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Marie-Laure de Lorenzi
Personal information
Born	(1961-01-21) 21 January 1961 (age 63) 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 Ladies European Tour Stroke Average trophy 1996, 1997

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. She won 19 tournaments over eleven seasons on the Ladies European Tour, putting her third, later tied third, on the all-time list of number of wins the tour.

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. That means that she finished first or second in 37% of all scheduled tournaments over two full seasons on the tour.

She finished third, after tying the lead after the third round, at the 1989 Women's British Open Championship, before it was permanently co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour in 1994 and regarded as a major championship by the LPGA in 2001.

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

As of 2024, she was tied third with Trish Johnson, after Laura Davies and Dale Reid, on the all-time list of number of wins on the Ladies European Tour.

During her career, de Lorenzi became, and as of 2024 still was, record holder of most wins in a single season, with seven wins in 1988. She also became the record holder of most consecutive wins back-to-back, with 3 wins in three consecutive scheduled tournaments in 1989, when she lost in a playoff in the fourth tournament.

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 invited by captain Micky Walker, to be reserve on site for the European team at the 1994 Solheim Cup in late October at The Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, but decided to decline, due to lost confidence. However, de Lorenzi won the Spanish Open three weeks ahead of the team match.

She was assistant captain of the European Solheim Cup team in 2007.

De Lorenzi announced her retirement from tournament golf in 2004.

Amateur wins

• 1976 French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship
• 1978 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship, French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship
• 1980 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship
• 1983 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship

Professional wins (21)

Ladies European Tour wins (19)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	14 Jun 1987	Belgian Ladies Godiva Open	−7 (72-71-70-72=285)	2 strokes	Trish Johnson Susan Moon
2	9 Aug 1987	BMW Ladies' German Open	−13 (70-70-65-70=275)	5 strokes	Dale Reid
3	12 Jun 1988	Letting French Open	−2 (71-72-75-72=290)	Playoff	Caroline Bourtayre (amateur)
4	19 Jun 1988	Volmac Dutch Open	+7 (75-74-72-74=295)	1 stroke	Kitrina Douglas
5	10 Jul 1988	Hennessy Ladies Cup	−4 (75-72-66-71=284)	1 stroke	Alison Nicholas
6	21 Aug 1988	Gothenburg Ladies Open	−9 (70-70-69-66=275)	3 strokes	Peggy Conley
7	9 Oct 1988	Laing Charity Classic	−16 (67-67-69=203)	7 strokes	Caroline Griffiths
8	30 Oct 1988	Woolmark Ladies' Matchplay	4 and 2		Alison Nicholas
9	3 Nov 1988	Qualitair Spanish Open	−12 (207)	4 strokes	Corinne Soules
10	30 Apr 1989	Ford Ladies' Classic	−10 (286)	8 stroke	Gillian Stewart
11	28 May 1989	Hennessy Ladies Cup	−9 (279)	2 strokes	Corinne Dibnah Jody Rosenthal
12	11 Jun 1989	BMW Ladies Classic	−11 (277)	1 stroke	Dennise Hutton
13	29 Apr 1990	Ford Ladies' Classic	−12 (74-72-68-70=284)	3 strokes	Laurette Maritz
14	24 Oct 1993	VAR Open de France Feminin	+4 (72-79-69=220)	1 stroke	Federica Dassù Karina Orum
15	2 Oct 1994	La Manga Spanish Open	−6 (71-72-68-71=282)	Playoff	Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore
16	13 May 1995	Costa Azul Ladies Open	−11 (72-67-66=205)	2 strokes	Evelyn Orley
17	17 Sep 1995	Staatsloterij Ladies Open	−18 (67-66-68=201)	9 strokes	Lora Fairclough
18	15 Oct 1995	Nestlé French Ladies Open	−9 (71-68-71=210)	10 strokes	Kathryn Marshall Alison Nicholas Sally Prosser
19	15 Jun 1997	Déesse Ladies' Swiss Open	−8 (72-68-70-70=280)	Playoff	Trish Johnson

Ladies European Tour playoff record (3–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1988	Letting French Open	Caroline Bourtayre (amateur)	Won on fourth extra hole.
2	1989	Open de France Dames	Suzanne Strudwick	Lost to birdie at first extra hole.
3	1989	Danish Ladies Open	Tania Abitbol	Lost to par at third extra hole.
4	1989	Godiva Ladies European Masters	Kitrina Douglas	Lost to par at second extra hole.
5	1991	Hennessy Ladies Cup	Helen Alfredsson Corinne Dibnah	Lost. Eliminated to par on first extra hole. Alfredsson won with birdie on third extra hole.
6	1994	La Manga Spanish Open	Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore	Won on second extra hole.
7	1997	Déesse Ladies' Swiss Open	Trish Johnson	Won with birdie at first extra hole

Other wins (2)

• 1988 Benson & Hedges Trophy (with Mark McNulty)
• 1993 Lalla Meryem Cup

Team appearances

Amateur

• European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing France): 1975, 1978, 1979 (winners), 1980, 1981, 1982
• European Ladies' Team Championship (representing France): 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985
• Vagliano Trophy (representing Continent of Europe): 1979
• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing France): 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1990, 1996, 1998
• Sunrise Cup World Team Championship (representing France): 1992
• Praia D'el Rey European Cup (representing Ladies European Tour): 1999 (winners)

See also

• List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins

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External links

• Marie-Laure de Lorenzi at the Ladies European Tour official site
• Marie-Laure de Lorenzi at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)

Marie-Laure de Lorenzi at the Solheim Cup

v t e European Solheim Cup team – 1990 Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Trish Johnson Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Dale Reid Pam Wright Mickey Walker (non-playing captain) Lost: 4.5 – 11.5 v t e European Solheim Cup team – 1996 Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Lisa Hackney Trish Johnson Kathryn Marshall Joanne Morley Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Catrin Nilsmark Dale Reid Annika Sörenstam Mickey Walker (non-playing captain) Lost: 11 – 17 v t e European Solheim Cup team – 1998 Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Sophie Gustafson Lisa Hackney Trish Johnson Catriona Matthew Liselotte Neumann Alison Nicholas Catrin Nilsmark Annika Sörenstam Charlotta Sörenstam Pia Nilsson (non-playing captain) Lost: 12 – 16 v t e European Solheim Cup team – 2007 Becky Brewerton Laura Davies Sophie Gustafson Bettina Hauert Maria Hjorth Trish Johnson Catriona Matthew Gwladys Nocera Suzann Pettersen Annika Sörenstam Iben Tinning Linda Wessberg Helen Alfredsson (non-playing captain) Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (non-playing assistant captain) Lost: 12 – 16

• French female golfers
• Ladies European Tour golfers
• Solheim Cup competitors for Europe
• Sportspeople from Biarritz
• Sportspeople from Barcelona
• 1961 births
• Living people
• 20th-century French women
• 20th-century French sportswomen