Lucie Malchirand (born 21 February 2003) is a French

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and

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player. In 2021 she won the Ladies Italian Open as an 18 year old amateur.

Amateur career

Malchirand had a successful amateur career and reached number 10 in the

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. She won the Grand Prix de ligue PACA Dames in 2018 and 2020, the International Juniors of Belgium in 2018 and Internationaux de France U21 - Trophee Esmond in 2019. She finished second in the 2020

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in Florida. She was runner-up at the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship in 2019 and won the event in 2021. She represented France at the 2017 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup and at the

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three times. She played for Europe in the 2019

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at Gleneagles and was part of the winning

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team in 2019. Malchirand made her major debut at the 2020 U.S. Women's Open by virtue of being number 14 in the

Professional career

Malchirand turned professional and joined the

after she won the 2021 Ladies Italian Open. She won by one stroke following back-to-back birdies on the final two holes, after she received an invitation to the event having won the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship two weeks earlier. She received an invitation to the 2021 Evian Championship, where she made the cut. In 2024, Malchirand won the Santander Golf Tour Sevilla, held at Zaudín Golf Club, after a final round of 63 strokes (-8), to force the Spanish players to settle for second and third place.

Amateur wins (6)

*2018 Grand Prix de ligue PACA Dames, International Juniors of Belgium *2019 Internationaux de France U21 - Trophee Esmond *2020 Grand Prix de ligue PACA Dames, GTGA Invitational *2021 Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship

Professional wins (3)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

Sunshine Ladies Tour wins (1)

Santander Golf Tour wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing France): 2016, 2018, 2019 * Toyota Junior Golf World Cup (representing France): 2017 *

(representing the Continent of Europe): 2019 (winners) *

(representing Europe): 2019 *

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(representing France):

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