Patricia Meunier-Lebouc

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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)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	Won: 2003
LPGA Championship	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)

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

LPGA majors is shown in bold.

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 timeilne

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

Starts – 26
Wins – 1
2nd place finishes – 0
3rd place finishes – 0
Top 3 finishes – 1
Top 5 finishes – 2
Top 10 finishes – 3
Top 25 finishes – 7
Missed cuts – 10
Most consecutive cuts made – 11
Longest streak of top-10s – 1

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%

References

External links

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

v t e Dinah Shore/Kraft Nabisco Championship champions

1983 Amy Alcott 1984 Juli Inkster† 1985 Alice Miller 1986‡ Pat Bradley 1987‡ Betsy King 1988 Amy Alcott 1989‡ Juli Inkster 1990 Betsy King† 1991‡ Amy Alcott 1992 Dottie Mochrie† 1993 Helen Alfredsson 1994 Donna Andrews 1995 Nanci Bowen 1996 Patty Sheehan 1997 Betsy King 1998‡ Pat Hurst 1999 Dottie Pepper 2000‡ Karrie Webb 2001 Annika Sörenstam 2002 Annika Sörenstam 2003 Patricia Meunier-Lebouc 2004 Grace Park 2005 Annika Sörenstam 2006 Karrie Webb† 2007 Morgan Pressel 2008 Lorena Ochoa 2009 Brittany Lincicome 2010 Yani Tseng 2011 Stacy Lewis 2012 Sun-Young Yoo† 2013 Inbee Park

† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire

v t e European Solheim Cup team – 2000

Helen Alfredsson Raquel Carriedo Laura Davies Sophie Gustafson Trish Johnson Carin Koch Patricia Meunier-Lebouc Janice Moodie Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Catrin Nilsmark Annika Sörenstam Dale Reid (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 – 11.5

v t e European Solheim Cup team – 2003

Laura Davies Elisabeth Esterl Sophie Gustafson Carin Koch Catriona Matthew Mhairi McKay Patricia Meunier-Lebouc Janice Moodie Suzann Pettersen Ana-Belen Sánchez Annika Sörenstam Iben Tinning Catrin Nilsmark (non-playing captain)

Won: 17.5 – 10.5

Persondata
Name	Meunier-Lebouc, Patricia
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	16 November 1972
Place of birth	Dijon, France
Date of death
Place of death

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