Patricia Meunier-Lebouc
Age: 51
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 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 of the 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open before finishing in solo fifth place. 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. She became a golf instructor at the Ibis Golf & Country Club in 2010.
Professional wins (8)
LPGA Tour (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 (5)
- 1994 (1) Waterford 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)
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 | 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 |
- 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
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% |