Jeanne-Marie Busuttil
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Jeanne-Marie Busuttil is a former professional golfer
from France who was a member of the LPGA Tour in the early 2000s.
and the Arizona State University
, playing on teams for both schools. Busuttil won the French Junior Championship in 1991 and became a member of the French National team from 1993 to 1997. While at Arizona State University, she won two collegiate tournaments: the 1996 NCAA East Regional and the 1995 South Carolina Invitational. She was a three-time NCAA All-American and was a member of the 1997-98 NCAA Championship team at Arizona State.
Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2002 season. She competed on the Futures Tour
, where she won one tournament and finished fifth on the money list. She was also a member of the Ladies European Tour
.
Professional golfer
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from France who was a member of the LPGA Tour in the early 2000s.
Amateur career
Busuttil was born in Paris, France and moved to America where she attended the University of FloridaUniversity of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
and the Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
, playing on teams for both schools. Busuttil won the French Junior Championship in 1991 and became a member of the French National team from 1993 to 1997. While at Arizona State University, she won two collegiate tournaments: the 1996 NCAA East Regional and the 1995 South Carolina Invitational. She was a three-time NCAA All-American and was a member of the 1997-98 NCAA Championship team at Arizona State.
Professional career
Busuttil turned professional in August 1998 after lettering at Arizona State from 1996 to 1998. In 2001, she finished second at the LPGALPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2002 season. She competed on the Futures Tour
FUTURES Tour
The LPGA Futures Tour, previously styled in uppercase as FUTURES Tour and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour...
, where she won one tournament and finished fifth on the money list. She was also a member of the Ladies European Tour
Ladies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1979. It is based in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal structure which enables it to focus on maximising returns to its members through prize money,...
.