Gwladys Nocera
| Gwladys Nocera | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born |
22 May 1975 Moulins, France |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Nationality |
 France
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| Residence | Biarritz, France |
| Career | |
| College |
New Mexico State University (2001, International Business) |
| Turned professional | 2002 |
| Current tour(s) |
Ladies European Tour (joined 2003) LPGA Tour (joined 2010) |
| Professional wins | 15 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Ladies European Tour | 14 (T7th all-time) |
| ALPG Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
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| ANA Inspiration | T24: 2010 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | 72: 2015 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T38: 2016 |
| Women's British Open | T12: 2014 |
| Evian Championship | T64: 2015 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Ladies European Tour Order of Merit winner |
2008 |
| Ladies European Tour Player of the Year |
2006, 2008 |
Gwladys Nocera (born 22 May 1975) is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.
Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She had a successful amateur career. She finished runner up at the 1998 British Ladies Amateur Championship, was a member of the victorious European championship French team in 1999 and the youngest ever winning captain in the 2000 Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships. She was a playing member of the 2002 French Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships team.
She was runner up at the 2002 French Amateur Championship, 2002 French International Champion and 2002 German International champion. She holds a degree in international business from New Mexico State University.
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.
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. 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. 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.
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