Dottie Pepper (born August 17, 1965) is an American professional golfer. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce. She won two major championships and 17 LPGA Tour events in all.

Amateur career

Pepper was born in Saratoga Springs, New York. Her career began with big amateur victories in her home state of New York, winning the 1981 state amateur and the 1981 and '83 New York Junior Amateur titles. She was a member of the 1981 Junior World Cup team and low amateur at the 1984 U.S. Women's Open. She attended Furman University where she earned five collegiate victories and was named All-American three times.

Professional career

She joined the LPGA Tour in 1988 and won 17 official events on the Tour, including two major championships: the 1992 and 1999 Kraft Nabisco Championships. Her 19-under-par finish in the 1999 victory still stands as the lowest score in relation to par in a major championship. She topped the money list in 1992 and finished in the top ten in ten of eleven seasons between 1991 and 2001. Pepper also played for the United States in the Solheim Cup six times.

Due to injury problems, Pepper only played one tournament in 2002. In July 2004 she announced that she would retire at the end of the season. In 2005 she began work as a golf commentator for NBC and The Golf Channel, reporting on both men's and women's events.

During the 2007 Solheim Cup, Pepper caused some stir while working as commentator for the Golf Channel. She called the American team ”Choking freaking dogs”. Pepper thought the network had cut to commercial when the comment was uttered, but it was actually still broadcasting live. Many were greatly upset by this and Pepper was quick to apologize for her "poor choice of words". Tiger Woods commented that she probably wouldn't be getting too many interviews, but thought that in time, people would maybe forget it.

LPGA wins (17)

1989 (1) Oldsmobile LPGA Classic
1990 (1) Crestar Classic
1992 (4) Kraft Nabisco Championship, SEGA Women's Championship, Welch's Classic, Sun-Times Challenge
1993 (1) World Championship of Women's Golf
1994 (1) Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
1995 (2) PING Welch's Championship (Tucson), McCall’s LPGA Classic at Stratton Mountain
1996 (4) Rochester International, ShopRite LPGA Classic, LPGA Classic, Safeway LPGA Golf Championship
1999 (2) Kraft Nabisco Championship, Oldsmobile Classic
2000 (1) Arch Wireless Championship

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

Other wins

1992 JCPenney Classic (with Dan Forsman)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T7	T66
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T45	T39
U.S. Women's Open	T22	T55	78	T12	T3	T5
du Maurier Classic	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T35	T18

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T11	2	1	T30	T19	T11	T23	T11	T9	1	2
LPGA Championship	T53	T22	T5	T30	T11	T6	T26	T37	CUT	T19	T23
U.S. Women's Open	T3	T5	T6	T17	T12	T13	CUT	T14	T11	T14	WD
du Maurier Classic	T27	T6	T20	4	T14	T12	DNP	T27	T14	T34	DNP

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T2	DNP	T51	T24
LPGA Championship	T17	DNP	T67	T70
U.S. Women's Open	8	WD	WD	DNP
Women's British Open ^	CUT	DNP	T24	DNP

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
WD = withdrew
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.