Marie-Laure de Lorenzi

Marie-Laure de Lorenzi
Personal information
Born 21 January 1961
Biarritz, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sporting nationality France
Residence Barcelona, Spain
Career
Turned professional 1986
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour (1987–2004)
Professional wins 21
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour 19 (3rd all-time)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T48: 1989
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open T11: 1989
du Maurier Classic DNP
Women's British Open DNP
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit		 1988, 1989

Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (born 21 January 1961, in Biarritz) is a French professional golfer. She is also known by her married name Marie-Laure Taya, and competed using that name until midway through 1989 when she reverted to her maiden name.

Amateur career

De Lorenzi played for her country in the European Lady Junior's Team Championship, for players up to the age of 21, from she was 14 years old in 1975 until 1982 and was on the winning team in 1979. She also won individually in 1981.

She also represented her country four times at the European Ladies' Team Championship and four times at the Espirito Santo Trophy.

Professional career

De Lorenzi joined the Ladies European Tour in 1987 and won the Order of Merit in 1988 and 1989. In those two years, when she led the rankings, she finished first or second 17 times, when the tour schedules included 46 individual tournaments over the two seasons.

She has become a life member of the tour, having accumulated 19 tournament victories on it.

She played for Europe in the first Solheim Cup, which took place in 1990, and was also a member of the European team in 1996 and 1998. She was assistant captain of the European Solheim Cup team in 2007. She retired from tournament golf in 2004.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (21)

Ladies European Tour wins (19)

Other wins (2)

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also