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Gwladys Nocera

French professional golfer

Summary

French professional golfer

Field	Value
name	Gwladys Nocera
image	Gwladys nocera sas masters 08.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Moulins, France
death_date
height
nationality
residence	Biarritz, France
college	New Mexico State University
(2001, International Business)
yearpro	2002
tour	Ladies European Tour (joined 2003)
LPGA Tour (joined 2010)
prowins	15
lpgawins
letwins	14 (T7th all-time)
jlpgawins
klpgawins
lagtwins
alpgwins	1
futwins
otherwins
majorwins
nabisco	T24: 2010
lpga	72: 2015
wusopen	T38: 2016
wbritopen	T12: 2014
evian	T64: 2015
wghofid
wghofyear
award1	Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit winner
year1	2008
award2	Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year
year2	2006, 2008
awardssection

(2001, International Business) LPGA Tour (joined 2010) Order of Merit winner](let-order-of-merit) Player of the Year](let-player-of-the-year) Gwladys Nocera (born 22 May 1975) is a French professional golfer who formerly played on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.

Amateur career

Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She is of Portuguese descent. 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 Espirito Santo Trophy (World Amateur Golf Team Championships). She was a playing member of the 2002 French Espirito Santo Trophy 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 New Mexico State University.

Professional career

Nocera turned professional at the relatively late age of twenty-seven and finished ninth at the 2002 Ladies European Tour Qualifying School 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 Solheim Cup debut where she beat Cristie Kerr in her singles match. | access-date = 2007-06-03}}

In 2006 her career took another upward turn. She started the year representing France at the Women's World Cup of Golf with Karine Icher.{{cite web | access-date = 2007-04-02 | archive-date = 2006-10-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061025123959/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4779 | url-status = dead |access-date = 2007-06-03 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000011/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=5655&page=22 |archive-date = 2007-09-28 |access-date = 2007-06-03 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930202012/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=6090&page=19 |archive-date = 2007-09-30 |access-date = 2007-06-03 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201747/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=6519&page=16 |archive-date = 2007-09-30 |access-date = 2007-06-03 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201334/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=8199&page=5 |archive-date = 2007-09-30

On 20 January 2008, at the fourth Women's World Cup of Golf in Sun City, South Africa, team France with Nocera and Virginie Lagoutte-Clément finished fifth, seven shots behind winning South Korean team Jiyai Shin and Ji Eun-hee over 54 holes.

In 2009, Nocera earned her LPGA Tour card at LPGA Q-School and at the age of 34 was a rookie and an LPGA Tour member the following season. She played the LPGA Tour full-time in 2010 and 2011, reaching a career best second place at the 2010 CVS/Pharmacy LPGA Challenge. | access-date = 2024-01-15}}

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).

2008 Göteborg Masters scorecard	Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Par	4	3	5	4	4	3	5	4	3	35	4	5	3	4	3	5	4	5	4	37	72
Meter	340	125	425	265	350	130	485	320	140	2580	315	430	150	330	198	455	345	420	350	2993	5573
Round 1	4	3	4	3	4	2	4	4	2	30	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	4	36	66	−6
Round 2	4	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	29	4	4	3	3	2	5	4	4	4	33	62	−10
Round 3	5	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	30	4	5	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	35	65	−7
Round 4	4	2	4	3	5	3	5	4	3	33	3	5	2	4	3	5	3	4	4	33	66	−6
Total	+1	−1	−5	−4	+1	−1	−4	−2	−3	−18	E	−2	E	−1	−2	−2	−1	−3	E	−11	259	−29

Source:

Amateur wins

2002 French International Ladies Amateur Championship, German International Championship

Professional wins (15)

