Silvia Cavalleri

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Silvia Cavalleri
2010 Women's British Open - Silvia Cavalleri (5).jpg
Cavalleri during 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born (1972-10-10) 10 October 1972 (age 51)
Milan, Italy
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
ResidenceMilan, Italy
Career
College Politecnico di Milano
Turned professional1997
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 1997)
LPGA (joined 1999)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Ladies European Tour1
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
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Bari Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1997 Bari Individual

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]

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Amateur career and education

Cavalleri was born in Milan, Italy. She won the 1990 Girls Amateur Championship 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.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
129 Apr 2007 Corona Championship −20 (69-68-69-66=272)2 strokes Flag of Paraguay.svg Julieta Granada
Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2014.

Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014
Kraft Nabisco Championship CUTCUTCUTT5170CUTCUTCUT
U.S. Women's Open T27CUTCUTT57WDCUTCUT
Women's British Open T25CUTT64CUTCUTT45CUTCUTCUT
LPGA Championship CUTT22CUTCUTT16T62T58CUTT62T75CUTCUT
The Evian Championship ^

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.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. ↑ "With Corona Morelia win, Cavalleri is first Italian LPGA champ". Associated Press. 29 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
  2. ↑ "World Amateur Team Championship Record Books". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 April 2007.


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