Marine Monnet-Melocco (born 1978) is a French professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She won The Womens Amateur in 1999 and finished third on the LET Order of Merit in 2000.
| Marine Monnet-Melocco | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 1978 Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, Paris, France |
| Sporting nationality |  France |
| Residence | France |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1999 |
| Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (2000–2005) LPGA Tour (2003) |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | T72: 2001 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2001 |
| Women's British Open | T18: 2002 |
Amateur career
editMonnet won the 1996 Girls Amateur Championship, the 1999 European Ladies' Team Championship for France, and the 1999 Vagliano Trophy representing the Continent of Europe. The same year she crowned her amateur career by winning The Womens Amateur Championship against England's Rebecca Hudson.[1]
Professional career
editLadies European Tour
editMonnet turned professional in the end of 1999 and joined the Ladies European Tour in 2000.[2] She almost secured a win in her first season. At the Ladies Irish Open she had a four stroke lead after the penultimate round, but after a final round of 74 she had to settle for runner-up, one stroke behind Sophie Gustafson.[3] This was the closest Monnet ever came to a LET victory, over her six LET seasons she finished third eight times; at the Marrakech Palmeraie Open, Ladies Hannover Expo 2000 Open, Kronenbourg 1664 Chart Hills Classic, P4 Norwegian Masters, Arras Open de France Dames, Tenerife Ladies Open, KLM Ladies Open and the Open de España Femenino. While a win proved elusive, her many top-10 positions helped her do well in the Order of Merit, finishing third in 2000, fourth in 2001, and seventh in 2002.[4]
In 2001, she won the Lalla Meryem Cup when it was still a non-LET invitational event.[5]
Her best result in an LET Major was a fourth place at the 2001 Evian Masters, an event co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.[6]
At the 2003 Women's Australian Open, she shot seven consecutive birdies, a LET record.[7]
Monnet shot her career first hole-in-one at the 2005 Samsung Ladies Masters in Singapore, and won a car.[8]
LPGA Tour
editIn March 2002, Monnet and Lorena Ochoa, then a sophomore at the University of Arizona, received the two sponsor's invites to play the PING Banner Health at Moon Valley Country Club in Phoenix, Arizona.[9] In October 2002 Monnet earned exempt status on the LPGA Tour by finishing T10 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.[10]
Amateur wins
editProfessional wins
edit- 2001 Lalla Meryem Cup
Results in LPGA majors
edit| ! Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | T72 | ||||
| LPGA Championship | |||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | ||||
| Women's British Open | T56 | T18 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances
editAmateur
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing France): 1999 (winners)
- Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1999 (winners)
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing France): 1996, 1998
References
edit- ^ "Marine Monnet". Where2golf. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ Aragon, Jean-Louis (19 June 2001). "Marine Monnet, golfeuse libre et rebelle". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ O'Rorke, Terrence (11 June 2000). "Monnet Four up After Three". Golfmagic. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "2013 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. p. 163. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "2001 Evian Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "2009 Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ Park, Martin (3 February 2005). "Blomqvist One Back Monnet-Melocco Wins Car". Golf Channel. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Ms 59 Returns to the Site of Her Success". Golfchannel. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "LPGA Qualifying School final-round scores". ESPN. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
External links
edit- Marine Monnet at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Marine Monnet at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)