Carlota Ciganda

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Carlota Ciganda
— Golfer —

Personal information
Born (1990-06-01) 1 June 1990
Pamplona, Spain
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality  Spain
Residence Pamplona, Spain
Career
College Arizona State University
Turned professional 2011
Current tour(s) LET (joined 2012)
Professional wins 4
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour 3
Other 1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship T66: 2013
LPGA Championship T37: 2013
U.S. Women's Open T39: 2012
Women's British Open T17: 2012
The Evian Championship T52: 2013
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year		 2012
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit winner		 2012
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year		 2012
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Ciganda and the second or maternal family name is Machiñena.

Carlota Ciganda Machiñena (born 1 June 1990) is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She won the LET's Order of Merit (money title) in her debut season in 2012, and was also named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

Early life and college career

Born in Pamplona, Spain, Ciganda started to play golf aged five, influenced by her father. Her uncle is the former football player and coach José Ángel Ziganda. She attended college in the United States at Arizona State University from 2008 to 2011,[1] where she majored in Business Administration. Ciganda speaks four languages.[2]

Amateur career

Ciganda enjoyed a successful amateur career, winning the British Ladies Amateur in 2007. She returned to the finals in 2009, but was runner-up to compatriot and ASU teammate Azahara Muñoz. Ciganda won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2004 and 2008, and was the Spanish National age group champion from 2000–2006. She was a member of Spain's 2006 and 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy teams, finishing second in 2008; 2005 and 2007 European Junior Solheim Cup teams and 2004 and 2006 European Junior Ryder Cup teams. While at Arizona State, she was a member of the Sun Devils' NCAA championship team in 2009 as a freshman, and made conference history as the first to win consecutive Pac-10 Championships in 2009 and 2010; she finished third in 2011.

Ciganda played in a number of professional tournaments as an amateur and first took part in the 2005 Tenerife Ladies Open at age 14. Although on that occasion she did not make the cut, she finished as the best Spanish representative in several professional tournaments, including the 2007 Open De España Femenino, when she finished eighth and the 2008 Tenerife Ladies Open when she was third, three shots behind the winner, Rebecca Hudson.[3]

Professional career

Ciganda turned professional in May 2011 making her debut the following month at the Tenerife Ladies Match Play, an unofficial event on the LET schedule, where she finished second to Becky Brewerton. She competed on the Ladies European Tour Access Series that season, winning the Murcia Ladies Open. In the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in December 2011 she finished tied 34th, earning Priority List Category 20 for the 2012 LPGA Tour season and went on to finish third at the LET Final Qualifying School tournament later that month to earn full playing rights for the 2012 Ladies European Tour season.[3]

In her first full season on the 2012 Ladies European Tour, Ciganda won the ISPS Handa Order of Merit and was also named Players' Player of the Year, as voted for by the LET members. She played in 19 tournaments, with two victories at the Deloitte Ladies Open and the China Suzhou Taihu Open and had ten additional top-10s finishes. Her efforts won her the LET Rookie of the Year award and she ended the season ranked second on the European Solheim Cup points list with total earnings of €251,289.95.[3]

Amateur wins (3)

  • 2004 (1) European Ladies Amateur Championship
  • 2007 (1) British Ladies Amateur
  • 2008 (1) European Ladies Amateur Championship

Professional wins (4)

Ladies European Tour (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (€)
1 3 Jun 2012 Deloitte Ladies Open 71-67-69=207 –9 2 strokes Finland Ursula Wikstrom 37,500
2 28 Oct 2012 China Suzhou Taihu Open 65-70-64=199 –17 7 strokes Germany Caroline Masson 52,500
3 2 Jun 2013 UniCredit Ladies German Open 68-33=101 –6 Playoff England Charley Hull 52,500

LET Access Series (1)

  • 2011 (1) Murcia Ladies Open

Professional career summary

LPGA Tour

Year Wins Earnings
($) 		Money
list rank 		Scoring
average
2012 0 79,679 85 73.25
2013 0 355,949 40 71.99

1 Official through end 2013[4]

Ladies European Tour

Year LET
wins 		Earnings
(€) 		Money
list rank 		Scoring
average
2012 2 265,851 1 70.50

1 Official through end 2012[5]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T66
LPGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T37
U.S. Women's Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T39 T57
Women's British Open CUT DNP CUT DNP DNP T17 CUT
The Evian Championship ^ T52

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Summary

  • Starts – 9
  • Wins – 0
  • 2nd place finishes – 0
  • 3rd place finishes – 0
  • Top 3 finishes – 0
  • Top 5 finishes – 0
  • Top 10 finishes – 0
  • Top 25 finishes – 1
  • Missed cuts – 3
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source
2007502[6]
2008504[7]
2009705[8]
2010605[9]
2011291[10]
201250[11]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
matches 		Total
W–L–H 		Singles
W–L–H 		Foursomes
W–L–H 		Fourballs
W–L–H 		Points
won 		Points
%
Career 3 3–0–0 1–0–0 0–0–0 2–0–0 3 100.0
2013 Solheim Cup 3 3–0–0 1–0–0 def. M. Pressel 4&2 0–0–0 2–0–0 won w/ S. Pettersen 1 up,
won w/ A. Muñoz 1 up		 3 100.0

References

  1. ↑ "Player Bio – Carlota Ciganda". Arizona State University. Retrieved 29 March 2013. 
  2. ↑ "LPGA Player Guide – Carlota Ciganda". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 29 March 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Ladies European Tour profile". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 29 March 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Carlota Ciganda stats". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 25 November 2013. 
  5. ↑ "Carlota Ciganda stats". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 29 March 2013. 
  6. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2013. 

External links

European Solheim Cup team – 2013
Europe
Won: 18–10
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