Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (born 16 November 1972) is a French former
professional golfer who played on the
Ladies European Tour and the
LPGA Tour
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. Her birth name was Meunier and she is married to Antoine Lebouc, a French professional golfer who played on the
European Tour
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in the 1990s.
Amateur career
Meunier was born in
Dijon
Dijon (, , ) (dated)
* it, Digione
* la, Diviō or
* lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920.
The earlies ...
,
France
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. She won the French Cup and the Greece International in 1993. In 1992, she won the French Ladies Championship, placed fifth in the World Team Championship and finished third at the European Team Junior Championship.
Professional career
Meunier-Lebouc turned professional in
1994
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and initially played on the
Ladies European Tour, gaining her maiden victory in her rookie season at the Waterford
English Open
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. She has won 5 more times on the LET and finished in the top 10 in the Order of Merit in
1997
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and
2000
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. She qualified for the
LPGA Tour
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by tying for 27th at the
LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2001 season.
In her rookie year in
2001, Meunier-Lebouc recorded two top-ten finishes, then won the
State Farm Classic in
2002, and the
Kraft Nabisco Championship
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in
2003, a
major title
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. She was the 54-hole leader at the
2003 Women's British Open
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, but finished in solo fifth place. In February
2004, she gave birth to her first child, daughter Phildine Pearl, and opted not to defend her title at the
2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship in late March.
In
2000
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, Meunier-Lebouc became the first French player to compete in the
Solheim Cup
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, and returned in
2003.
Meunier-Lebouc retired from playing professional golf in 2009, and became a golf instructor at the Ibis Golf & Country Club in 2010.
Ibis Golf Instruction
Professional wins (8)
LPGA Tour (2)
Ladies European Tour (5)
*1994
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(1) Waterford Dairies Ladies' English Open
*1997
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(1) Guardian Irish Open
*1998
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Events January
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(1) Air France Madame Open
*2000
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(2) Open de France Dames
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Since the 2011 edition, Lacoste has been the tit ...
, Ladies Austrian Open
Other wins (1)
*1997 (1) Praia D'el Rey European Cup (team competition)
Major championships
Wins (1)
Results timeline
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Summary
*Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (2001 British – 2004 British)
*Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)
LPGA Tour career summary
Team appearances
Amateur
*Espirito Santo Trophy
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The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fre ...
(representing France): 1992
*European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959.
It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pla ...
(representing France): 1993
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Professional
*Solheim Cup
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(representing Europe): 2000
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(winners), 2003 (winners)
*World Cup
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(representing France): 2005
Solheim Cup record
References
External links
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French female golfers
Ladies European Tour golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Winners of LPGA major golf championships
Solheim Cup competitors for Europe
Mediterranean Games medalists in golf
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France
Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
Sportspeople from Dijon
Sportspeople from Jupiter, Florida
1972 births
Living people
20th-century French women
21st-century French women