, she shot an 8-under 64 to take the lead after the first day of the Amundi German Masters, ultimately finishing in a tie for 12th. Two weeks later she shot a 9-under 207 at the Ladies Finnish Open to finish in a tie for 3rd, her best professional result so far.

Amateur wins 2014 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship 2015 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship, Welsh Ladies Open Stroke Play Championship 2016 Irish Women's Open Stroke Play Championship, Irish Women's Amateur Close Championship, Welsh Ladies Open Stroke Play Championship 2018 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 2019 Bruin Wave Invitational, Pac-12 Championship, NCAA Norman Regional

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Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order.

CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied

Team appearances Amateur European Young Masters (representing Ireland): 2011, 2012, 2013 Junior Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2013 Youth Olympic Games (representing Ireland): 2014 Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2015 Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2015, 2017 Girls Home Internationals (representing Ireland): 2012, 2015 Women's Home Internationals (representing Ireland): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 European Girls' Team Championship (representing Ireland): 2011, 2012, 2013 European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Ireland): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2016 (winners), 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Ireland): 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International team): 2018, 2020 (winners) Astor Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2019