Silvia Cavalleri

Silvia Cavalleri
— Golfer —

Cavalleri during 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born (1972-10-10) 10 October 1972
Milan, Italy
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
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
ANA Inspiration 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. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 29 Apr 2007 Corona Championship −20 (69-68-69-66=272) 2 strokes Paraguay Julieta Granada
Mexico 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

Professional

References

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


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