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Personal Information
Birth	August 17, 1965 (1965-08-17) (age 42) Saratoga Springs, New York
Height	5 ft 5 in
Nationality	United States
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
College	Furman (1987)
Career
Turned Pro	1988
Current tour	LPGA Tour (joined 1994)
Professional wins	18 (LPGA Tour: 17, other international: 1)
Major Championship results Wins: 2
Kraft Nabisco	Won 1992, 1999
LPGA Championship	T5th: 1992
U.S. Women's Open	3rd: 1988, 1990, 2001
Women's British Open	T24th: 2003
Du Maurier Classic	4th: 1993

Dottie Pepper (b. 17 August 1965, Saratoga Springs, New York) is an American golfer. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce.

Pepper attended Furman University where she earned five collegiate victories and was named All-American three times. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1988 and won seventeen 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".^[1] Tiger Woods commented that she probably wouldn't be getting too many interviews, but thought that in time, people would maybe forget it.

• 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

• one international victory

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

^ 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.

• Profile on the LPGA's official site
• Dottie Pepper bio