Perrine Delacour won the Order of Merit of the Symetra Tour, the antechamber of the LPGA, this Sunday. At 25, she returned to the world's elite after a difficult period. Back on this pivotal season in the career of the Frenchwoman.

Symetra Tour: Perrine Delacour enters the Order of Merit

Perrine Delacour - Photo: DR

Twenty contested tournaments, twelve top 15, ten top 10, two victories: Perrine Delacour's balance sheet at the end of the 2019 season on the Symetra Tour is eloquent! By completing this Sunday the last event of the year, the Symetra Tour Championship, with a card of 69 (-3) offering her 14th place at -10, the native of Laon not only signed a new place of honor on the American Second Division, but mostly won the Order of Merit. With $ 125 raised, she ended up with 042 more greenbacks than Thailand's Patty Tavatanakit.

“I'm really happy to get my LPGA Tour card in 2020. It was my goal at the start of the year, and it's great to achieve it. I am proud of myself and I would like to thank everyone who has supported me over the past fifteen months, especially in difficult times, ”said the 25-year-old, who becomes the first French golfer to win the Order of Merit of the Symetra Tour, six years after finishing eighth on his first visit to this circuit. Member of the American elite from 2014 to 2018, five seasons during which she was not spared by injuries, Perrine Delacour will find Céline Boutier there next year.

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