Patricia Meunier-Lebouc

Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
Born (1972-11-16) 16 November 1972
Dijon, France
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality  France
Residence Jupiter, Florida, U.S.
Spouse Antoine Lebouc
Children Phildine Pearl
Career
Turned professional 1994
Retired 2008
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour (1994-2007)
LPGA Tour (2001-08)
Professional wins 8
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 2
Ladies European Tour 5
Other 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
ANA Inspiration 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

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.

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 2001 rookie year she recorded two top-10 finishes. She won the 2002 State Farm Classic[1] and the 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship, which is on one of the LPGA majors. Meunier-Lebouc was also the leader at the 54-hole mark[2] of the 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open before finishing in solo fifth place.[3] In 2004, gave birth to her first child, daughter Phildine Pearl.

In 2000 she became the first French player to compete in the Solheim Cup, and she was also a member of the European Team in 2003.

Meunier-Lebouc retired from playing professional golf in 2009.[4] She became a golf instructor at the Ibis Golf & Country Club in 2010.[5]

Professional wins (8)

LPGA Tour (2)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 1 Sep 2002 State Farm Classic −18 (64-67-72-67=270) 2 strokes South Korea Mi-Hyun Kim
South Korea Se Ri Pak
2 30 Mar 2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship −7 (70-68-70-73=281) 1 stroke Sweden Annika Sörenstam

Ladies European Tour (5)

Other wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2003 Kraft Nabisco Championship −7 (70-68-70-73=281)1 strokeSweden Annika Sörenstam

Results timeline

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

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

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

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

Professional

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. ↑ Meunier-Lebouc 18 under; Klein gets Solheim berth
  2. ↑ Meunier-Lebouc takes Brit Open lead
  3. ↑ 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open results
  4. ↑ Giving Back: Major winner Patricia Meunier-Lebouc now coaching
  5. ↑ Ibis Golf Instruction

External links

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