Marie-Laure de Lorenzi

Marie-Laure de Lorenzi (born 21 January 1961, in Biarritz) is a French professional golfer. She is also known by her married name Marie-Laure Taya, and competed using that name until midway through 1989 when she reverted to her maiden name.

Amateur career
De Lorenzi played for her country in the European Lady Junior's Team Championship, for players up to the age of 21, from she was 14 years old in 1975 until 1982 and was on the winning team in 1979. She also won individually in 1981.

She also represented her country four times at the European Ladies' Team Championship   and four times at the Espirito Santo Trophy.

Professional career
De Lorenzi joined the Ladies European Tour in 1987 and won the Order of Merit in 1988 and 1989. In those two years, when she led the rankings, she finished first or second 17 times, when the tour schedules included 46 individual tournaments over the two seasons.

She has become a life member of the tour, having accumulated 19 tournament victories on it.

She played for Europe in the first Solheim Cup, which took place in 1990, and was also a member of the European team in 1996 and 1998. She was assistant captain of the European Solheim Cup team in 2007. She retired from tournament golf in 2004.

Amateur wins

 * 1976 French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship
 * 1978 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship, French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship
 * 1980 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship
 * 1983 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship

Ladies European Tour wins (19)

 * 1987 (2) Belgian Ladies Godiva Open, BMW Ladies' German Open
 * 1988 (7) Letting French Open, Volmac Dutch Open, Hennessy Ladies Cup, Gothenburg Ladies Open, Laing Charity Classic, Woolmark Ladies' Matchplay, Qualitair Spanish Open
 * 1989 (3) Ford Ladies' Classic, Hennessy Ladies Cup, BMW Ladies Classic
 * 1990 (1) Ford Ladies' Classic
 * 1993 (1) VAR Open de France Feminin
 * 1994 (1) La Manga Spanish Open
 * 1995 (3) Costa Azul Ladies Open, Staatsloterij Ladies Open, Nestlé French Ladies Open
 * 1997 (1) Déesse Ladies' Swiss Open

Other wins (2)

 * 1988 Benson & Hedges Trophy (with Mark McNulty)
 * 1993 Lalla Meryem Cup

Team appearances
Amateur
 * European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing France): 1975, 1978, 1979 (winners), 1980, 1981, 1982
 * European Ladies' Team Championship (representing France): 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985
 * Espirito Santo Trophy (representing France): 1978, 1980, 1982, 1986

Professional
 * Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1990, 1996, 1998