Gwladys Nocera (born 22 May 1975) is a French professional

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er. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.

Amateur career

Nocera was born in

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. She had a successful amateur career. She finished runner up at the 1998 British Ladies Amateur Championship, was a member of the victorious European championship French team in 1999 and the youngest ever winning captain in the 2000

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(World Amateur Golf Team Championships). She was a playing member of the 2002 French

team. She was runner up at the 2002 French Amateur Championship, 2002 French International Champion and 2002 German International champion. She holds a degree in international business from

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Professional career

Nocera turned professional at the relatively late age of twenty-seven and finished ninth at the 2002 Ladies European Tour

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to win a place on the tour for the following season. After a modest start she improved dramatically in 2005, when she finished fourth on the Order of Merit and made her

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debut where she beat Cristie Kerr in her singles match. In 2006 her career took another upward turn. She started the year representing

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at the

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with

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. She scored her first three Ladies European Tour tournament victories at the Ladies Swiss Open, the BMW Ladies Italian Open and the Catalonia Ladies Masters. She also played in her first women's major tournament, the

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. She finished second on the New Star Money list being beaten only by

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the holder of the record number of money list wins and was voted Players’ Player of the Year by her fellow Ladies European Tour professionals. On 20 January 2008, Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin of Team Philippines won the 4th

in Sun City,

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, with 4

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s in the last 4 holes. The duo had a final round of 7-under-par 65 in the best ball, for a 54-hole aggregate of 18-under-par 198.

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's Ji-Yai Shin and Eun Hee Ji were second on 200 after a final round 67, while

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(

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and Yun Jye Wei) and Japan (Shinobu Moromizato and Miki Saiki) tied for third on 203.

's Gwladys Nocera and Virginie Lagoutte-Clement, were fifth on 205 following 67. In 2009, Nocera earned her LPGA Tour card at LPGA Q-School and at the age of 34 will be a rookie and full-time LPGA Tour member in the 2010 season.

LET 72-hole scoring record

Nocera won the 2008 Göteborg Masters by an 11 stroke margin after scoring 259 (−29) following rounds of 66-62-65-66, the best 72-hole score in the LET's 40-year history. The bogey-free round of 62 is only one stroke off the LET single round scoring record of 61 (−11). Source:

Amateur wins (2)

* 2002 (2) French International Ladies Amateur Championship, German International Championship

Professional wins (15)

Ladies European Tour (14)

ALPG Tour (1)

Ladies European Tour career summary

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing France):

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, 1999 (winners), 2001 *

(representing France):

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(non-playing captain, winners), 2002 Professional *

(representing Europe): 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015 *

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(representing France): 2006, 2007, 2008 * The Queens (representing Europe): 2015, 2017 (captain)

Solheim Cup record

Notes and references

External links

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