Gwladys Nocera (born 22 May 1975) is a French professional golfer. She formerly played on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.

Early life and amateur career In 1975, Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She is of Portuguese descent.

Nocera 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). Nocera was a playing member of the 2002 French Espirito Santo Trophy team.

In 2001, she graduated from New Mexico State University.

Nocera was runner-up at the 2002 French Amateur Championship, 2002 French International Champion, and 2002 German International champion.

Professional career In 2002, Nocera turned professional at the relatively late age of twenty-seven. She 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.

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. 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 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.

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.Abs-Cbn Interactive, RP golfers Rosales, Delasin win women's World Cup

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.

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 scorecardHole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In TotalTo parPar 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 −6Round 2 4 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2 29 4 4 3 3 2 5 4 4 4 33 62 −10Round 3 5 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 2 30 4 5 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 35 65 −7Round 4 4 2 4 3 5 3 5 4 3 33 3 5 2 4 3 5 3 4 4 33 66 −6Total +1 −1 −5 −4 +1 −1 −4 −2 −3 −18 E −2 E −1 −2 −2 −1 −3 E −11 259 −29 Source:

Awards and honors

In 2006 and 2008, Nocera was honored with Ladies European Tour Player of the Year honors. In 2008, Nocera she led the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit.

Amateur wins 2002 French International Ladies Amateur Championship, German International Championship

Professional wins (15) Ladies European Tour wins (14) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1 21 May 2006 Ladies Swiss Open 69-70-63-71=273 –15 3 strokes Laura Davies2 17 Jun 2006 BMW Ladies Italian Open 71-66-65-72=274 –14 2 strokes Sophie Giquel-Bettan3 23 Jul 2006 Catalonia Ladies Masters 69-69-69=207 –9 5 strokes Sarah Kemp4 10 Jun 2007 KLM Ladies Open 64-70-67=201 –15 7 strokes Virginie Lagoutte-Clement5 8 Dec 2007 EMAAR-MGF Ladies Masters 69-69-72-71=281 –7 1 stroke Virginie Lagoutte-Clement6 4 May 2008 Ladies Scottish Open 69-70-69=208 –5 2 strokes Maria Bodén7 8 Jun 2008 Dutch Ladies Open 67-65-71=203 –13 1 stroke Mel Reid8 24 Aug 2008 SAS Masters 69-66-68=203 –13 3 strokes Tania Elósegui, Samantha Head9 21 Sep 2008 Göteborg Masters 66-62-65-66=259 –29 11 strokes Nina Reis10 5 Oct 2008 Madrid Ladies Masters 72-69-67=208 –11 4 strokes Paula Martí11 23 Jun 2013 Allianz Ladies Slovak Open 70-68-71-70=279 –9 4 strokes Lee-Anne Pace12 3 Nov 2013 China Suzhou Taihu Open -65=201 –15 2 strokes Carlota Ciganda13 6 Dec 2014 Hero Women's Indian Open 64-72-72=208 –11 5 strokes Fabienne In-Albon, Hannah Burke, Hyeon Seo Kang14 29 Mar 2015 Lalla Meryem Cup 68-65-68-70=271 –13 2 strokes Felicity Johnson, Nicole Garcia, Mel Reid

Australian Ladies Professional Golf Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunners-up12009 New Zealand Women's Open71-68-69=208 −8 6 strokes Nikki Garrett, Katherine Hull, Sarah Kemp, Bobea Park

Ladies European Tour career summary Year Wins Earnings (€) Order of Meritrank Scoringaverage2003019,227.245173.322004052,496.772372.6020050164,739.73471.3120063415,020.50270.4220072207,478.98371.9720085391,839.58170.5420090137,730.27971.852010065,716.66332011051,285.20462012099,744.811772.3920132221,287.93471.6020141233,288.65271.00

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 Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career126–4–21–2–13–1–12–1–0758.3%200521–1–01–0–0 def C. Kerr 2&10–1–0 lost w/L. Kreutz 4&2150%200741–2–10–1–0 lost to N. Gulbis 4&31–0–1 won w/M. Hjorth 3&2, halved w/M. Hjorth0–1–0 lost w/S. Gustafson 3&21.537.5%200943–0–10–0–1 halved w/J. Inkster2–0–0 won w/B.Brewerton 3&1, won w/B.Brewerton 5&41–0–0 won w/M. Hjorth 1 up3.587.6%201521–1–00–1–0 lost to A. Lee 3&10–0–01–0–0 won w/ C. Hull 3&2150%

See also List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins Ladies European Tour records

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