Marine Monnet-Melocco (born 1978) is a French

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who played on the

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and

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. She won The Womens Amateur in 1999 and finished third on the LET Order of Merit in

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Amateur career

Monnet won the 1996

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, the 1999

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for France, and the 1999

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representing the Continent of Europe. The same year she crowned her amateur career by winning

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against England's

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Professional career

Ladies European Tour

Monnet turned professional in the end of 1999 and joined the

in 2000. She almost secured a win in her first season. At the

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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

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. 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

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. While a win proved elusive, her many top-10 positions helped her do well in the Order of Merit, finishing third in

, fourth in

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, and seventh in

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. In 2001, she won the

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when it was still a non-LET invitational event. Her best result in an LET Major was a fourth place at the 2001

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, an event co-sanctioned by the

. At the 2003

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, she shot seven consecutive birdies, a LET record. Monnet shot her career first

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at the 2005 Samsung Ladies Masters in Singapore, and won a car.

LPGA Tour

In March 2002, Monnet and

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, then a sophomore at the University of Arizona, received the two sponsor's invites to play the

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at Moon Valley Country Club in Phoenix, Arizona. In October 2002 Monnet earned exempt status on the

by finishing T10 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.

Amateur wins

*1996

*1999

Professional wins

*2001

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing France):

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(winners) *

(representing the Continent of Europe): 1999 (winners) *

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(representing France):

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Monnet, Marine French female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships Golfers from Paris 1978 births Living people