Carlota Ciganda Machiñena (born 1 June 1990) is a professional

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er from

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who plays on the

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and the

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. She won the LET's

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(money title) in her debut season in

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, and was also named

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and Rookie of the Year.

Early life and college career

Born in

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, Ciganda started to play golf aged five, influenced by her father. Her uncle is the former

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player and coach

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. She attended college in the

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from 2008 to 2011, where she majored in Business Administration. Ciganda speaks four languages.

Amateur career

Ciganda enjoyed a successful amateur career, winning the

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in 2007. She returned to the finals in 2009, but was runner-up to compatriot and ASU teammate

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. Ciganda won the

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in 2004 and 2008, and was the Spanish National age group champion from 2000 to 2006. She was a member of Spain's 2006 and 2008

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teams, finishing second in 2008; 2005 and 2007 European

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teams and 2004 and 2006 European Junior Ryder Cup teams. While at

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, she was a member of the Sun Devils'

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team in 2009 as a freshman, and made conference history as the first to win consecutive

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Championships in 2009 and 2010; she finished third in 2011. Ciganda played in a number of professional tournaments as an amateur and first took part in the 2005 Tenerife Ladies Open at age 14. Although on that occasion she did not make the cut, she finished as the best Spanish representative in several professional tournaments, including the 2007

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, when she finished eighth and the 2008 Tenerife Ladies Open when she was third, three shots behind the winner,

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Professional career

Ciganda turned professional in May 2011 making her debut the following month at the

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, an unofficial event on the LET schedule, where she finished second to Becky Brewerton. She competed on the

Access Series that season, winning the Murcia Ladies Open. In the

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in December 2011 she finished tied 34th, earning Priority List Category 20 for the

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season and went on to finish third at the LET Final Qualifying School tournament later that month to earn full playing rights for the 2012 Ladies European Tour season. In her first full season on the 2012 Ladies European Tour, Ciganda won the ISPS Handa Order of Merit and was also named Players' Player of the Year, as voted for by the LET members. She played in 19 tournaments, with two victories at the

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and the China Suzhou Taihu Open and had ten additional top-10s finishes. Her efforts won her the

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award and she ended the season ranked second on the European Solheim Cup points list with total earnings of €251,289.95. Ciganda was the ladies' winner of the 2019 AON Risk Reward Challenge, collecting the $1,000,000 prize.

Amateur wins

*2004

*2005 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship *2006 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship *2007

*2008

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Professional wins (8)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

Co-sanctioned by the

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. LPGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

Ladies European Tour (6)

LET playoff record (1–1)

LET Access Series (1)

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(1) Murcia Ladies Open

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order before 2019 or in 2020.'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (2018 US Open – 2020 PGA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2019 Evian – 2019 British Open)

Professional career summary

LPGA Tour

* official as of 2022 season

Ladies European Tour

* official as of 2018 season

World ranking

Position in

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at the end of each calendar year.

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Spain): 2004 (winners) *

(representing Spain):

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(representing Europe): 2005, 2007 (winners) * Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2004 (winners), 2006 (tie, Cup retained) *

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(representing Spain):

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(winners),

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Professional *

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(representing Europe):

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(winners),

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(winners),

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(winners) *

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(representing Spain):

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(winners)

Solheim Cup record

References

External links

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Arizona State University Athletics
– Carlota Ciganda {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciganda, Carlota Spanish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships Solheim Cup competitors for Europe Olympic golfers of Spain Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games medalists in golf Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Pamplona 1990 births Living people 20th-century Spanish women 21st-century Spanish women