Gwladys Nocera

Gwladys Nocera
Personal information
Born	(1975-05-22) 22 May 1975 (age 46) Moulins, France
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	France
Residence	Biarritz, France
Career
College	New Mexico State University (2001, International Business)
Turned professional	2002
Current tour(s)	Ladies European Tour (joined 2003) LPGA Tour (joined 2010)
Professional wins	15
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour	14 (T7th all-time)
ALPG Tour	1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration	T24: 2010
Women's PGA C'ship	72: 2015
U.S. Women's Open	T38: 2016
Women's British Open	T12: 2014
Evian Championship	T64: 2015
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour Order of Merit winner 2008 Ladies European Tour Player of the Year 2006, 2008
show Medal record Mediterranean Games 1997 Bari

Gwladys Nocera (born 22 May 1975) is a French professional golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz, France.

Amateur career[]

Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. 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).^[1] She was a playing member of the 2002 French Espirito Santo Trophy team.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5][6][7] She also played in her first women's major tournament, the Kraft Nabisco Championship. She finished second on the New Star Money list being beaten only by Laura Davies 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.^[8]

On 20 January 2008, Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin of Team Philippines won the 4th Women's World Cup of Golf in Sun City, South Africa, with 4 birdies 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. Korea's Ji-Yai Shin and Eun Hee Ji were second on 200 after a final round 67, while Taiwan (Amy Hung and Yun Jye Wei) and Japan (Shinobu Moromizato and Miki Saiki) tied for third on 203. France's Gwladys Nocera and Virginie Lagoutte-Clement, were fifth on 205 following 67.^[9]

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,^[10] 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).^[11]

show2008 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	To par
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:^[12]

Amateur wins (2)[]

• 2002 (2) French International Ladies Amateur 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	Laura Davies
2	17 Jun 2006	BMW Ladies Italian Open	71-66-65-72=274	–14	2 strokes
3	23 Jul 2006	Catalonia Ladies Masters	69-69-69=207	–9	5 strokes	Sarah Kemp
4	10 Jun 2007	KLM Ladies Open	64-70-67=201	–15	7 strokes	Virginie Lagoutte-Clement
5	8 Dec 2007	EMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters	69-69-72-71=281	–7	1 stroke	Virginie Lagoutte-Clement
6	4 May 2008	Ladies Scottish Open	69-70-69=208	–5	2 strokes	Maria Bodén
7	8 Jun 2008	Dutch Ladies Open	67-65-71=203	–13	1 stroke	Mel Reid
8	24 Aug 2008	SAS Masters	69-66-68=203	–13	3 strokes	Tania Elósegui, Samantha Head
9	21 Sep 2008	Göteborg Masters	66-62-65-66=259	–29	11 strokes	Nina Reis
10	5 Oct 2008	Madrid Ladies Masters	72-69-67=208	–11	4 strokes	Paula Martí
11	23 Jun 2013	Allianz Ladies Slovak Open	70-68-71-70=279	–9	4 strokes	Lee-Anne Pace
12	3 Nov 2013	China Suzhou Taihu Open	-65=201	–15	2 strokes	Carlota Ciganda
13	6 Dec 2014	Hero Women's Indian Open	64-72-72=208	–11	5 strokes	Fabienne In-Albon, Hannah Burke,
14	29 Mar 2015	Lalla Meryem Cup	68-65-68-70=271	–13	2 strokes	Felicity Johnson, Nicole Garcia, 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	Nikki Garrett, Katherine Hull, Sarah Kemp,

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

• 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%

See also[]

• List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins
• Ladies European Tour records

Notes and references[]

External links[]

• Gwladys Nocera at the Ladies European Tour official site
• Gwladys Nocera at the LPGA Tour official site
• Gwladys Nocera at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site