Carlota Ciganda
Name:
Carlota Ciganda MachiñenaCountry:
SpainBorn:
June 1, 1990 in Pamplona, Province of Navarre, Spain.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
2011Solheim Cup player (2013, '15, '17, '19). Multiple wins on the Ladies European Tour. LET Rookie of the Year (2012). LET Order of Merit winner (2012).
Influenced by her father, Ciganda started to play golf at the age of five. She enjoyed a highly successful amateur career, winning the British Ladies Amateur title in 2007, and European Amateur in 2004 and 2008. While at Arizona State University she was a member of the successful "Sun Devils" golf team, which triumphed in the women's NCAA team championship in 2009.
Ciganda played in several professional tournaments as an amateur. She turned professional in 2011, recording two wins on the Ladies European Tour the following year. These wins helped her to claim the 2012 LET Order of Merit, Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honours.
Awards
LET
For the second straight year Ciganda (Esp) recorded the season's lowest stroke average (69.08) on the Ladies European Tour. Anne Van Dam (Nld) was second with 70.04; Su-hyun Oh (S Kor) was third with 70.17.
Awards
LET
Ciganda (Esp) recorded the season's lowest stroke average (69.31) on the Ladies European Tour. Azahara Muñoz (Esp) was second with 69.55; Caroline Hedwall (Swe) was third with 69.86.
America
Citibanamex
Played as the Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Invitational presented by Aeromexico and Delta (Nov 10-13). Second-placed Jodi Ewart Shadoff (Eng), Angela Stanford (USA), Karine Icher (Fra), Sarah Jane Smith (Aus) and Austin Ernst (USA) finished 2 shots behind Ciganda (Esp). [Club de Golf Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico].
Asia
HanaBank
Played as the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship (Oct 13-16; KLPGA/LPGA Tours event). 26-year-old Carlota Ciganda (Esp) beat Alison Lee (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole (par-5 18th), to record her first LPGA Tour win. [Ocean course, Sky 72 GC, Incheon, S Korea].
Europe
UniCredit
Played as the UniCredit Ladies German Open presented by Audi (May 30-Jun 2). Ciganda (Esp) beat Charley Hull (Eng) at the first playoff hole. Reduced to 27-holes from 72 due to severe rain. [Golfpark Gut Häusern, nr Munich, Germany].
Asia
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Played as the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open (Oct 26-28; Ladies Eurpn, Asian & China Tours event). Second-placed Caroline Masson (Ger) finished 7 shots behind LET rookie and wire-to-wire winner Carlota Ciganda (Esp), who recorded her second LET win. [Suzhou Taihu Intl GC, Shanghai, China].
Europe
Deloitte
Played as the Deloitte Ladies Open (June 1-3). Second-placed Ursula Wikstrom (Fin) finished 2 shots behind 22-year old rookie Ciganda (Esp), who recorded her first Ladies European Tour win. [Broekpolder GC, nr Rotterdam].
Awards
ISPS Handa
Ciganda (Esp) won the LET 2012 ISPS Handa Order of Merit, with earnings of €251,289 on the Tour. Caroline Masson (Ger) was second with €241,831; Shanshan Feng (China) was third with €202,147. Ciganda became the first player since Laura Davies 27 years earlier to win the Tour's Order of Merit and Rookie titles in the same season.
Ciganda (Esp) won the LET Players' Player of the Year Award, based on the votes of her peers.
Awards
Rolex
Ciganda (Esp) won the LET 2012 Rolex Rookie of the Year Award as the leading first-season player. She finished No.1 on the Tour's (money-based) Order of Merit, with earnings of €251,289. The only other golfer to top the Tour's Order of Merit as a rookie was Laura Davies, 27 years earlier.
Amateur
LGU
The Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship (104th). Ciganda (Esp) beat Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 4 and 3 in the final. [Alwoodley GC, Leeds, West Yorkshire].
Tournaments:
2021 Opens: whether by accident or design, four of the top five mens’ Open Championships played in the British Isles occupy consecutive weeks in July: the Irish Open (1-4), Scottish Open (8-11), The Open (15-18) and Wales Open (22-25). The recently relaunched English Open is scheduled for early-August.
Hoag Classic: Ernie Els defends his title in this prestigious PGA Tour Champions event, played since 1991 at the Newport Beach Country Club, CA (Mar 5-7).
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