Flashback 100: Mercy Links Legend Becomes World Golf Hall of Famer
October 18, 2024
There is one member of the World Golf Hall of Fame who played high school girls golf in Michigan.
Meg Mallon, a graduate of Farmington Hills' Our Lady of Mercy in 1981, was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017, highlighting a remarkable career that included 18 LPGA Tour victories, four of which were major titles.
She is also a member of several other prestigious Halls of Fame: the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame (2010), Mercy High School's Athletic Hall of Fame (2023), Ohio State's Athletic Hall of Fame (1996), Palm Beach County's Hall of Fame (2011), and the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame (2002).
At Mercy, Mallon was part of the inaugural golf team her junior year. As a senior, she finished second at the 1980 Lower Peninsula Open Class Girls Golf Final, contributing to her team’s fourth-place finish. She also played four years of basketball and two of softball during her time at the school.
Following high school, Mallon captured the 1983 Michigan Amateur Championship and earned all-conference honors as a golfer for Ohio State in 1984 and 1985.
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PHOTOS At left, Meg Mallon holds up the trophy after winning the 1983 Michigan Amateur Championship while celebrating at Edgewood Country Club. At right, Mallon shows her award during induction into the Mercy Athletic Hall of Fame. (Photos courtesy of Meg Mallon.)
Medalist Husing Leads Iron Mountain to Title Sweep
By
Matt McCarthy
Special for Second Half
June 2, 2021
GAASTRA — Iron Mountain's Reidet Husing shot a tournament-low 99 on Wednesday to capture the medalist honor and lead the Mountaineers to the team title as well at the MHSAA Upper Peninsula Division 2 Girls Golf Final at the George Young Recreational Complex in Iron County.
The Mountaineers as a team shot 469, nearly 30 strokes lower than runner-up Munising, which carded a 495. The team title was Iron Mountain’s sixth and first since 2016.
Husing, a sophomore and multi-sport spring athlete, is primarily a soccer player for the Mountaineers.
"It feels pretty good to come here and win," she said. "The greens were really fast and hard to judge, but I think I played pretty good."
Host West Iron County was third with a 518, as the Wykons were led by Madison Berutti, who tied Jenna Matson of Munising with a 104 for the individual runner-up honor.
Iron Mountain's Natalia Brown finished eighth with a 119, two shots better than teammate Lily Verette who carded a 121 for a ninth place finish. Bella Rosenthal shot a 130 and Lulu McCash carded a 152 to round out the Mountaineers lineup.
Maizy Brown of St. Ignace with 105, Hannah Larson of Bark River-Harris with 109, Peyton Cole of Stephenson at 110 and Kya Dallavalle of West Iron at 116 finished fourth through seventh, respectively. Logan Peters of Munising shot a 122 to round out the top 10.
Stephenson's 530 was good enough for a fourth-place team finish, followed by Bark River-Harris with a 539, Hancock with a 548 and Pickford with a 549.
PHOTOS: (Top) Iron Mountain's Reidet Husing stands atop the Upper Peninsula Division 2 standings Wednesday at George Young Recreational Complex. (Middle) Mountaineers teammate Natalia Brown follows through on a putt. (Photos by Matt McCarthy.)