Giulia Molinaro (born 23 July 1990) is an Italian

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player. She tied for third at the 2021 Women's PGA Championship and represented Italy at the

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Early life and amateur career

Molinaro was born in

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, Northern Italy, but lived in

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for the majority of her childhood, due to her father's career in hotel management. She started playing golf at the age of 12. She was member of the Italian National team and represented Italy at the

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and the

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, and played on the European team at the 2006 Junior Ryder Cup. Individually, she was leading girl at the 2007 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy and finished sixth at the 2008

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. Molinaro played college golf at

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between 2008 and 2012, where she was named

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Player of the Year in her final season.

Professional career

Molinaro turned professional in October 2012 and joined the Symetra Tour. In 2013, she recorded one victory at the Friends of Mission Charity Classic and four additional top-10 finishes, earning Rookie of the Year honors. She finishing second on the money list, earning her an

card for 2014. After making only 8 cuts in 18 events and finishing 114th on the money list in 2014, she was back on the Symetra Tour in 2015. She again finished second on the money list and returned to the LPGA Tour in 2016. She tied for third at the 2021 Women's PGA Championship after which she broke into the top-100 on the

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for the first time.

Amateur wins

*2007 Girls Junior Orange Bowl *2011 Dale McNamara Invitational *2012 Swiss International Amateur Source:

Professional wins (1)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

* Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2006 (tie, Cup retained) *

(representing Italy):

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2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

(representing Italy):

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Molinaro, Giulia Italian female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Olympic golfers of Italy Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Arizona State Sun Devils women's golfers Mediterranean Games medalists in golf Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from the Province of Padua Italian expatriates in the United States 1990 births Living people 20th-century Italian women 21st-century Italian women