Nicole Castrale (pronounced "cass-TRAHL-ee", née Dalkas, born March 24, 1979) is an American professional golfer on the

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. Castrale was born in Glendale, California, and started playing golf at the age of 10. She graduated from

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in 1997 and played college golf for the

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and earned her

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in 2001.

Professional career

Castrale has won once on the LPGA Tour, the 2007 Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika. She also played on the Futures Tour, winning twice in consecutive weeks in 2005. Castrale played on the U.S.

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teams in 2007 and 2009. She made the clinching putt for the U.S. to defeat

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in the 2007 matches in

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. She also played on the International team in the 2007 and 2008

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s. Castrale did not compete past June in both 2010 and 2011. She underwent surgery on her left shoulder in early July 2010 and rehabilitated the rest of the season. Castrale played a limited schedule in 2011 due to pregnancy and her last competitive round was on June 10. She gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter, in November and returned to the LPGA Tour in March

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Personal life

Castrale married Craig Castrale on January 8, 2005, divorced in 2015. Playing well takes care of everything
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Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour (1)

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

Futures Tour (2)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order before 2014.'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2006 LPGA – 2007 British Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2008 LPGA – 2008 U.S. Open)

Team appearances

Professional *

(representing the United States): 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners) *

(representing International team): 2007,

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(winners)

Solheim Cup record

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Castrale, Nicole American female golfers USC Trojans women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Solheim Cup competitors for the United States Golfers from California Sportspeople from Glendale, California Sportspeople from Riverside County, California People from Palm Desert, California Palm Desert High School alumni 1979 births Living people