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Virginie Lagoutte-Clément

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Virginie Lagoutte-Clément
Lagoutte-Clément in 2010
Personal information
NicknameVivi
Born (1979-02-02) 2 February 1979 (age 45)
Montélimar, France
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationality France
ResidenceMontélimar, France
Career
Turned professional2003
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenT16: 2007

Virginie Lagoutte-Clément (born 2 February 1979) is a French professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour for ten seasons 2004–2013 and won three titles.[1]

Career

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Lagoutte turned professional in late 2003 and joined the Ladies European Tour (LET) in 2004. She competed as Virginie Lagoutte until her marriage to Sebastien Clément, her caddie, in December 2006.[2]

Lagoutte played on the LET for ten seasons from 2004 to 2013, and won three titles, the 2005 KLM Ladies Open, the 2006 Finnair Masters, and the 2010 Ladies Scottish Open. She was also runner-up at the EMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters and KLM Ladies Open in 2007, as well as the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open and Tenerife Ladies Open in 2010.[1] She finished a career-best 6th on the Money List in 2010 with a total of six top-5 finishes, and was in contention for a spot at the 2011 Solheim Cup.[3]

Lagoutte recorded her best major result at the 2007 Women's British Open at the Old Course at St Andrews, where she tied for 16th place.[4]

In 2008, she represented France alongside Gwladys Nocera at the fourth Women's World Cup of Golf in Sun City, South Africa.[5]

Professional wins (3)

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Ladies European Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 18 Sep 2005 KLM Ladies Open 215 −1 Playoff Wales Eleanor Pilgrim
2 3 Sep 2006 Finnair Masters 203 −10 2 strokes Sweden Elin Ohlsson
3 20 Aug 2010 Ladies Scottish Open 217 +1 1 stroke England Trish Johnson
South Africa Lee-Anne Pace
England Sophie Walker

LET playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2005 KLM Ladies Open Wales Eleanor Pilgrim Won at the second playoff hole

Team appearances

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Professional

Results in LPGA majors

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Played only in the Women's British Open.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Women's British Open T16 CUT T64
  Did not play

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "LET Media Guide 2012". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  2. ^ Charpenet, David (12 December 2012). "Lagoutte-Clément : « J'ai pensé mettre un terme à ma carrière ! »". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Virginie Lagoutte-Clement shoots for Solheim Cup spot". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  4. ^ "2007 Women's British Open final round scores". Reuters. 9 August 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Philippines wins Women's World Cup of Golf over South Korea". The New York Times. 20 January 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
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