Polly Mack Explained

Polly Mack
Full Name:Polly Annika Mack
Birth Date:26 February 1999
Birth Place:Berlin, Germany
Height:172 cm
College:University of Nevada, Las Vegas
University of Alabama
Yearpro:2022
Tour:LPGA Tour (joined 2023)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2023)
Extour:Epson Tour (joined 2022)
Anainspiration:CUT: 2023, 2024
Lpga:CUT: 2024
Wusopen:DNP
Wbritopen:DNP
Evian:DNP
Award1:German Junior Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner
Year1:2016
Award2:Mountain West Player of the Year
Year2:2018
Award3:Mountain West Freshman of the Year
Year3:2018

Polly Annika Mack (born 26 February 1999) is a German professional golfer and member of the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.[1] She won the 2023 LET Q-School at La Manga.

Amateur career

In 2016, Mack was the German National Champion and won the RB German Junior Championship, to finish first in the German Junior Golf Tour rankings.

Mack competed for the German National team between 2017 and 2021.[2] She appeared at the European Ladies' Team Championship three times, finishing 5th in 2018 and 4th in 2019.[3]

Mack accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and played with the UNLV Rebels women's golf team for two seasons between 2017 and 2019. She had an outstanding freshman campaign and became the first Rebel to earn both Mountain West Player and Freshman of the Year honors in the same season. She recorded two career individual tournament wins.[4]

She then transferred to the University of Alabama and played with the Alabama Crimson Tide women's golf team for three seasons between 2019 and 2022.[5] In 2022, she won twice and played in the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships, after she became the first Crimson Tide player to win an NCAA regional since Stephanie Meadow in 2013.[6]

Professional career

Mack turned professional after graduating in 2022 and joined the Epson Tour mid-season. She made eight cuts in 11 events and finished 32nd in the rankings, recording two top-10s including a season-best solo third place at the French Lick Charity Championship.[1] She finished 4th at the Amundi German Masters, tied with Linn Grant, two strokes behind Maja Stark.[7] [8]

Mack secured a place on the 2023 LPGA Tour by finishing T15 at Q-Series and on the 2023 Ladies European Tour by winning the LET Q-School at La Manga in Spain, alongside compatriot Alexandra Försterling.[9] [10]

Amateur wins

Source:[11]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2023 2024
Chevron ChampionshipCUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA ChampionshipCUT
The Evian Championship
Women's British Open
CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Polly Mack Bio . Epson Tour . 21 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Polly Mack - National Team Damen . Deutscher Golf Verband . 21 December 2022.
  3. Web site: European Ladies' Team Championship Results . EGA . 21 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Women's Golf Roster . UNLV Athletics . 21 December 2022.
  5. Web site: Women's Golf Roster . The University of Alabama . 21 December 2022.
  6. Web site: Tony Tsoukalas . Alabama Women's Golf Advances to National Championship as Polly Mack Wins Regional Title . Bama Central . 21 December 2022 . 11 May 2022.
  7. Web site: 2022 Amundi German Masters . Ladies European Tour . 21 December 2022.
  8. Web site: Ulrike Krieger . Berlinerin träumt von Golf-Olympia . BZ Berlin . 21 December 2022 . de . 2 July 2022.
  9. Web site: 2023 LPGA Tour Rookies . LPGA Tour . 21 December 2022.
  10. Eight-round Q-Series gauntlet ends with 46 players securing LPGA status for 2023 . Golfweek . 21 December 2022.
  11. Web site: Polly Mack . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 21 December 2022.