Virginie Lagoutte-Clément

French professional golfer

Virginie Lagoutte-Clément
Lagoutte-Clément in 2010
Personal information
Nickname	Vivi
Born	(1979-02-02) 2 February 1979 (age 45) Montélimar, France
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationality	France
Residence	Montélimar, France
Career
Turned professional	2003
Former tour(s)	Ladies European Tour
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour	3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	DNP
Women's PGA C'ship	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	DNP
Women's British Open	T16: 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

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)

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

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

LET playoff record (1–0)

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

Team appearances

Professional

World Cup (representing France): 2008

Results in LPGA majors

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

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