• In 2009, played a limited schedule due to the birth of son Angus Albert in April.
• In 2008, tied her career-low 63 in the first round of the Michelob ULTRA Open
at Kingsmill; crossed the $2 million mark in
career earnings at the LPGA
Corning Classic.
• In 2007, tied her career-best finish at the Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi,
where she tied for second.
• In 2006, best finish was fourth place at the LPGA Corning Classic.
• In 2005 best finish was a tie for 28th at the Franklin American Mortgage
Championship benefiting the Monroe Carell, Jr.
Children’s Hospital at
Vanderbilt; returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she tied for
34th to earn nonexempt
status for the 2006 LPGA season.
• In 2004, best finish was a tie for 13th at the McDonald’s LPGA Championship
Presented by Coca-Cola.
• In 2003, recorded a career-best second-place finish at the Kellogg-Keebler Classic;
was a member of the victorious
European Solheim Cup Team, posting a
1-1-0 record; won the AAMI Women’s Australian Open on the Ladies European Tour
(LET), her second professional victory.
• In 2002, recorded seven top-10 finishes, including a tie for second at the
Kellogg-Keebler Classic, finished sixth at the U.S.
Women’s Open, her
career-best finish in a major championship, and crossed the $1 million mark
in career earnings; made
her first Solheim Cup appearance as a captain’s pick
for the European Team.
• In 2001, tied for second at both the LPGA Corning Classic and the First Union Betsy
King Classic; carded a career-low 63
during the second round of the
Wendy’s Championship for Children at New Albany; recorded her first LPGA career
hole-in-one
during the second round of the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Presented
by ALLTEL, where she tied for ninth.
• In 2000, best finish was eighth place at the Kathy Ireland Greens.com LPGA Classic.
• In 1999, recorded four top 20s, including a season-best tie for 14th at the New Albany
Golf Classic.
• In 1998, best finish came at the U.S. Women’s Open, her first LPGA major, where
she tied for seventh; joined the LET, and
won her first professional event at the
Praia d’El Rey European Cup.
• In 1997, turned professional in August; in June became the 10th player and
first woman ever to ace the 16th hole at Cypress
Point; qualified for the Tour by
tying for 56th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status
for the
1998 LPGA season.
Amateur
McKay won back-to-back British Girls Championships from 1992-93. In 1992, she set the 18-hole record of 67 at St. Andrew’s Old
Course. She was a member of the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup Team in 1994 and 1996 and competed in the World Team
Championship in 1996. As a competitor on the Stanford University golf team, McKay earned All-American honors from 1994-97.
She was the 1997 Pac-10 champion.
LPGA Victories, Awards, Etc.
The Solheim Cup (2): 2002, 2003.