Education
She graduated in 2005 with a bachelor"s degree in psychology.
She graduated in 2005 with a bachelor"s degree in psychology.
Martin played college golf all four years at University of California, Los Angeles, walking-on as a freshman. Martin turned professional in 2005, and joined the Futures Tour on January 23, 2006. She played in the 2007 United States. Women"s Open and missed the cut.
In 2011, with 11 top-10 finishes and 1 victory, she earned full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for the 2012 season.
She led after 36 holes, but a 77 (+5) on Saturday dropped her three strokes back. An eagle at the final hole on Sunday gave her the victory, one stroke ahead of runners-up Shanshan Feng and Suzann Pettersen.
Her previous best finish in a major was a tie for 29th at the 2014 Kraft Nabisco Championship. Born in Pasadena, California, Martin attended Chandler School.
Her father, Allen Martin, was a defense attorney and taught her to play golf as a child, using Ben Hogan"s Five Lessons: The Modern Fundamentals of Golf.
Before Allen"s death, Mo and Lincoln had minimal interaction, due to a strained father-son relationship. During her early years as a professional on the Futures Tour, Lincoln was her chief supporter and mentor. Her nickname "Mo" was given to her by her father, in reference to the United States.S. Missouri, a famous battleship of World World War II that served the United States. Navy into the 1990s.
She currently resides in Naples, Florida.
LPGA Tour wins (1)
Futures Tour wins (3)
Wins (1)
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order before 2014. The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins.
Yellow background for top-10. Summary
Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2012 British Open – 2013 United States Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1.
Her sole win on the tour was a major championship, the Women"s British Open in 2014. She was the Bruins" Most Valuable Player in 2002, earned University of California, Los Angeles academic honors, and was also a three-time Pac-10 Academic Honorable Mention selection. Martin was the 2010 recipient of the Futures Tour"s Heather Wilbur Spirit Award, presented annually to the player who "best exemplifies dedication, courage, perseverance, love of the game and spirit toward achieving goals as a professional golfer." The annual recipient is nominated by her peers on the tour. Martin won the Women"s British Open in 2014, her first major championship and also her first LPGA Tour title. lieutenant was Martin"s first eagle of the 2014 season and the win moved her from 99 to 26 in the women"s world rankings. He died in March 2014 at age 102, about four months before she won her major title in England.
