Patricia Meunier-Lebouc

Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
Personal information
Full name	Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
Born	(1972-11-16) 16 November 1972 (age 52) Dijon, France
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality	France
Residence	Jupiter, Florida, U.S.
Spouse	Antoine Lebouc
Children	Phildine Pearl
Career
Turned professional	1994
Former tour(s)	Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour
Professional wins	9
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
Ladies European Tour	5
Other	2
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1)
Chevron Championship	Won: 2003
Women's PGA C'ship	T11: 2003
U.S. Women's Open	T10: 2006
du Maurier Classic	DNP
Women's British Open	5th: 2003
Medal record Mediterranean Games 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Women's team

Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (born 16 November 1972) is a French former professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Her birth name was Meunier and she is married to Antoine Lebouc, a French professional golfer who played on the European Tour in the 1990s. ^[1]

Amateur career

Meunier was born in Dijon, France. 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 and initially played on the Ladies European Tour, gaining her maiden victory in her rookie season at the Waterford English Open. She has won 5 more times on the LET and finished in the top 10 in the Order of Merit in 1997 and 2000. She qualified for the LPGA Tour by tying for 27th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2001 season. ^[2]

In her rookie year in 2001, Meunier-Lebouc recorded two top-ten finishes, then won the State Farm Classic in 2002, ^[3] and the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2003, a major title. She was the 54-hole leader at the 2003 Women's British Open, ^[4] but finished in solo fifth place. ^[5] 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. ^[6]

In 2000, Meunier-Lebouc became the first French player to compete in the Solheim Cup, and returned in 2003.

Meunier-Lebouc retired from playing professional golf in 2009, ^[7] and became a golf instructor at the Ibis Golf & Country Club in 2010. ^[8]

Professional wins (9)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1 Sep 2002	State Farm Classic	−18 (64-67-72-67=270)	2 strokes	Mi-Hyun Kim Se Ri Pak
2	30 Mar 2003	Kraft Nabisco Championship	−7 (70-68-70-73=281)	1 stroke	Annika Sörenstam

Ladies European Tour wins (5)

• 1994 (1) Waterford Dairies Ladies' English Open
• 1997 (1) Guardian Irish Open
• 1998 (1) Air France Madame Open
• 2000 (2) Open de France Dames, Ladies Austrian Open

Other wins (1)

• 1997 (1) Praia D'el Rey European Cup (team competition)

Legends of the LPGA wins (1)

• 2023 BJ's Charity Championship (with Jane Blalock)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2003	Kraft Nabisco Championship	−7 (70-68-70-73=281)	1 stroke	Annika Sörenstam

Results timeline

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship			1		CUT	T29	CUT	WD	WD
LPGA Championship		T61	T11	T30	CUT	CUT	T81	CUT
U.S. Women's Open		63	T13	T13	CUT	T10	CUT	CUT
Women's British Open	T64	T24	5	T38	CUT	T42	CUT

  Win

  Top 10

  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Kraft Nabisco Championship	1	0	0	1	1	1	6	2
LPGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4
U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	4
Women's British Open	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	5
Totals	1	0	0	2	3	7	27	15

• Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (2001 British – 2004 British)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Majors	Other wins	LPGA wins	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Average
2001	0	0	0	108,000	82	72.53
2002	0	1	1	354,175	28	72.14
2003	1	0	1	688,072	14	70.75
2004	0	0	0	319,070	37	71.49
2005	0	0	0	61,074	103	73.49

Team appearances

Amateur

• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing France): 1992
• European Ladies' Team Championship (representing France): 1993

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2000 (winners), 2003 (winners)
• World Cup (representing France): 2005

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	Foursomes W-L-H	Fourballs W-L-H	Points won	Points %
Career	4	2-1-1	1-1-0	0-0-0	1-0-1	2.5	62.5%
2000	2	0-1-1	0-1-0 lost to M. Mallon 1dn		0-0-1 halved w/L. Neumann	0.5	25%
2003	2	2-0-0	1-0-0 def K. Robbins conceded on 12		1-0-0 won w/S. Pettersen 3&2	2	100%

References

1. George, Jane (June 2010). "'Ladies First'?: Establishing a Place for Women Golfers in British Golf Clubs, 1867–1914" . Sport in History. 30 (2): 288–308. doi:10.1080/17460263.2010.481211. ISSN   1746-0263.
2. Hobson, Gordon (2024), "9. The Ryder Cup", Calvin Peete, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 63–72, ISBN   978-1-5381-8686-2 , retrieved 7 September 2025
3. Meunier-Lebouc 18 under; Klein gets Solheim berth
4. Meunier-Lebouc takes Brit Open lead
5. 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
6. Bonk, Thomas (26 February 2004). "There's no defense for new mother". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
7. Giving Back: Major winner Patricia Meunier-Lebouc now coaching
8. Ibis Golf Instruction Archived 2013-09-10 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website
• Patricia Meunier-Lebouc at the LPGA Tour official site
• Patricia Meunier-Lebouc at the Legends Tour official site