Agathe Sauzon

{{short description|French professional golfer}} {{use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Agathe Sauzon | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|1|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Valence, Drôme, France | death_date =  | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=|in=}} | weight = | nationality = {{FRA}} | residence = Bourg-lès-Valence, France | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | yearpro = 2016 | status = | retired =  | tour = | extour = | prowins = | lpgawins = | letwins = | jlpgawins =  | klpgawins =  | lagtwins =  | alpgwins = | futwins = | otherwins = | majorwins =  | anainspiration = DNP | lpga = DNP | wusopen = DNP | wbritopen = CUT: 2019, 2021 | evian = DNP | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 = | year1 = | award2 =  | year2 =  | awardssection =  }} '''Agathe Sauzon''' (born 25 January 1992) is a French professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour. She finished second in the team event of the 2021 Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande.<ref>{{cite web |title=Agathe Sauzon : Le LET devient de plus en plus fort |url=https://www.ffgolf.org/Elite/Circuits-pro-feminins/Ladies-European-Tour/Calendrier/2021/Investec-South-African-Women-s-Open/Agathe-Sauzon-Le-LET-devient-de-plus-en-plus-fort |publisher=French Golf Federation |access-date=1 November 2021 |language=fr |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101144912/https://www.ffgolf.org/Elite/Circuits-pro-feminins/Ladies-European-Tour/Calendrier/2021/Investec-South-African-Women-s-Open/Agathe-Sauzon-Le-LET-devient-de-plus-en-plus-fort |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Early life and amateur career== Sauzon was born in 1992 to Jean-Louis and Sylvie Sauzo, with two older siblings. She competed in tennis and dance prior to focusing on golf. As an amateur, Sauzon won the 2012 Championnat de Ligue Amateurs and the 2014 Grand Prix des Landes. She also tied for second at 2010 Swiss Ladies Amateur and 2010 Grand Prix des Landes, finished second at the 2011 Championnat de France Dames, and third at 2012 Grand Prix de Savoie.<ref name="gomocs"/>

Sauzon attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and graduated May 2015 with degree in integrated studies. She played golf with the Chattanooga Mocs golf team and was the 2013 Southern Conference Champion.<ref name="gomocs">{{cite web |title=Women's Golf Roster: Agathe Sauzon |url=https://gomocs.com/sports/wglf/roster/agathe-sauzon/530 |publisher=University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |access-date=1 November 2021 |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101144911/https://gomocs.com/sports/wglf/roster/agathe-sauzon/530 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Professional career== Sauzon played in the 2015 Lalla Aicha Tour Q-School and finished T17. She gained Ladies European Tour membership in Category 8a for the 2016 season and turned professional. In her rookie season, Sauzon played in 11 LET tournaments and made only thee cuts. She kept her LET card by going back to Q-School, where she finished T3.<ref name="LETBio">{{cite web |title=Agathe Sauzon Bio |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/player-profiles/?player=201224 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=1 November 2021}}</ref>

In 2017, Sauzon recorded two top-10s on the LET, a T8 at the Lalla Meryem Cup and a T6 on home soil in the Lacoste Ladies Open de France, as best French player.<ref>{{cite web |title=3 questions with Agathe Sauzon |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/blog/3-questions-with-agathe-sauzon/ |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=1 November 2021 |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101144912/https://ladieseuropeantour.com/blog/3-questions-with-agathe-sauzon/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She also played in six LET Access Series tournaments and had five top-10s, including a T2 at the Foxconn Czech Ladies Challenge after losing a playoff to compatriot Lucie André.<ref name="LETBio"/>

Following an attempt to establish herself on the Symetra Tour in 2018, where she made two cuts in four starts, she was back on the LET in 2019. She played in 12 events and made nine cuts with a season-best finish of T7 in the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open. She also made her first start in a major at the 2019 Women's British Open.<ref>{{cite web |title=Agathe Sauzon |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/players/5064 |publisher=World Women's Golf Ranking |access-date=1 November 2021 |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101144911/https://www.rolexrankings.com/players/5064 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2020, Sauzon played nine LET events and had a season-best of T7 at the South African Women's Open. She played in two LET Access Series events where she recorded a third place finish in the Flumserberg Ladies Open and a runner-up in the Lavaux Ladies Open, where she lost a playoff to compatriot Agathe Laisné.

In August 2021, Sauzon was on a team with Jenny Haglund and Linnea Ström that took a single-shot lead into the final day of the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande, eventually finishing second in the event after a playoff.<ref>{{cite web |title=Team Buhai wins Aramco Team Series — Sotogrande play-off |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1907611/amp |access-date=15 September 2021 |publisher=Arab News |archive-date=22 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822204228/https://www.arabnews.com/node/1907611/amp |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Amateur wins== *2012 Championnat de Ligue Amateurs *2013 Southern Conference Championship, Starmount Fall Classic *2014 Grand Prix des Landes

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==Results in LPGA majors== ''Results not in chronological order.'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" ! Tournament !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 |- |align=left|ANA Inspiration |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|The Evian Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|Women's British Open |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> NT = No tournament

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==External links== *{{LadiesEuroTour player|201224}} *{{WWGR|5064}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sauzon, Agathe}} Category:French female golfers Category:Ladies European Tour golfers Category:Chattanooga Mocs women's golfers Category:Sportspeople from Drôme Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century French sportswomen