Agathe Laisné (born 26 May 1999) is a French

professional golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit a ball into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

er who has played on the

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and

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. She won the 2017 European Ladies Amateur and the 2023

Florida's Natural Charity Classic The Central Florida Championship is an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Epson Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. The event has been played at the Country Club of Winter Haven in Winter Haven, Florida since 2017. From ...

Amateur career

Laisné was born in

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and played for the French National Team since the age of 13. She represented France at the 2015

Junior Golf World Cup The Toyota Junior Golf World Cup () is a junior golf championship held each summer in Japan for national teams of golfers 18 and under from around the globe. Qualifying events are held on six continents to determine the 12 boys’ teams and nine g ...

, the

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

and

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, the

European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pl ...

four times and the

European Girls' Team Championship The European Girls' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women up to 18 organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1991. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 1999 and has bee ...

three times, winning the event in 2014. She also represented Europe at the

Junior Vagliano Trophy The Junior Vagliano Trophy is an annual girls amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". The first event ...

and the

Junior Solheim Cup The Junior Solheim Cup is a version of the Solheim Cup for girls aged 12 to 18. It was inaugurated in 2002. It is currently officially called the Ping (golf), PING Junior Solheim Cup. The Junior Solheim Cup follows a similar format to The Solheim ...

in 2015. Laisné excelled individually and in 2013 won the Belgian International Under 18, in 2014 the Championnat de France des Jeunes Minimes (Girls 15-16), Total International Juniors of Belgium, and the European Ladies Club Trophy. In 2015 she tied for second at the 2015 Orange Bowl and in 2016 she won the Coupe Didier Illouz. She received one of the four invitations for the

2015 Evian Championship The 2015 Evian Championship was played 10–13 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 22nd Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the third as a major championship on the LPGA ...

and again for the 2017 Evian Championship. In 2017 she won the European Ladies Amateur by one stroke ahead of

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, and two strokes ahead of Morgane Metraux, to also qualify for the 2018 Women's British Open. In 2020 she won both the Grand Prix du Medoc and Grand Prix de Saint Germain. Laisné attended the

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2017–2021 where she majored in finance and played with Texas Longhorns women's golf. She won the 2019

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Championship, becoming the third person in University of Texas history to claim the Big 12 title. She was an

Arnold Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup is an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers. It is named for Arnold Palmer. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The ...

International team member in

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and

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. After a pair of victories in the

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, the Santander Golf Tour Lauro in Spain and Lavaux Ladies Open in Switzerland, Laisné surged to number 13 in the Women's

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, to qualify for the 2020 U.S. Women's Open. She finished third at the 2020 European Ladies Amateur, one stroke away from playoff.

Professional career

Laisné turned professional in October 2021. She earned her card for the 2022

through

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. In her rookie season, she made 3 cuts in 18 starts with a best finish of T16 at the Palos Verdes Championship. She also made her first cut in a major, at the

2022 Evian Championship The 2022 Evian Championship was played 21–24 July at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 28th Evian Championship (the first 20 played as the Evian Masters), and the ninth as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. T ...

. Relegated to the

Epson Tour The Epson Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour, and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed Futures Tour and between 2012 and 2021 as the Symetra Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour ...

for 2023, Laisné won the

, the first event of the season. She shot a bogey-free 66 to come from six shots back to join a playoff with

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and

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, and won with a birdie on the first playoff hole. Laisné earned her card for the 2025

at Q-School where she tied for 19th.

Amateur wins

*2013 Belgian International Under 18 *2014 Championnat de France des Jeunes Minimes (Girls 15-16), Total International Juniors of Belgium, European Ladies Club Trophy *2016 Coupe Didier Illouz *2017 European Ladies Amateur *2019 Big 12 Championship (individual) *2020 Grand Prix du Medoc, Grand Prix de Saint Germain Source:

Professional wins (3)

Epson Tour wins (1)

LET Access Series wins (2)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing the Continent of Europe): 2015 (winners) *

(representing Europe): 2015 * Toyota Junior Golf World Cup (representing France): 2015 *

(representing France):

(representing France): 2014 (winners), 2015, 2017 *

(representing France):

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(representing the International team):

(winners),

Source:

References

External links

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