Florence Descampe

Florence Descampe
Florence Descampe
Personal information
Born	1 September 1969 (age 55)
Sporting nationality	Belgium
Spouse	Daniel van Dievoet (1963–2011)
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	Ladies European Tour; LPGA Tour
Professional wins	7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
Ladies European Tour	6
Best results in LPGA major championships;
Chevron Championship	T49: 1993
Women's PGA C'ship	CUT: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
U.S. Women's Open	T45: 1993
du Maurier Classic	T6: 1992
Women's British Open	CUT: 2003

Florence Descampe (born 1 September 1969) is a veteran professional golfer from Brussels, Belgium who played on the United States-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

Career

Descampe had seven worldwide victories during her career including a win at the 1992 McCall's LPGA Classic on the LPGA Tour. Until Paula Creamer's win at the 2005 Evian Masters, she held the record as the LET's youngest winner after clinching the 1988 Danish Ladies Open.

Descampe was a member of the 1992 European Solheim Cup team.^[1]

Personal life

She was born into the noble Descampe family^[2] and is a member of the Van Dievoet family through her marriage with Daniel van Dievoet (1963-2011), with whom she had three children: Élodie, a student-athlete golfer at the University of Michigan,^[3] Maxence, and Alban.

Professional wins (7)

LPGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	9 Aug 1992	McCall's LPGA Classic	–6 (73-69-69-67=278)	2 strokes	Dottie Mochrie

Ladies European Tour (6)

1988 (1) Danish Ladies Open
1990 (3) Valextra Classic, Italian Ladies' Open, Woolmark Ladies' Matchplay
1991 (1) Lufthansa Ladies' German Open
1994 (1) OVB Damen Open Austria

Team appearances

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1992 (winners)

References

^ "Solheim Cup 1992". aboutgolf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ Coat of arms : "van goud, met drie zwaarden van keel, paalswijs geplaatst en gerangschikt, de punt omhoog,met een dwarsbalk van azuur, beladen met drie gerangschikte korengarven van het veld, over alles heen". Wapenboek van de Belgische adel, van de 15de tot de 20ste eeuw.
^ "Student-Athlete Stories: Elodie Van Dievoet". University of Michigan Development. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

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[Sol-1] "Solheim Cup 1992". aboutgolf.com. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

[2] Coat of arms : "van goud, met drie zwaarden van keel, paalswijs geplaatst en gerangschikt, de punt omhoog,met een dwarsbalk van azuur, beladen met drie gerangschikte korengarven van het veld, over alles heen". Wapenboek van de Belgische adel, van de 15de tot de 20ste eeuw.

[3] "Student-Athlete Stories: Elodie Van Dievoet". University of Michigan Development. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

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