Julieta Granada (born 17 November 1986) is a Paraguayan professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur career Born in Asunción, Paraguay, Granada moved to the United States with her mother at the age of 14 in 2001 after receiving a scholarship to attend the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Bradenton, Florida. While a student there, she earned numerous junior amateur titles. She was named to the American Junior Golf Association All-America Team from 2001 to 2004 and was the AJGA player of the year in 2004 when she won the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. Granada graduated in 2005 from the Pendleton School, a private school established solely for students attending the Leadbetter Academy and other affiliated IMG sports academies.

Professional career Granada turned professional in June 2005 at age 18 and competed on the Futures Tour that summer, joining in mid-season. She placed second in her first and sixth events and won her first professional title at the season-ending YWCA Futures Classic in late August in York, Pennsylvania. Granada won $29,153 in nine Futures Tour events to finish seventh on the 2005 money list, which advanced her to the final stage of the LPGA qualifying tournament in December. She finished tied for sixth in the five-round event to earn her LPGA card for 2006.

In her rookie season on the LPGA Tour, Granada was 19th on the 2006 money list going into the season-ending LPGA playoffs at the ADT in November. She won the final round of the elimination-format event in Florida to claim the first $1 million prize in women's golf and vaulted up to fourth on the money list. At the end of 2008, Granada attended qualifying school for the Ladies European Tour (LET) and has played on the LPGA and LET tours since.

Granada won the gold medal at the 2014 South American Games and the bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games. She was the flagbearer for Paraguay at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she finished 44th. At the 2019 Pan American Games, she won the silver medals in the women's individual competition and the mixed team competition.

Amateur victories and honors 2001-2004: Member of American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) All-America Team. 2002: Member of Canon Cup Team 2003: Member of Canon Cup Team 2004: Winner of AJGA Rolex Girls Junior Championship. AJGA Player of the Year. Quarterfinalist in USGA Amateur Public Links Championship. Athlete of the Year in Paraguay. Winner of South American Championship individual and team titles. Six overall wins in 2004. 2005: Winner of South Atlantic Ladies Amateur Championship

Professional wins (3) Futures Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-upPurse ($)Winner'sshare ($)1Aug 28, 2005YWCA Futures Classic68-70-68=206– 101 stroke Jessica Lewis75,00010,500

LPGA Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-upPurse ($)Winner'sshare ($)1Nov 19, 2006LPGA Playoffs at The ADT70-69-69-68– 42 strokes Lorena Ochoa1,550,0001,000,000 The total score is not shown because it did not determine the winner. Championship (fourth round) score is shown in bold.

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12012Women's Australian Open Jessica Korda Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome So Yeon Ryu Hee Kyung SeoKorda won with birdie on second extra hole22014CME Group Tour Championship Carlota Ciganda Lydia KoKo won with par on fourth extra holeGranada eliminated by par on second hole Sources:

Other (1) 2007 (1) Women's World Cup of Golf (with Celeste Troche)

LET playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12010Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open Lee-Anne Pace Christel Boeljon Hannah JunPace won with birdie on second extra holeGranada eliminated by par on first hole

Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order before 2018. Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012ANA InspirationT30T27T63CUTT75T7T35U.S. Women's OpenT46T10CUTCUTCUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT44CUTT6575CUTT50CUTWomen's British Open 8CUTCUTT597

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020ANA InspirationT41CUTCUT70U.S. Women's OpenT25T22CUTCUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipCUTT6T22CUTCUTThe Evian Championship ^T57T32T64NTWomen's British Open CUTT5T44T56 ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament "T" = tied

Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 8U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 1 3 11 4Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 12 6The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3Women's British Open 0 0 0 1 3 3 9 6Totals 0 0 0 1 6 9 46 27 Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2005 Kraft Nabisco – 2007 Kraft Nabisco) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2014 British – 2014 LPGA)

LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoring rank2005320000T27n/a73.3320063026120711,633,586471.33152007281802032412,4403372.925320082512000012101,14010073.3110520091880000T2065,22910673.94126201016600002252,3099474.4912720111890002T7137,2216173.1670201226200104T2445,6853171.9734201326190002T9224,6625572.3660201428270108T2762,8031870.9415201528250002T7348,6455171.764920162280000T3835,67413074.121532017800000Cut0n/a74.25n/a20181560000T3939,16413771.85692019320000T589,20416771.67n/a20201230000T5616,24613674.131312021200000Cut0n/a77.25n/a2022Did not play2023710000T316,67118774.60n/a official through 2023 season

LET career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings(€) Order ofMerit Scoring average Scoringrank2009660001T921,335632010640104T237,886562011650002T638,9446271.33

Symetra Tour summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoring rank2005 9 9 1 2 0 4 1 29,153 7 70.88 n/a (4)2017 4 1 0 0 0 0 T54 833 n/a 73.60 n/a2018 2 1 0 0 0 0 T14 2,353 7 70.40 n/a2019 19 18 0 3 1 8 2 94,343 6 70.16 3

Team appearances Amateur Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Paraguay): 2000, 2004

Professional Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2006 World Cup (representing Paraguay): 2007 (winners), 2008

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