Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (born 5 July 2000) is a French professional golfer. She was number one in the

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for 34 weeks in 2020.

Amateur career

Roussin represented the French National Team from age 14 and won the 2015

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both individually and with her team. She played in two Espirito Santo Trophies (

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and

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) and six

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and

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s, winning silver in 2018. She representied Europe at the 2016

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and was on the winning

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team in 2019. She won the

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with the international team. Roussin enrolled at the

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in 2019 to play golf with the

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. She had the best season for a freshman in program history and won five times in her first two years. Roussin won the Spanish International Stroke Play and

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in 2016, and the Grand Prix de Valcros in 2017. In 2018 she was runner-up at the Swiss International Ladies Championship and Grand Prix de ligue PACA Dames, and won the Grand Prix de Valgarde. In 2019, she won

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with France. She played in the

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event

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and was one stroke clear of the field heading into the final round, finishing runner-up as England's

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won by one shot. The top two finish qualified her for the 2019 Evian Championship. Roussin reached number 1 in the

in January 2020. She made her U.S. Open debut at the 2020 U.S. Women's Open by virtue of her WAGR rank. She made the cut and finished T46.

Professional career

Roussin turned professional in August 2021 and claimed a victory in just her second event as a professional, the

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on the

, two weeks after she ended life as an amateur, where she shot a second round of 60 (−9). Roussin earned her card for the 2022

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through

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Amateur wins

*2015 Grand Prix de Valcros,

(individual) *2016 Spanish International Stroke Play,

*2017 Grand Prix de Valcros *2018 Grand Prix de Valgarde *2019 Windy City Collegiate Championship, Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship, Grand Prix de ligue PACA Dames, Italian International Ladies Amateur Championship *2020 The Ally *2021 Moon Golf Invitational, Valspar Augusta Invitational, SEC Women's Golf Championship

Professional wins (2)

Ladies European Tour wins (2)

Results in LPGA majors

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

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2025 Chevron - 2025 Women's PGA, current) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (once, current)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing France): 2015 (winners) *

(representing Europe): 2016 *

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(representing France):

(representing France): 2016, 2017 *

(representing France):

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(representing France): 2019 (winners) *

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

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(winners),

References

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