Muffin Spencer-Devlin

Muffin Spencer-Devlin (born October 25, 1953) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.

Muffin Spencer-Devlin
Personal information
Born (1953-10-25) October 25, 1953
Piqua, Ohio
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeAmerican College of Switzerland
Rollins College
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (1979-2000)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT12: 1988, 1992
Women's PGA C'ship5th: 1986
U.S. Women's OpenT10: 1982
du Maurier ClassicT25: 1982

She was born in Piqua, Ohio and joined the LPGA in 1979. She is openly gay and, in 1996, became the first LPGA player to come out as gay.[1]

Spencer-Devlin made a cameo appearance as a member of Starfleet Medical in the feature film Star Trek Generations that was released in 1994, and made a brief appearance in "The Chute", the third episode of the 1995 series Star Trek: Voyager.[2]

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (3)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 Aug 18, 1985 MasterCard International Pro-Am −7 (70-75-64=209) 2 strokes United States Deedee Lasker
United States Kim Shipman
2 May 11, 1986 United Virginia Bank Classic −2 (76-69-69=214) 1 stroke United States Debbie Massey
United States Jody Rosenthal
United States Barb Thomas
3 Sep 10, 1989 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship −2 (74-69-71=214) 1 stroke Canada Dawn Coe
United States Nancy Lopez
United States Susan Sanders

References
  1. Garrity, John; Nutt, Amy (March 18, 1996). "No More Disguises - Muffin Spencer-Devlin stands tall in her chosen role: the first LPGA player to declare she's gay". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  2. "Muffin Spencer-Devlin bio". LPGA. Retrieved February 11, 2015.


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