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Nicole Castrale

American professional golfer (born 1979)

Field	Value
name	Nicole Castrale
image	2009 LPGA Championship - Nicole Castrale (1).jpg
imagesize	200px
caption	Castrale at 2009 LPGA Championship
fullname	Nicole Dalkas Castrale
birth_date
birth_place	Glendale, California, U.S.
death_date
height
nationality
residence	Palm Desert, California, U.S.
spouse	Craig Castrale (m. 2005)
children	1
college	University of Southern California (2001)
yearpro	2001
retired
tour	LPGA Tour (joined 2002)
extour	Futures Tour
(2001, 2004, 2005)
prowins	3
lpgawins	1
letwins
jlpgawins
klpgawins
lagtwins
alpgwins
futwins	2
otherwins
majorwins
nabisco	T25: 2009
lpga	T5: 2009
wusopen	T6: 2008
dumaurier	DNP
wbritopen	T9: 2013
evian	DNP
wghofid
wghofyear
award1
year1
awardssection

(2001, 2004, 2005)

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

Castrale was born in Glendale, California, and started playing golf at the age of 10. She graduated from Palm Desert High School in 1997 and played college golf for the USC Trojans in Los Angeles and earned her bachelor's degree 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. Solheim Cup teams in 2007 and 2009. She made the clinching putt for the U.S. to defeat Europe in the 2007 matches in Halmstad, Sweden. She also played on the International team in the 2007 and 2008 Lexus Cups.

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 2012.

Personal life

Castrale married Craig Castrale on January 8, 2005, divorced in 2015.

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin
of victory	Runner-up	Winner's
share ($)
1	Jun 3, 2007	Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika	69-71-68-71=279	–9	Playoff	MEX Lorena Ochoa	390,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2007	Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika	MEX Lorena Ochoa	Won with par on first extra hole

Futures Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin
of victory	Runner-up		Winner's
share ($)
1	May 28, 2005	Northwest Indiana FUTURES Golf Classic	71-66-72=209	–7	Playoff	KOR Hye Jung Choi
2	Jun 5, 2005	Kankakee FUTURES Golf Classic	66-72-71=209	–7	4 strokes	CAN Alena Sharp

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2014.

Tournament	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship
LPGA Championship
U.S. Women's Open	CUT
du Maurier Classic

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship			T26	CUT	T25
LPGA Championship		T34	T10	T10	T5
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	T57	T35	T6	T17
Women's British Open		T31	67	T21	CUT

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Kraft Nabisco Championship	CUT	T66	T79	CUT	T51
U.S. Women's Open			T9	CUT	CUT
Women's British Open			CUT	T9
LPGA Championship	CUT		T19	T53
The Evian Championship ^

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. CUT = missed the half-way cut

T = tied

Summary

Tournament	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Kraft Nabisco Championship	0	0	1	8	5
U.S. Women's Open	0	2	3	9	5
Women's British Open	0	1	2	6	4
LPGA Championship	1	3	4	7	6
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0

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

Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners)
Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2007, 2008 (winners)

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	7	2-5-0	1-1-0	0-2-0	1-2-0	2.0	28.6
2007	4	2-2-0	1-0-0
def. B. Hauert 3&2	0-1-0
lost w/ C. Kerr 1 dn	1-1-0
won w/ C. Kerr 3&2
lost w/ N. Gulbis 2 dn	2.0	50.0
2009	3	0-3-0	0-1-0
lost to D. Luna 3&2	0-1-0
lost w/ A. Stanford 3&1	0-1-0
lost w/ C. Kerr 1 dn	0.0	0.0

References

"Nicole Castrale". LPGA.com.
(Spring 2001). "Women's golf: Nicole Dalkas". USC Trojans athletics.
(June 3, 2007). "Castrale beats Ochoa in playoff in Ginn Tribute". USA Today.
(June 4, 2007). "Former Trojan Nicole Castrale wins first LPGA tour event". USC Trojans athletics.
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