Patricia Meunier-Lebouc

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Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
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Personal information
Full namePatricia Meunier-Lebouc
Born (1972-11-16) 16 November 1972 (age 52)
Dijon, France
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of France.svg  France
Residence Jupiter, Florida, U.S.
SpouseAntoine Lebouc
ChildrenPhildine Pearl
Career
Turned professional1994
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins9
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Ladies European Tour5
Other2
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
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 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.

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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.

In her rookie year in 2001, Meunier-Lebouc recorded two top-ten finishes, then won the State Farm Classic in 2002, [1] and the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2003, a major title. She was the 54-hole leader at the 2003 Women's British Open, [2] but finished in solo fifth place. [3] 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. [4]

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, [5] and became a golf instructor at the Ibis Golf & Country Club in 2010. [6]

Professional wins (9)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
11 Sep 2002 State Farm Classic −18 (64-67-72-67=270)2 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Mi-Hyun Kim
Flag of South Korea.svg Se Ri Pak
230 Mar 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship −7 (70-68-70-73=281)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam

Ladies European Tour wins (5)

Other wins (1)

Legends of the LPGA wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship −7 (70-68-70-73=281)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam

Results timeline

Tournament200120022003200420052006200720082009
Kraft Nabisco Championship 1CUTT29CUTWDWD
LPGA Championship T61T11T30CUTCUTT81CUT
U.S. Women's Open 63T13T13CUTT10CUTCUT
Women's British Open T64T245T38CUTT42CUT
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Kraft Nabisco Championship 10011162
LPGA Championship 00000174
U.S. Women's Open 00001374
Women's British Open 00011275
Totals1002372715

LPGA Tour career summary

YearMajorsOther winsLPGA winsEarnings ($)Money list rankAverage
2001000108,0008272.53
2002011354,1752872.14
2003101688,0721470.75
2004 000319,0703771.49
2005 00061,07410373.49

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches
Total
W-L-H
Singles
W-L-H
Foursomes
W-L-H
Fourballs
W-L-H
Points
won
Points
%
Career42-1-11-1-00-0-01-0-12.562.5%
2000 20-1-10-1-0 lost to M. Mallon 1dn0-0-1 halved w/L. Neumann0.525%
2003 22-0-01-0-0 def K. Robbins conceded on 121-0-0 won w/S. Pettersen 3&22100%

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References

  1. Meunier-Lebouc 18 under; Klein gets Solheim berth
  2. Meunier-Lebouc takes Brit Open lead
  3. 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open results Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Bonk, Thomas (26 February 2004). "There's no defense for new mother". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  5. Giving Back: Major winner Patricia Meunier-Lebouc now coaching
  6. Ibis Golf Instruction Archived 2013-09-10 at the Wayback Machine