Welcome to every one!
I created this page in order to share our memories of Golfers with you.
So many photos, press articles and anecdotes that I couldn't keep to myself and that I'm sure will bring back fond memories to some of you.
I will be delighted to be able to exchange with you over all these years and also to share the photos and memories that you have of this period. Please feel free to send me more or complete some!
It’s also an opportunity for me to talk about technique.
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Catherine Lacoste
The first time I was nicknamed "Crocodile Kid"
I am the only amateur to win the US Open
I am the only amateur to win the US Open
From October 1968 to October 1969 I did not lose a single game, neither in match-play nor in medal-play, having played the World Championship in Melbourne in Australia (1st in the individual classification), the European Ladies' Championship , the Championships of France, Spain, Great Britain and the United States, apart from several others.
With my mother, Simone Thion de la Chaume, we are the only ones to have won the British Ladies in 1927 and 1969.The first record will perhaps be the easiest to beat but it has been going on for 54 years already!
1964 World Championships
US Open 1967
British Open 1969
US Amateur 1969
Catherine Lacoste's achievements(G.Jeanneau's book 2007)
Major Titles
US Open* : 1967(Hot Springs, Virginia)
US Amateur* : 1969(Las Collinas, Texas
British Ladies*: 1969 (Royal Portrush, Northern Ireland)
Individual International Awards
French Open Ladies match-play amateur, Allen Stoneham trophy: 1967 - 1969 - 1970 - 1972
French Open, amateur of women's stroke-play, Cécile de Rothschild trophy: 1984
Spanish Amateur International: 1969 - 1972 - 1976
Winner of the Woman Western Amateur in 1968 (Colorado Springs, USA)
Winner of the Astor Salver Trophy 1966, at Prince's, where she returns a card of 66
Three-time winner of the British Ladies qualifying races (1966- 1968 - 1969)
Best individual score at the Espirito Santo Trophy (World Team Championships) in 1964 and 1968
Individual National Awards
French Junior Championship Esmond Cup : 1964 and 1966
French Championship, Gaveau Cup: 1968 - 1969
French national team selections
Member of the French junior team from 1962 to 1966
Member of the French ladies team from 1963 to 1976
Selections for the European Team Championships: 1969 (Sweden, Tylosand), 1975 (France, Saint-Cloud), 1979 (Ireland, Hermitage)
Selections for the World Team Championships: 1964 (France, Saint-Germain), 1966 (Mexico, Mexico), 1968 (Melbourne, Australia) 1970 (Madrid, Spain), 1974 (Dominican Republic), 1976 (Vilamoura, Portugal) , 1978 (Fiji).
International Selections
With the Continental European team, winner of Great Britain in the Vagliano Trophy (1967, Chantilly) and of the USA in 1967 and 1968.
In 1980, she was selected to represent Europe at the Rolex Mixed Fousomes in Japan and contested the event with Bernhard Langer.
Team winners
World Team Championship
World team champion in 1964 (Saint-Germain, France), with Claudine Cros and Brigitte Varangot. Captain: Lally Segard (Lally Vagliano, Vicomtesse de Saint-Sauveur) Silver Medal:
. in 1970 (RS.H.E Cambo Club , Madrid, Spain)
. in 1976 (Vilamoura Golf Club, Portugal)
Bronze medal :
. in 1966(Mexico City Country, Mexique)
. en 1968 (Victoria Golf Club, Melbourne, Australie)
. en 1978 ( Pacific Harbour Golf and Country.Club , Fidji)
European Team Championship
European team champion:
In 1969 (Sweden, Tylosand), with Martine Gajan-Giraud, Florence Mourgue d´Algue, Odile Semelaigne, Brigitte Varangot. Captain: Lally Segard
In 1975 (France, Saint-Cloud), with Martine Cochet, Martine Gajan-Giraud, Anne-Marie Palli, Odile Semelaigne, Marie-Christine Ubald-Bocquet. Captain: Monique Paul.
Bronze Medal: in 1979 (Ireland, Hermitage)
Seniors Awards
Member of the French Seniors team at the European Championships between 1999 and 2007.
Captain of the France Seniors team from 2002 to 2007.
European Senior Champion in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006,2007
Feat
For thirteen consecutive months (from October 1968 to October 1969), Catherine Lacoste experienced no defeat in either stroke play or match play. During this period, she finished first in the individual classification of the World Championships, won the European Team Championship, the French Championship, the International Championship of France, the International Championship of Spain, the International Championship of the United States. United, the British International Championship.
Distinctions
Officer of the Legion of Honor
Knight of the Order of National Merit
President of the Golf de Chantaco from 1974 to 2009
Silver Medal of the City of Paris
Silver Medal of the City of Saint Jean de Luz
Virginie Hériot Prize 1964 - 1967
Henry Deutsch Prize for Meurthe 1967
1964 Team Trophy
