Manon Gidali (born 15 October 1993) is a French

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playing on the

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(LET).

Amateur career

Gidali had a successful amateur career and was runner-up at the 2010

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, behind

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, and won bronze at the

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in Buenos Aires. She represented Europe at the

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and

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. In 2011, she won the Trophee des Regions and the Championnat de France Cadet. She was runner-up at the Internationaux de France Juniors Filles behind

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and at the Irish Under 18 Open Stroke Play, behind

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. She was one of five amateurs invited to play the

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on the LET, but did not make the cut. In 2012, she was runner-up at the Swiss International Amateur, behind

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, and runner-up at the Turkish Amateur Open, behind

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. Gidali was part of the French teams that won the 2011

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in Italy and the 2015

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in Denmark. She played college golf at

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from 2011 to 2015 and won three tournaments.

Professional career

Gidali turned professional in 2016 after the LET Q-School, where she finished tied 83rd. She played on the

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from 2016 to 2018, with one top-10 finish. In 2018, she played in three LET tournaments and made the cut in the

Lalla Meryem Cup The Lalla Meryem Cup is a women's professional golf tournament in Morocco under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. It was held in Rabat until it moved to Agadir in 2011. It moved back to Rabat in 2016. The tournament has been pl ...

. She returned to Q-School and finished T7, and in 2019 played in 13 LET tournaments, finishing the season ranked 83rd. On the 2020

, Gidali achieve a career-best 33rd ranking, despite making only nine starts. She tied for fourth in the

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, sixth in the

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, and earned a runner-up finish in the

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with

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and

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. In 2021, Gidali holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole of the

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to claim her maiden professional victory in the opening event of the 2021 Sunshine Ladies Tour.

Amateur wins

*2011 Trophee des Regions, Championnat de France Cadet *2012 Arizona Wildcat Women's Invitational *2013 Dr Donnis Thompson Invitational *2015 SunTrust Gator Invitational Source:

Professional wins (1)

Sunshine Ladies Tour wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing France): 2010 (winners), 2011 (winners) *

(representing Europe): 2010 *

(representing Europe): 2011 (tie) *

(representing the Continent of Europe): 2011 (winners) *

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(representing France):

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(representing France): 2011 (winners) *

(representing France):

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(winners) Source:

References

External links

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official site
Manon Gidali
at the

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