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. [4]
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. [5] 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. [6] [7] [8] 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. [9]
On 20 January 2008, at the fourth Women's World Cup of Golf in Sun City, South Africa, team France with Nocera and Virginie Lagoutte-Clément finished fifth, seven shots behind winning South Korean team Jiyai Shin and Ji Eun-hee over 54 holes. [10]
In 2009, Nocera earned her LPGA Tour card at LPGA Q-School and at the age of 34 was a rookie and an LPGA Tour member the following season. She played the LPGA Tour full-time in 2010 and 2011, reaching a career best second place at the 2010 CVS/Pharmacy LPGA Challenge. [11]
LET 72-hole scoring record
Nocera won the 2008 Göteborg Masters by an 11 stroke margin after scoring 259 (−29) following rounds of 66-62-65-66, [12] the best 72-hole score in the LET's 40-year history. The bogey-free round of 62 is only one stroke off the LET single round scoring record of 61 (−11). [13]
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