Silvia Cavalleri (born 10 October 1972) is an Italian professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She was the first Italian to win a tournament on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and amateur career In 1972, Cavalleri was born in Milan, Italy. She won the 1990 Girls Amateur Championship and represented Europe in the Vagliano Trophy five times between 1989 and 1997. She represented Italy in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1992 and 1996, was the 1996 World Amateur individual champion, and the 1997 U.S. Women's Amateur champion. She won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 1996 and 1997.
She graduated from Politecnico di Milano university in 1998 with a degree in architecture.
Professional career In 1997, Cavalleri turned professional. She played in 1998 on the Ladies European Tour. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1999. She won her first professional tournament in 2007 at the Corona Championship, becoming the first Italian to win an LPGA tournament.
Professional wins (2) LPGA Tour wins (1) No. DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up129 Apr 2007Corona Championship−20 (69-68-69-66=272)2 strokes Julieta Granada Lorena Ochoa Sources:
Ladies European Tour wins (1) 1999 Royal Marie-Claire Open
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order before 2014. Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT5170CUTCUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenT27CUTCUTT57WDCUTCUTWomen's British OpenT25CUTT64CUTCUTT45CUTCUTCUTLPGA ChampionshipCUTT22CUTCUTT16T62T58CUTT62T75CUTCUTThe Evian Championship ^ Note: The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001. ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut WD = withdrew "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeKraft Nabisco Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2LPGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 6U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 3Totals 0 0 0 0 0 3 36 13
Team appearances Amateur European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Italy): 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Italy): 1992, 1996
Professional World Cup (representing Italy): 2006, 2008
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