Florence Descampe

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Florence Descampe
Personal information
Born (1969-09-01) 1 September 1969 (age 54)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Spouse Daniel van Dievoet (1963–2011)
Career
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Ladies European Tour6
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T49: 1993
Women's PGA C'ship CUT: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
U.S. Women's Open T45: 1993
du Maurier Classic T6: 1992
Women's British Open CUT: 2003

Florence Descampe (born 1 September 1969) is a veteran professional golfer from Brussels, Belgium who played on the United States-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. [1]

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Career

Descampe had seven worldwide victories during her career including a win at the 1992 McCall's LPGA Classic on the LPGA Tour. Until Paula Creamer's win at the 2005 Evian Masters, she held the record as the LET's youngest winner after clinching the 1988 Danish Ladies Open.

Descampe was a member of the 1992 European Solheim Cup team. [2]

Personal life

She was born into the noble Descampe family [3] and is a member of the Van Dievoet family through her marriage with Daniel van Dievoet (1963-2011), with whom she had three children: Élodie, a student-athlete golfer at the University of Michigan, [4] [1] Maxence, and Alban.

Professional wins (7)

LPGA Tour (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
19 Aug 1992 McCall's LPGA Classic –6 (73-69-69-67=278)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Dottie Mochrie

Ladies European Tour (6)

Team appearances

Professional

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References

  1. 1 2 "Like mother, like daughter: Elodie Van Dievoet leads Golfweek Conference Challenge". Golfweek. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. "Solheim Cup 1992". aboutgolf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  3. Coat of arms : "van goud, met drie zwaarden van keel, paalswijs geplaatst en gerangschikt, de punt omhoog,met een dwarsbalk van azuur, beladen met drie gerangschikte korengarven van het veld, over alles heen". Wapenboek van de Belgische adel, van de 15de tot de 20ste eeuw.
  4. "Student-Athlete Stories: Elodie Van Dievoet". University of Michigan Development. Retrieved 26 February 2020.