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.[1]
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.[2][3][4][5][6]
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.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
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.
^Montgomery, Barbro (August 1978). "Europamästare! "Tacka Thure för första fullträffen", JEM i siffror" [European Champions! "Thank Thure for the first win", European Lady Junior's Team Championship in numbers]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6/1978. pp. 56–57. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
^Nordlund, Anders (September 1979). "Flickorna i final igen men nu vann Frankrike, JEM i siffror" [The girls in the final again but this time France won, European Lady Junior's Team Championship in numbers]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 7/1979. pp. 25–26. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
^"Fin fjärdeplats för flickornas nya JEM-lag" [Fine fourth place finish for the girls new team at the European Lady Junior's Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6/1980. August 1980. pp. 32, 68. Retrieved 2022-12-25.
^Nordlund, Anders (September 1981). "Andra EM-guldet på en månad! JEM i siffror" [The second European gold in a month! European Lady Junior's Team Championship in numbers]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6/1981. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
^Nordlund, Anders (August 1979). "EM-glädjen som kom av sig" [The joy that finished]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 28–29, 31. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
^Nordlund, Anders (August 1981). "Allt började så illa, men slutade i EM-guld" [It all began so bad, but ended in European Championship gold]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 12–15. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^Nordlund, Anders (August 1983). "Drömmar om silver och guld slutade med brons" [Dreams about silver and gold ended with bronz]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. pp. 30–32. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^"Facit -87, Europa-touren, damer, WPGA" [Season 1987, European Tour, Ladies, WPGA]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1987. p. 67. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
^"Facit -88, Europa-touren, damer, WPG" [Season 1988, European Tour, Ladies, WPG]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 12. December 1988. p. 67. Retrieved 21 September 2023.