Perrine Delacour

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Perrine Delacour
Personal information
Born (1994-04-05) 5 April 1994 (age 30)
Laon, France
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of France.svg  France
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Former tour(s) Symetra Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T30: 2020
Women's PGA C'ship T11: 2023
U.S. Women's Open T33: 2023
Women's British Open T21: 2023
Evian Championship T54: 2022
Achievements and awards
Symetra Tour Player of the Year 2019

Perrine Delacour (born 5 April 1994) is a French professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. [1]

Contents

Amateur career

After winning the 2011 French International Ladies Amateur Championship at 17 years of age, Delacour was a member of the French team winning the 2011 European Girls' Team Championship at Is Molas Golf Club on Sardinia, Italy.

The year after, she reached the semi-finals of the 2012 British Ladies Amateur Championship and was part of the French team at the 2012 Espirito Santo Trophy.

She was one of four amateurs to earn LPGA Tour status at Final Stage of Q-School in 2012. [1]

Professional career

In 2013, Delacour was runner-up at the Eagle Classic, 3 strokes behind Christine Song, and at the Symetra Tour Championship. She finished eighth in the Symetra Tour rankings to gain full exemption for the 2014 LPGA Tour. [2] Her best finish in 2014 was T15 at the Women's Australian Open, in 2015 it was a 4th at the Kingsmill Championship, in 2017 a tie for 7th at the Manulife LPGA Classic.

In 2019, ten top-10 finishes, including wins at the Four Winds Invitational and Prasco Charity Championship, helped her win the Symetra Tour Player of the Year and earn promotion to the 2020 LPGA Tour, where she finished 3rd at the Women's Australian Open. [3]

Delacour set a tournament record at Manulife LPGA Classic with a career low round of 62 (−10) in 2017. She qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics along with Céline Boutier. [4]

Amateur wins

Source: [5]

Professional wins (2)

Symetra Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
19 Jun 2019 Four Winds Invitational −9 (75-65-67=207)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jillian Hollis
230 Jun 2019 Prasco Charity Championship −15 (70-64-67=201)7 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Patty Tavatanakit

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship T30CUTT63CUTCUT
U.S. Women's Open T40T33
Women's PGA Championship T49CUTT68T58T46CUTT11
The Evian Championship CUTNTCUTT54CUT
Women's British Open T39T34CUTT21
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nds3rdsTop
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2013 100000MC0n/a75.50n/a
2014 1150000T1540,87712372.72101
2015 11500014105,0488672.8799
2016 520000T459,73616172.86n/a
2017 2070001T798,26110072.38118
2018 20130000T3272,41811272.36107
2019 Did not play
2020 141200113260,7374271.9667
2021 211400014285,8896670.9245
2022 18120000T13166,25610171.4073
2023 232000019616,9664471.2559
Totals^14490001531,656,188217

^ Official as of 2023 season [6] [7] [8]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearWorld
ranking
Source
2013429 [9]
2014370 [10]
2015178 [11]
2016345 [12]
2017267 [13]
2018290 [14]
2019262 [15]
2020103 [16]
2021109 [17]
2022178 [18]
202378 [19]

Team appearances

Source: [5] [20]

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