Giulia Sergas (born 26 December 1979) is an Italian professional golfer, currently playing on both the

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and the Ladies European Tour.

Early life

Sergas was born in

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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 (

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) teams. In 1998 she won the

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. She finished as lead amateur in the 1999

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where she tied for 24th place.

Professional career

Sergas turned professional on 22 October 1999 and played initially on the Ladies European Tour. 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

in 2002. Her best finish on the LPGA Tour is a tied for second at the 2004

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. Her best finishes on the Ladies European Tour are second at the 2011 Sicilian Ladies Italian Open and tied for second at the 2011

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. She also finished tied for second at the unofficial 2009

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. After the conclusion of the 2013 Women's British Open, she was chosen by

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as one of her four captain's selections to the 2013 European Solheim Cup Team for the matches to be held in

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Personal life

Sergas currently lives in Palm Springs, California.

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 *

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(representing Italy):

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* Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1997 *

(representing Italy): 1996,

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Professional *

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(representing Italy): 2005, 2007 *

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(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