Player Bio: Mel Reid2021 U.S. Women's Open

Age: 33
Country: England
College: None
Worldwide professional victories: 7 (1 on LPGA Tour)
Road to Olympic: Top 30 points leader in LPGA Tour's 2020 Race to CME Globe; Winner of LPGA Tour-sanctioned event from conclusion of originally scheduled 2020 U.S. Women's Open to start of 2021 championship; Top 75 in Rolex Rankings as of April 14

Reid registered her maiden LPGA Tour victory in the 2020 ShopRite LPGA Classic by two strokes over Jennifer Kupcho. All six of her previous victories had come on the Ladies European Tour, the last being the 2017 Oates Victorian Open. She tied for 16th in the 2007 Women’s British Open to earn low-amateur honors. She also represented Great Britain and Ireland in the 2006 Curtis Cup Match. As a professional, she has competed on three European Solheim Cup Teams. In May 2012, tragedy struck Reid when her mother, Joy, was killed in an automobile accident near Munich, Germany, while traveling to see Mel play in a Ladies European Tour event.

U.S. Women's Open Playing Record