Sandra Gal (born 9 May 1985) is a German professional golfer who currently plays on the United States–based LPGA Tour.
Childhood, college and amateur career Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, Gal began playing golf at age five during family vacations to golf resorts around Europe.SandraGal.com, Sandra Gal Official Web Site Biography Retrieved 27 March 2011. At age 17 she joined the German National Team and at 18 won the German National Girls Championship. She graduated from high school in 2004.
While still competing on the German National Team, Gal attended college in the United States at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She played for the Florida Gators women's golf team from 2005 to 2007 and won four events in NCAA competition, received First Team All-American honors in 2007, and was an NGCA Academic All-American from 2005 to 2008." Sandra Gal: Gainesville Was the Right Place to Call Home," GatorZone.com (11 December 2007). Retrieved 27 June 2011.
In 2007, she won the Ladies European Amateur, and later that fall, entered the LPGA Qualifying Tournament where she qualified for the LPGA Tour for 2008 and immediately turned pro. Although by turning pro she could no longer participate in collegiate golf, she completed her degree requirements while playing full-time on the LPGA Tour and graduated with honors from Florida in August 2008 with a bachelor's degree in advertising.
Professional career Gal tied for 14th in the 2007 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn full playing privileges on the LPGA in 2008; she turned professional immediately following the tournament.LPGA.com, LPGA Official Biography Retrieved 27 March 2011.
In her fourth season on the LPGA Tour in 2011, Gal won her first event at the Kia Classic in late March. She finished the 72-hole event at 16-under-par, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jiyai Shin Previously her best finish had been fifth at the 2009 LPGA Corning Classic. Also in 2009, she recorded two career-low rounds of 64.
She is only the second German player after Tina Fischer to win on the LPGA Tour.
Gal was a member of the winning European Solheim Cup Team in 2011 and also played on the European Solheim Cup Team in 2015.
In 2016, Gal participated at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where she finished in the position of T25.
Coaching staff Gal's swing coach is Mitchell Spearman and her fitness coach is the fitness trainer of the National Golf Team Germany, Christian Marysko. Beginning in September 2016, her new caddie is Oliver Brett.
Professional wins (1) LPGA Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner-upWinner'sshare ($)127 Mar 2011Kia Classic67-68-70-71=276–161 stroke Jiyai Shin255,000
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order before 2019. Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020ANA InspirationCUTT34T15T38CUTT34T46CUTCUTT48T44U.S. Women's OpenCUTT4051T343CUTT22CUTCUTT27CUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT56T49CUTCUTT12CUTT2212T30CUTT40T66CUTThe Evian Championship ^ T19T32T50T64T14T37CUTNTWomen's British Open CUTT33CUTT54CUTT25CUTT36T47T49T22CUT69 ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 7U.S. Women's Open 0 0 1 1 1 2 12 6Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 8The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 6Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 8Totals 0 0 1 1 1 10 56 35 Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2011 U.S. Open – 2012 U.S. Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 1
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings ($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoringrank2006100000CUTn/a78.00200822170000T14181,1626872.0340200923170002T5298,7634672.1241201022150000T11106,3886773.39942011201711051623,5262071.64192012262300123574,3232571.80322013252000044420,1373571.2525201427200005T5504,5183671.2721201527260003T5531,9613071.1717201626200002T4306,7996271.7156201727180002T7318,5295971.7980201825170013T3373,8465871.283920191780000T1183,55211672.821392020520000T4813,47614473.57n/a2021510000715,92317573.50n/a2022100000CUT0n/a75.50n/a2023Did not play20241160000T3047,26416372.431262025110000T586,38118073.75n/a Official through 2025 season
World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year Worldranking Source 2007 694 2008 124 2009 73 2010 124 2011 41 2012 33 2013 45 2014 50 2015 47 2016 77 2017 93 2018 91 2019 165 2020 261 2021 628 2022 1157 2023 – 2024 709 2025 904
Team appearances Amateur Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Germany): 2004, 2006 European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2005, 2007
Professional Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2011 (winners), 2015
Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career72–3–20–2–02–0–00–1–23.042.9201130–2–10–1–0 lost to B. Lang 6&50–0–00–1–1 halved with C. Matthew,lost w/ C. Boeljon 2&10.516.7201542–1–10–1–0 lost to P. Creamer 4&32–0–0 won w/ C. Matthew 3&2, won w/ C. Matthew 1 up0–0–1 halved w/ C. Masson2.562.5
Olympic games participation YearCountryScoreFinalposition2016Brazil71-74-69-69=283T25
See also
List of Florida Gators women's golfers on the LPGA Tour List of University of Florida alumni
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