Marine Monnet-Melocco (born 1978) is a French

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who played on the

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and LPGA Tour. She won The Womens Amateur in 1999 and finished third on the LET Order of Merit in

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Amateur career

Monnet won the 1996

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, the 1999 European Ladies' Team Championship for France, and the 1999 Vagliano Trophy representing the Continent of Europe. The same year she crowned her amateur career by winning

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against England's Rebecca Hudson.

Professional career

Ladies European Tour

Monnet turned professional in the end of 1999 and joined the

in 2000. She almost secured a win in her first season. At the Ladies Irish Open she had a four stroke lead after the penultimate round, but after a final round of 74 she had to settle for runner-up, one stroke behind Sophie Gustafson. This was the closest Monnet ever came to a LET victory, over her six LET seasons she finished third eight times; at the

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, Kronenbourg 1664 Chart Hills Classic,

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, Arras Open de France Dames, Tenerife Ladies Open,

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and the Open de España Femenino. While a win proved elusive, her many top-10 positions helped her do well in the Order of Merit, finishing third in

, fourth in

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, and seventh in

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. In 2001, she won the Lalla Meryem Cup when it was still a non-LET invitational event. Her best result in an LET Major was a fourth place at the 2001 Evian Masters, an event co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour. At the 2003 Women's Australian Open, she shot seven consecutive birdies, a LET record. Monnet shot her career first hole-in-one at the 2005 Samsung Ladies Masters in Singapore, and won a car.

LPGA Tour

In March 2002, Monnet and

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, then a sophomore at the University of Arizona, received the two sponsor's invites to play the PING Banner Health at Moon Valley Country Club in Phoenix, Arizona. In October 2002 Monnet earned exempt status on the LPGA Tour by finishing T10 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.

Amateur wins

*1996

*1999

Professional wins

*2001 Lalla Meryem Cup

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur * European Ladies' Team Championship (representing France):

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(winners) * Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1999 (winners) * Espirito Santo Trophy (representing France):

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Monnet, Marine French female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships Golfers from Paris 1978 births Living people