Gwladys Nocera

Gwladys Nocera
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1975-05-22) 22 May 1975
Moulins, France
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality  France
Residence Biarritz, France
Career
College New Mexico State University
(2001, International Business)
Turned professional 2002
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2003)
LPGA Tour (joined 2010)
Professional wins 15
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour 14 (T7th all-time)
ALPG Tour 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T24: 2010
Women's PGA C'ship 72: 2015
U.S. Women's Open 71st: 2011
Women's British Open T12: 2014
Evian Championship T64: 2015
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit winner		 2008
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year		 2006, 2008

Gwladys Nocera (born 22 May 1975) is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.

Amateur career

Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career. She finished runner up at the 1998 British Ladies Amateur Championship, was a member of the victorious European championship French team in 1999 and the youngest ever winning captain in the 2000 Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships.[1] She was a playing member of the 2002 French Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships team.[2]

She was runner up at the 2002 French Amateur Championship, 2002 French International Champion and 2002 German International champion. She holds a degree in international business from New Mexico State University.

Professional career

Nocera turned professional at the relatively late age of twenty-seven and finished ninth at the 2002 Ladies European Tour Qualifying School to win a place on the tour for the following season. After a modest start she improved dramatically in 2005, when she finished fourth on the Order of Merit and made her Solheim Cup debut where she beat Cristie Kerr in her singles match.[3]

In 2006 her career took another upward turn. She started the year representing France at the Women's World Cup of Golf with Karine Icher.[4] She scored her first three Ladies European Tour tournament victories at the Ladies Swiss Open, the BMW Ladies Italian Open and the Catalonia Ladies Masters.[5][6][7] She also played in her first women's major tournament, the Kraft Nabisco Championship. She finished second on the New Star Money list being beaten only by Laura Davies the holder of the record number of money list wins and was voted Players’ Player of the Year by her fellow Ladies European Tour professionals.[8]

On 20 January 2008, Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin of Team Philippines won the 4th Women's World Cup of Golf in Sun City, South Africa, with 4 birdies in the last 4 holes. The duo had a final round of 7-under-par 65 in the best ball, for a 54-hole aggregate of 18-under-par 198. Korea's Ji-Yai Shin and Eun Hee Ji were second on 200 after a final round 67, while Taiwan (Amy Hung and Yun Jye Wei) and Japan (Shinobu Moromizato and Miki Saiki) tied for third on 203. France's Gwladys Nocera and Virginie Lagoutte-Clement, were fifth on 205 following 67.[9]

In 2009, Nocera earned her LPGA Tour card at LPGA Q-School and at the age of 34 will be a rookie and full-time LPGA Tour member in the 2010 season.

Amateur wins (2)

Professional wins (15)

Ladies European Tour (14)

ALPG Tour (1)

Ladies European Tour career summary

Year Wins Earnings (€) Order of Merit
rank 		Scoring
average
2003 0 19,227.24 51 73.32
2004 0 52,496.77 23 72.60
2005 0 164,739.73 4 71.31
2006 3 415,020.50 2 70.42
2007 2 207,478.98 3 71.97
2008 5 391,839.58 1 70.54
2009 0 137,730.27 9 71.85
2010 0 65,716.66 33
2011 0 51,285.20 46
2012 0 99,744.81 17 72.39
2013 2 221,287.93 4 71.60
2014 1 233,288.65 2 71.00

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 12 6–4–2 1–2–1 3–1–1 2–1–0 7 58.3%
2005 2 1–1–0 1–0–0 def C. Kerr 2&1 0–1–0 lost w/L. Kreutz 4&2 1 50%
2007 4 1–2–1 0–1–0 lost to N. Gulbis 4&3 1–0–1 won w/M. Hjorth 3&2, halved w/M. Hjorth 0–1–0 lost w/S. Gustafson 3&2 1.5 37.5%
2009 4 3–0–1 0–0–1 halved w/J. Inkster 2–0–0 won w/B.Brewerton 3&1, won w/B.Brewerton 5&4 1–0–0 won w/M. Hjorth 1 up 3.5 87.6%
2015 2 1–1–0 0–1–0 lost to A. Lee 3&1 0–0–0 1–0–0 won w/ C. Hull 3&2 1 50%

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "France Claims Women's World Amateur Team Championship By 7 Strokes". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
  2. ↑ "World Amateur Team Championship Record Books Player: Gwladys Nocera". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  3. ↑ "Gwladys Nocera rising star of The Solheim Cup". GolfToday. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  4. ↑ Cutler, Bethan (2006-01-18). "LET season starts with Women’s World Cup of Golf 2006". LET. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
  5. ↑ Cutler, Bethan (2006-05-21). "Nocera claims her first win at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  6. ↑ Cutler, Bethan (2006-06-17). "Nocera seals second Tour win at BMW Ladies Italian Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  7. ↑ Cutler, Bethan (2006-07-23). "Nocera claims third victory". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  8. ↑ "Gwladys Nocera Players’ Player of the Year". LET. 2006-12-08. Retrieved 2007-06-03.
  9. ↑ Abs-Cbn Interactive, RP golfers Rosales, Delasin win women's World Cup

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