Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (born 16 November 1972) is a French former professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour and the

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. Her birth name was Meunier and she is married to Antoine Lebouc, a French professional golfer who played on the

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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 France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

. 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

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and initially played on the Ladies European Tour, gaining her maiden victory in her rookie season at the Waterford

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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

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and

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

. She qualified for the

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 The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...

in 2003, a

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. She was the 54-hole leader at the

2003 Women's British Open The 2003 Women's British Open was held 31 July to 3 August at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. It was the 27th edition of the Women's British Open, and the third as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. TNT Sports and ...

, 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

, Meunier-Lebouc became the first French player to compete in the

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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)

(1) Waterford Dairies Ladies' English Open *

(1) Guardian Irish Open *

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 s ...

(1) Air France Madame Open *

(2)

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, 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 The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. 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):

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Professional *

(representing Europe):

(winners), 2003 (winners) *

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

(representing France): 2005

Solheim Cup record

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meunier-Lebouc 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