Ladies European Tour (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	21 May 2006	Ladies Swiss Open	69-70-63-71=273	–15	3 strokes	ENG Laura Davies
2	17 Jun 2006	BMW Ladies Italian Open	71-66-65-72=274	–14	2 strokes	FRA Sophie Giquel-Bettan
3	23 Jul 2006	Catalonia Ladies Masters	69-69-69=207	–9	5 strokes	AUS Sarah Kemp
4	10 Jun 2007	KLM Ladies Open	64-70-67=201	–15	7 strokes	FRA Virginie Lagoutte-Clement
5	8 Dec 2007	EMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters	69-69-72-71=281	–7	1 stroke	FRA Virginie Lagoutte-Clement
6	4 May 2008	Ladies Scottish Open	69-70-69=208	–5	2 strokes	SWE Maria Bodén
7	8 Jun 2008	Dutch Ladies Open	67-65-71=203	–13	1 stroke	ENG Mel Reid
8	24 Aug 2008	SAS Masters	69-66-68=203	–13	3 strokes	ENG Tania Elósegui, ENG Samantha Head
9	21 Sep 2008	Göteborg Masters	66-62-65-66=259	–29	11 strokes	SWE Nina Reis
10	5 Oct 2008	Madrid Ladies Masters	72-69-67=208	–11	4 strokes	ESP Paula Martí
11	23 Jun 2013	Allianz Ladies Slovak Open	70-68-71-70=279	–9	4 strokes	ZAF Lee-Anne Pace
12	3 Nov 2013	China Suzhou Taihu Open	-65=201	–15	2 strokes	ESP Carlota Ciganda
13	6 Dec 2014	Hero Women's Indian Open	64-72-72=208	–11	5 strokes	SUI Fabienne In-Albon, ENG Hannah Burke, KOR Hyeon Seo Kang
14	29 Mar 2015	Lalla Meryem Cup	68-65-68-70=271	–13	2 strokes	ENG Felicity Johnson, ZAF Nicole Garcia, ENG Mel Reid

ALPG Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of
victory	Runners-up
1	2009	New Zealand Women's Open	71-68-69=208	−8	6 strokes	AUS Nikki Garrett, AUS Katherine Hull,
AUS Sarah Kemp, KOR Bobea Park

Ladies European Tour career summary

Year	Wins	Earnings (€)	Order of Merit
rank	Scoring
average
2003	0	19,227.24	51	73.32
2004	0	52,496.77	23	72.60
2005	0	164,739.73	4	71.31
2006	3	415,020.50	2	70.42
2007	2	207,478.98	3	71.97
2008	5	391,839.58	1	70.54
2009	0	137,730.27	9	71.85
2010	0	65,716.66	33
2011	0	51,285.20	46
2012	0	99,744.81	17	72.39
2013	2	221,287.93	4	71.60
2014	1	233,288.65	2	71.00

Team appearances

Amateur

European Ladies' Team Championship (representing France): 1997, 1999 (winners), 2001
Espirito Santo Trophy (representing France): 2000 (non-playing captain, winners), 2002

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015
World Cup (representing France): 2006, 2007, 2008
The Queens (representing Europe): 2015, 2017 (captain)

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total
matches	Total
W–L–H	Singles
W–L–H	Foursomes
W–L–H	Fourballs
W–L–H	Points
won	Points
%
Career	12	6–4–2	1–2–1	3–1–1	2–1–0	7	58.3%
2005	2	1–1–0	1–0–0 def C. Kerr 2&1	0–1–0 lost w/L. Kreutz 4&2		1	50%
2007	4	1–2–1	0–1–0 lost to N. Gulbis 4&3	1–0–1 won w/M. Hjorth 3&2, halved w/M. Hjorth	0–1–0 lost w/S. Gustafson 3&2	1.5	37.5%
2009	4	3–0–1	0–0–1 halved w/J. Inkster	2–0–0 won w/B.Brewerton 3&1, won w/B.Brewerton 5&4	1–0–0 won w/M. Hjorth 1 up	3.5	87.6%
2015	2	1–1–0	0–1–0 lost to A. Lee 3&1	0–0–0	1–0–0 won w/ C. Hull 3&2	1	50%

References

"Portugal Ladies Open: Gwladys Nocera assume liderança".
"France Claims Women's World Amateur Team Championship By 7 Strokes". International Golf Federation.
"World Amateur Team Championship Record Books Player: Gwladys Nocera". International Golf Federation.
[http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=106249 Abs-Cbn Interactive, RP golfers Rosales, Delasin win women's World Cup]
(18 March 2010). "Resultatlista Göteborg Masters". Golfdata.se.
(21 September 2008). "Nocera wins Göteborg Masters with best score in LET history". Ladies European Tour.
"Gwladys Nocera Scorecard at 2008 Göteborg Masters". Golfdata.

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