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, wbritopen = T25: 2013 , evian = T14: 2017 , wghofid = , wghofyear = , award1 = , year1 = , awardssection = Sandra Gal (born 9 May 1985) is a German

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who currently plays on the United States–based

Childhood, college and amateur career

Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, Gal began playing golf at age five during family vacations to golf resorts around Europe.SandraGal.com
Sandra Gal Official Web Site Biography
Retrieved 27 March 2011. At age 17 she joined the German National Team and at 18 won the German National Girls Championship. She graduated from high school in 2004. While still competing on the German National Team, Gal attended college in the United States at the

in Gainesville. She played for the

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team from 2005 to 2007 and won four events in

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competition, received First Team All-American honors in 2007, and was an NGCA Academic All-American from 2005 to 2008. Sandra Gal: Gainesville Was the Right Place to Call Home
" GatorZone.com (11 December 2007). Retrieved 27 June 2011. In 2007, she won the Ladies European Amateur, and later that fall, entered the LPGA

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where she qualified for the LPGA Tour for

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and immediately turned pro. Although by turning pro she could no longer participate in collegiate golf, she completed her degree requirements while playing full-time on the LPGA Tour and graduated with honors from Florida in August 2008 with a bachelor's degree in advertising.

Professional career

Gal tied for 14th in the 2007 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn full playing privileges on the LPGA in 2008; she turned professional immediately following the tournament.LPGA.com
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, Gal won her first event at the

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in late March. She finished the 72-hole event at 16-under-par, one stroke ahead of runner-up

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Previously her best finish had been fifth at the

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. Also in 2009, she recorded two career-low rounds of 64. Gal was a member of the winning European Solheim Cup Team in 2011 and also played on the European Solheim Cup Team in 2015. In 2016, Gal participated at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she finished in the position of T25.

Coaching staff

Gal's swing coach is Mitchell Spearman and her fitness coach is the fitness trainer of the National Golf Team Germany, Christian Marysko. Beginning in September 2016, her new caddie is Oliver Brett.

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour (1)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2011 U.S. Open – 2012 U.S. Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1

LPGA Tour career summary

* official through 2022 season

World ranking

Position in

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at the end of each calendar year.

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Germany): 2004,

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(representing Germany):

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, 2007 Professional *

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(representing Europe):

(winners),

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Solheim Cup record

Olympic games participation

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gal, Sandra German female golfers Florida Gators women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Solheim Cup competitors for Europe Olympic golfers of Germany Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Düsseldorf 1985 births Living people 21st-century German women