Valentine Derrey (born 13 June 1987) is a French

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. She reached 84 on the

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in 2014 as she won the

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and finished seventh on the

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Amateur career

Derrey was a nine-year member of the French National Team 2001–2009, three-time winner of the French Junior Championship (2001, 2004, 2005) and 2005 French Cup champion. She was runner-up at the 2004

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. She played collegiate golf with the

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in Fort Worth where she recorded 11 top-10 finishes including one win.

Professional career

Derrey turned professional in October 2010 and played on the

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in 2010 and 2011 where she won the 2011

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. She finished seventh on the season ending 2011 LPGA Futures Tour Money List to gain membership of the

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for the 2012 season. Derrey also joined the Ladies European Tour (LET) in 2011 and recorded twelve top-10 finishes 2012–2017, including runner-up at the

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and

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in 2013, and her win in the 2014

. Her best seasons were

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and

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where she finished tenth and seventh on the LET Order of Merit rankings respectively. She was ranked 98th on the

at the end of 2014 after peaking at 84.

Professional wins (5)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

LPGA Futures Tour wins (1)

LET Access Series wins (3)

Source:

Team appearances

Amateur *

European Lady Junior's Team Championship The European Lady Junior's Team Championship was a European amateur team golf championship for women under 22 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1968. It was played every year until 1984, then every second ye ...

(representing France): 2004 *

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):

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

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