Loraine Lambert (born 18 August 1972) is a retired

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n professional golfer who played on the

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and the

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. She won the Air France Madame Open in 1997.

Career

Lambert was a top amateur in Queensland, competing alongside

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and

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. She won successive New Zealand Ladies Amateur titles in 1991 and 1992. When attempting to win for the third successive year, she was beaten in the final by home player Lynn Brooky. She represented Australia at the

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together with Ericka Jayatilaka and

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, finishing 7th.

Professional career

Lambert turned professional in 1994 and joined the LET mid-way through the season. Her first event was the

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, where she finished T10. She was runner-up at the 1996 WPGA Championship of Europe at Gleneagles in

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, one stroke behind

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. In 1997, she won her maiden international title, the Air France Madame Open, two strokes ahead of

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of England. On the 1998

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, she finished third at the Toyota Philippines Ladies Open and was runner-up at the Malaysia JAL Ladies Open, one stroke behind

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, and at the Indonesia Ladies Open, behind

. Lambert first joined the LPGA Tour with conditional status in 1999 but had limited success. In 2002, she played mainly on the

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, with a best finish of T5 at the Greater Lima Futures Open. She earned fully exempt status by finishing 17th at the

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in late 2002, and played full time on the LPGA Tour in 2003 and 2004. Her best finish in 2003 was T12 at the

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, and in 2004 she made the cut at the

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. She retired from international touring after the 2004 season, playing local

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events until 2009. She collected a total of seven titles on the ALPG Tour between 1994 and 2005.

Amateur wins

*1991 New Zealand Ladies Amateur *1992 New Zealand Ladies Amateur,

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Source:

Professional wins (8)

Ladies European Tour (1)

ALPG Tour (7)

*1994 (2) Bruce Lynton Bmw Pro-Am, Nudgee Golf Club Pro-Am *1988 (1) Betta Electrical Bega Ladies Classic *2000 (1) Bermagui Country Club Ladies Pro-Am *2003 (1) Aristocrat Sapphire Coast Ladies Golf Classic *2005 (2) Jack Newton Celebrity Classic, Moss Vale Golf Club Pro-Am Source:

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Australia):

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(representing Australia): 1993 (winners) *

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(representing Australia): 1992

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lambert, Loraine Australian female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers ALPG Tour golfers 1972 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people)