Sophie Giquel-Bettan
Personal information
Born (1982-07-12) 12 July 1982
Ploërmel, France
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sporting nationality France
ResidenceFrance
Career
Turned professional2003
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour (2004–2018)
LPGA Tour (2008–2009)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipT34: 2008
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipT38: 2014
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place2001 TunisWomen's team
Gold medal – first place2001 TunisIndividual

Sophie Giquel-Bettan (born 12 July 1982) is a retired French professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour and the U.S-based LPGA Tour. She won the 2007 Ladies Open of Portugal.[1]

Personal life and amateur career

Born Sophie Giquel in 1982 in Ploërmel, Brittany, she won the individual gold at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis and represented the Continent of Europe at the 2003 Vagliano Trophy held at County Louth Golf Club, Ireland.[2]

In 2003, she lost the final of the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship to María Hernández, 2 and 1.

She married Axel Bettan, her caddie, in 2006 and changed her name to Giquel-Bettan.[3] Her closest friends on tour were Marine Monnet, Linda Wessberg, Diana Luna and Patricia Meunier-Lebouc, who helped her settle on the LPGA Tour.[4]

Professional career

Giquel-Bettan finished runner-up behind Bettina Hauert of Germany at the 2003 Ladies European Tour Qualifying School and turned professional. In 2006, she was runner-up at the Ladies Italian Open, two strokes behind compatriot Gwladys Nocera, and finished a career-high 13th on the LET Order of Merit.[1]

In 2007, she won her maiden professional title at the Ladies Open of Portugal, two strokes ahead of Louise Stahle of Sweden.[5]

Giquel-Bettan played mainly on the LPGA Tour in 2008 and 2009, with best result a T11 finish at the 2008 Corona Championship, and a T34 finish at the Women's PGA Championship, her best finish in a major.[5]

Back on the LET, in 2011 she was tied for fourth at the Finnair Masters and runner-up at the Ladies Swiss Open, one stroke behind Diana Luna of Italy, ending the season 22nd on the Order of Merit. In 2014, she finished third at the Lalla Meryem Cup, T4 at the Sberbank Golf Masters and T38 at the Women's British Open, to rise to 168th in the Women's World Golf Rankings.[6]

She retired from tour in 2018, but stayed on the LET board, joining Canal Plus as a golf commentator.[4]

Professional wins (3)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner-up
1 1 Jul 2007 Ladies Open of Portugal 70-67-69=206 −10 2 strokes Sweden Louise Stahle

LET Access Series wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner-up
1 23 Mar 2013 Terre Blanche Ladies Open 72-70-69=211 −8 4 strokes Spain Patricia Sanz Barrio
2 18 Apr 2015 Open Generali de Dinard 70-66-71=207 −9 1 stroke Spain Virginia Espejo

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament20042005200620072008200920102011201220132014
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship T34 CUT
Women's British Open CUT CUT CUT T59 CUT T38
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. 1 2 "2012 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "Sophie Giquel-Bettan". Le Figaro. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Nocera and Giquel tied for the lead in Catalonia". Ladeis European Tour. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  4. 1 2 "New projects for Sophie Giquel-Bettan". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Sophie Giquel-Bettan". Golfdata. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Sophie Giquel-Bettan". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
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