Giulia Sergas (born 26 December 1979) is an Italian

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, currently playing on both the LPGA Tour and the

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Early life

Sergas was born in Trieste in northern Italy. She took up golf at the age of nine at Golf Club Trieste under the coaching of Ezio Pavan. She attended the Linguistic College.

Amateur career

In 1996 and again in 1998, Sergas was a member of the runner-up World Amateur Team Championship ( Espirito Santo Trophy) teams. In 1998 she won the European Ladies Amateur Championship. She finished as lead amateur in the 1999 Women's British Open where she tied for 24th place.

Professional career

Sergas turned professional on 22 October 1999 and played initially on the

. In her rookie season in 2000 she earned the Bill Johnson Rookie of the Year award as the leading rookie on the LET Order of Merit. She qualified for the LPGA Tour in 2002. Her best finish on the LPGA Tour is a tied for second at the 2004 ShopRite LPGA Classic. Her best finishes on the Ladies European Tour are second at the 2011 Sicilian Ladies Italian Open and tied for second at the 2011 New Zealand Women's Open. She also finished tied for second at the unofficial 2009 European Nations Cup. After the conclusion of the

2013 Women's British Open The 2013 Ricoh Women's British Open was played 1–4 August at the Old Course at St Andrews in St Andrews, Scotland. It was the 37th Women's British Open, and the 13th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. It was the second Women's British ...

, she was chosen by Liselotte Neumann as one of her four captain's selections to the 2013 European Solheim Cup Team for the matches to be held in Colorado.

Personal life

Sergas currently lives in

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Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order before 2015.'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (twice) *Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (twice)

Team appearances

Amateur * European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Italy):

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(representing Europe): 1997 * Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Italy):

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

Professional * World Cup (representing Italy): 2005, 2007 * Solheim Cup (representing Europe):

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(winners)

Solheim Cup record

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sergas, Giulia Italian female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Solheim Cup competitors for Europe Olympic golfers of Italy Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games medalists in golf Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Trieste Sportspeople from Palm Springs, California 1979 births Living people