Giulia Sergas

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Giulia Sergas
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1979-12-26) 26 December 1979
Trieste, Italy
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nationality  Italy
Residence Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Career
College Linguistic College
Turned professional 1999
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2002)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2000)
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship T7: 2013
LPGA Championship T9: 2012
U.S. Women's Open T4: 2012
Women's British Open T5: 2004
The Evian Championship T67: 2013
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year		 2000

Giulia Sergas (born 26 December 1979) is an Italian professional golfer, currently playing on both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

Early life

Sergas was born in Trieste in northern Italy. She took up golf at the age of nine at Golf Club Trieste under the coaching of Ezio Pavan.[1] She attended the Linguistic College.

Amateur career

In 1996 and again in 1998, Sergas was a member of the runner-up World Amateur Team Championship (Espirito Santo Trophy) teams. In 1998 she won the European Ladies Amateur Championship.[2] She finished as lead amateur in the 1999 Women's British Open where she tied for 24th place.

Professional career

Sergas turned professional on 22 October 1999 and played initially on the Ladies European Tour. In her rookie season in 2000 she earned the Bill Johnson Rookie of the Year award as the leading rookie on the LET Order of Merit.[3] She qualified for the LPGA Tour in 2002. Her best finish on the LPGA Tour is a tied for second at the 2004 ShopRite LPGA Classic. Her best finishes on the Ladies European Tour are second at the 2011 Sicilian Ladies Italian Open and tied for second at the 2011 New Zealand Women's Open. She also finished tied for second at the unofficial 2009 European Nations Cup.

After the conclusion of the 2013 Women's British Open, she was chosen by Liselotte Neumann as one of her four captain's selections to the 2013 European Solheim Cup Team for the matches to be held in Colorado.[4]

Personal life

Sergas currently lives in Palm Springs, California.

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP DNP T55 DNP DNP T38 T48 T56 CUT DNP T7
LPGA Championship DNP T43 T49 DNP CUT T36 T10 CUT 73 CUT T9 T44
U.S. Women's Open DNP T35 DNP DNP DNP CUT T6 T52 CUT DNP T4 CUT
Women's British Open T47 CUT T5 CUT CUT CUT DNP T11 T73 DNP CUT CUT
The Evian Championship ^ T67

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

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 2 0–1–1 0–0–1 0–0–0 0–1–0 0.5 25.0
2013 2 0–1–1 0–0–1 halved w/ J. Korda 0–0–0 0–1–0 lost w/ A. Nordqvist 4&3 0.5 25.0

References

  1. ↑ "Giulia Sergas background". Giulia Sergas. 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ "LPGA Tour profile". LPGA. 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Ladies European Tour profile". Ladies European Tour. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Neumann and Mallon Announce Teams for The 2013 Solheim Cup". Solheim Cup Europe. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013. 

External links

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