Patricia Meunier-Lebouc

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| birth_place = Dijon, France

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| nationality = {{FRA}}

| residence = Jupiter, Florida, U.S.

| spouse = Antoine Lebouc

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| children = Phildine Pearl

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| yearpro = 1994

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| extour = Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour

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| nabisco = Won: 2003

| lpga = T11: 2003

| wusopen = T10: 2006

| dumaurier = DNP

| wbritopen = 5th: 2003

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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 rookie year in 2001, Meunier-Lebouc recorded two top-ten finishes, then won the State Farm Classic in 2002,[https://www.espn.com/golf/story?id=1426010 Meunier-Lebouc 18 under; Klein gets Solheim berth] and the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2003, a major title. She was the 54-hole leader at the 2003 Women's British Open,[https://www.espn.com/golf/story?id=1588972 Meunier-Lebouc takes Brit Open lead] but finished in solo fifth place.[http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?year=2003&tour=LPGA&tournament=Ricoh+Women%27s+British+Open 2003 Weetabix Women's British Open results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064136/http://www.golfobserver.com/new/golfstats.php?year=2003&tour=LPGA&tournament=Ricoh+Women's+British+Open |date=2016-03-04 }} In February 2004, she gave birth to her first child, daughter Phildine Pearl, and opted not to defend her title at the 2004 Kraft Nabisco Championship in late March.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-feb-26-sp-golfnotes26-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |last=Bonk |first=Thomas |title=There's no defense for new mother |date=February 26, 2004 |access-date=April 6, 2019}}

In 2000, Meunier-Lebouc became the first French player to compete in the Solheim Cup, and returned in 2003.

Meunier-Lebouc retired from playing professional golf in 2009,[http://thegolfnewsnet.com/john_lahtinen/2013/08/29/giving-back-major-winner-patricia-meunier-lebouc-coaching-4351/ Giving Back: Major winner Patricia Meunier-Lebouc now coaching] and became a golf instructor at the Ibis Golf & Country Club in 2010.[http://www.ibisgolf.com/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?NS=GOLF&DN=GINSTRUCTION Ibis Golf Instruction] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910015536/http://www.ibisgolf.com/club/scripts/library/view_document.asp?NS=GOLF&DN=GINSTRUCTION |date=2013-09-10 }}

Professional wins (9)

=LPGA Tour wins (2)=

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! Legend

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|LPGA Tour major championships (1)

Other LPGA Tour (1)

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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner(s)-up

|1 Sep 2002

|State Farm Classic

|−18 (64-67-72-67=270)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Mi-Hyun Kim
{{flagicon|KOR}} Se Ri Pak

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|30 Mar 2003

|Kraft Nabisco Championship

|−7 (70-68-70-73=281)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam

=Ladies European Tour wins (5)=

1994 (1) Waterford Dairies Ladies' 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)

=Legends of the LPGA wins (1)=

2023 BJ's Charity Championship (with Jane Blalock)

Major championships

=Wins (1)=

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!Year!!Championship!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up

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| 2003

Kraft Nabisco Championship

−7 (70-68-70-73=281)

1 stroke

{{flagicon|SWE}} Annika Sörenstam

=Results timeline=

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!Tournament !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009

align=left|Kraft Nabisco Championship

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|CUT

|T29

|CUT

|WD

align=left|LPGA Championship

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|T61

|T11

|T30

|CUT

|T81

|CUT

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align=left|U.S. Women's Open

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|63

|T13

|CUT

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

|CUT

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align=left|Women's British Open

|T64

|T24

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|T38

|CUT

|T42

|CUT

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CUT = missed the half-way cut

WD = withdrew

"T" = tied

=Summary=

Totals	1	0	0	2	3	7	27	15
class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
align=left\|Kraft Nabisco Championship	1	0	0	1	1	1	6	2
align=left\|LPGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4
align=left\|U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	4
align=left\|Women's British Open	0	0	0	1	1	2	7	5