Carlota Ciganda
| Carlota Ciganda | |
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| — Golfer — | |
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Ciganda at the 2009 Women's British Open
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| Personal information | |
| Born |
1 June 1990 Pamplona, Spain |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Nationality |
 Spain
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| Residence | Pamplona, Spain |
| Career | |
| College | Arizona State University |
| Turned professional | 2011 |
| Current tour(s) |
LET (joined 2012) LPGA Tour (joined 2012) |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 2 |
| Ladies European Tour | 3 |
| LPGA of Korea Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
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| ANA Inspiration | T4: 2015 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T13: 2014 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T39: 2012 |
| Women's British Open | T17: 2012 |
| Evian Championship | T17: 2016 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year |
2012 |
| Ladies European Tour Order of Merit winner |
2012 |
| Ladies European Tour Player of the Year |
2012 |
Carlota Ciganda Machiñena (born 1 June 1990) is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She won the LET's Order of Merit (money title) in her debut season in 2012, and was also named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.
Born in Pamplona, Spain, Ciganda started to play golf aged five, influenced by her father. Her uncle is the former football player and coach José Ángel Ziganda. She attended college in the United States at Arizona State University from 2008 to 2011, where she majored in Business Administration. Ciganda speaks four languages.
Ciganda enjoyed a successful amateur career, winning the British Ladies Amateur in 2007. She returned to the finals in 2009, but was runner-up to compatriot and ASU teammate Azahara Muñoz. Ciganda won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2004 and 2008, and was the Spanish National age group champion from 2000–2006. She was a member of Spain's 2006 and 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy teams, finishing second in 2008; 2005 and 2007 European Junior Solheim Cup teams and 2004 and 2006 European Junior Ryder Cup teams. While at Arizona State, she was a member of the Sun Devils' NCAA championship team in 2009 as a freshman, and made conference history as the first to win consecutive Pac-10 Championships in 2009 and 2010; she finished third in 2011.
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