Silvia Cavalleri
| Silvia Cavalleri | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Cavalleri during 2010 Women's British Open | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 10 October 1972 Milan, Italy |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  Italy |
| Residence | Milan, Italy |
| Career | |
| College | Politecnico di Milano |
| Turned professional | 1997 |
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (joined 1997) LPGA (joined 1999) |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 1 |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | T51: 2008 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T16: 2006 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T27: 2000 |
| du Maurier Classic | DNP |
| Women's British Open | T25: 2001 |
| Evian Championship | DNP |
Silvia Cavalleri (born 10 October 1972) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She was the first Italian to win a tournament on the LPGA Tour.[1]
Amateur career and education
Cavalleri was born in Milan, Italy. She was the 1990 British Girls’ champion and represented Europe in the Vagliano Trophy five times between 1989 and 1997. She represented Italy in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1992 and 1996, was the 1996 World Amateur individual champion,[2] and the 1997 U.S. Women's Amateur champion. She won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 1996 and 1997.
She graduated from Politecnico di Milano university in 1998 with a degree in architecture.
Professional career
Cavalleri turned professional in 1997 and played in 1998 on the Ladies European Tour. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1999. She won her first professional tournament in 2007 at the Corona Championship, becoming the first Italian to win an LPGA tournament.
Professional wins (2)
LPGA Tour (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Apr 2007 | Corona Championship | −20 (69-68-69-66=272) | 2 strokes |  Julieta Granada Lorena Ochoa
|
Ladies European Tour wins (1)
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order before 2014.
| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | T51 | 70 | CUT | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | T27 | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | T57 | WD | CUT | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Women's British Open | T25 | CUT | T64 | CUT | CUT | T45 | CUT | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | ||
| LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | CUT | T22 | CUT | DNP | CUT | T16 | T62 | T58 | CUT | T62 | T75 | DNP | CUT | CUT |
| The Evian Championship ^ | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||
Note: The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" tied
Yellow background for a top-10 finish.
Team appearances
Amateur
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Italy): 1992, 1996
Professional
- World Cup (representing Italy): 2006, 2008
References
- ^ "With Corona Morelia win, Cavalleri is first Italian LPGA champ". Associated Press. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
- ^ "World Amateur Team Championship Record Books". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
External links
- Silvia Cavalleri at the LPGA Tour official site
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