Paola Moreno Perez (born 22 August 1985) is a Colombian

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Amateur career

Moreno played college golf at the

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where she was on the 2008 NCAA Division I Championship team. She was a two-time All-American. As an amateur, she finished T42 at the 2008 U.S. Women's Open.

Professional career

Moreno has won three times on the

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. She finished 2nd on the

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money list to earn her tour card to play on the

2013 LPGA Tour The 2013 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world. The Tour began in Australia on February 14 and ended on November 24 in Florida. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States-based L ...

where she qualified for the

2013 CME Group Titleholders The 2013 CME Group Titleholders was the third CME Group Titleholders, a women's professional golf tournament and the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It was played November 21–24 at the Gold Course of Tiburón Golf Club in Naples ...

. She also finished T51 at the

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International career

In 2014, Moreno individually took bronze in golf at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games. She won a gold medal in the mixed team event at the

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Amateur wins

*2002

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(Girls 15–17) *2004 Colombian Open, Colombian National Championship *2005 Colombian Open *2006 Colombian Open, South American Championship *2007 Texas A&M "Mo"Morial *2008 Pac-10 Championship Source:

Professional wins

Symetra Tour wins

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 ...

Texas Hill Country Classic The Symetra Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional women golfers on the Symetra Tour, the LPGA Tour's developmental tour. From 2009 to 2011, the tournament was played at The Dominion Country Club in San Antonio, Texas. The event move ...

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 ...

Eagle Classic *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

Tullymore Classic The Tullymore Classic was a tournament on the Symetra Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It was part of the Symetra Tour's schedule between 2015 and 2017. It was held at Tullymore Golf Resort in Stanwood, Michigan Stanwood is a village in Me ...

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Colombia):

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

References

External links

Symetra Tour profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreno, Paola Colombian female golfers USC Trojans women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Pan American Games medalists in golf Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Golfers at the 2015 Pan American Games Golfers at the 2019 Pan American Games Sportspeople from Cali 1985 births Living people 21st-century Colombian women