Giulia Molinaro

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Giulia Molinaro
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Personal information
Born (1990-07-23) 23 July 1990 (age 34)
Camposampiero, Italy
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Career
College Arizona State University
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2014)
Former tour(s) Symetra Tour (joined 2013)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T44: 2022
Women's PGA C'ship T3: 2021
U.S. Women's Open 61st: 2021
Women's British Open CUT: 2021
Evian Championship CUT: 2021
Achievements and awards
Symetra Tour
Rookie of the Year 		2013
Pac-12 Player of the Year2012
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Pescara Women's team

Giulia Molinaro (born 23 July 1990) is an Italian professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She tied for third at the 2021 Women's PGA Championship and represented Italy at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]

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Early life and amateur career

Molinaro was born in Camposampiero in Veneto, Northern Italy, but lived in Kenya for the majority of her childhood, due to her father's career in hotel management. [3] She started playing golf at the age of 12. [4]

She was member of the Italian National team and represented Italy at the Espirito Santo Trophy and the European Ladies' Team Championship, and played on the European team at the 2006 Junior Ryder Cup. Individually, she was leading girl at the 2007 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy and finished sixth at the 2008 European Ladies Amateur. [5]

Molinaro played college golf at Arizona State University between 2008 and 2012, where she was named Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year in her final season. [6] [7]

Professional career

Molinaro turned professional in October 2012 and joined the Symetra Tour. In 2013, she recorded one victory at the Friends of Mission Charity Classic and four additional top-10 finishes, earning Rookie of the Year honors. She finishing second on the money list, earning her an LPGA Tour card for 2014. After making only 8 cuts in 18 events and finishing 114th on the money list in 2014, she was back on the Symetra Tour in 2015. She again finished second on the money list and returned to the LPGA Tour in 2016. [4] [8]

She tied for third at the 2021 Women's PGA Championship after which she broke into the top-100 on the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time. [9]

Amateur wins

Source: [10]

Professional wins (1)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1May 19, 2013 Friends of Mission Charity Classic−13 (68-70-65=203)5 strokes Flag of Chile.svg Macarena Silva

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2016201720182019202020212022
Chevron Championship T44
U.S. Women's Open CUT61
Women's PGA Championship CUTCUTCUTCUTT3CUT
The Evian Championship NTCUT
Women's British Open CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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References

  1. ↑ "Rio 2016, golf: il programma e gli azzurri in gara" (in Italian). Mondiali.net. 16 July 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Golf: Molinaro Giulia". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ↑ Dabbs, Ryan (26 July 2021). "14 Things You Didn't Know About Giulia Molinaro". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Giulia Molinaro bio". LPGA. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "2008 European Ladies Amateur Results" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Giulia Molinaro profile". Arizona State Sun Devils. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Giulia Molinaro, una stella per il LPGA" (in Italian). Sportal.it. 1 October 2013. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Golf femminile, Giulia Molinaro pronta al salto: la veneta ad un passo dal LPGA Tour" (in Italian). Oasport.it. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Giulia Molinaro". WWGR. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Guilia Molinaro". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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