Gerina Piller

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Gerina Piller
Personal information
Full nameGerina Piller
Born (1985-03-29) March 29, 1985 (age 39)
Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidencePlano, Texas
SpouseMartin Piller (since 2011)
Career
CollegeUniversity of Texas at El Paso
(graduated 2007)
Turned professional2007
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
(joined 2010)
Former tour(s)Futures Tour (2007-2010)
Professional wins0
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT41: 2013
Women's PGA C'shipT6: 2012
U.S. Women's OpenT31: 2013
Women's British OpenCUT

'Gerina Piller (born March 25, 1985) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro in 2007 following a decorate career as a collegiate golfer at the University of Texas El Paso. In 2009, Piller appeared on the Golf Channel reality television competition The Big Break.[1]

Childhood and amateur career

Born Gerina Mendoza in Roswell, New Mexico, Piller attended Goddard High School where she won the New Mexico state golf championship in 2003 and also was an all-state volleyball player. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

In 2005, Pressel won the North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst, and the most important amateur event, the U.S. Women's Amateur. Pressel also finished her amateur career as 2005 Girls Rolex Junior Player of the Year.

During her amateur career, she won 11 AJGA titles, including all five AJGA Invitationals: the "AJGA Slam".[2]

Professional career

Pressel at the 2008 LPGA Championship

Pressel finished sixth in the first stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in September 2005 and advanced to the final stage in December.[3] She turned professional in November, after appealing to the LPGA to become a member as a 17-year-old. LPGA rules state that members must be 18 years old.[4] At the five-round Final Qualifying Tournament in Daytona Beach, she finished tied for sixth to earn her tour card for 2006.[5] She played part-time on the tour until her high school graduation in May 2006.

Pressel earned her first victory in 2007 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship and became the youngest-ever winner of a modern LPGA major at 18 years, 313 days.[6] On her flight home to Florida after her win, Pressel had her golf clubs stolen.[7] The win moved her from 17th in the world rankings to fourth.[8]

Pressel made her first hole-in-one as a professional golfer on July 15, 2007, at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio. It was a 148-yard (135 m) par 3 – hole 6 for the tournament. It was not enough to win, though; Se Ri Pak won the event for the fifth time.[7]

Pressel qualified for the 2007, 2009, and 2011 Solheim Cup teams; earning a spot on the 2007 team in her second full-year on the LPGA Tour as a 19-year-old. Through 2011, she is undefeated (3–0–0) in Solheim Cup singles play.

In the 2012 Sybase Match Play Championship, Pressel was in contention for her third LPGA Tour victory in the semi-finals when she was 2up after 11 holes to opponent Azahara Muñoz. Pressel won the 12th hole but a slow play penalty resulted in the loss of the hole instead. She would lose the match and Muñoz would go on to win the tournament.[9]

She is represented by Wasserman Media Group and has endorsement deals with Callaway Golf, Polo Ralph Lauren, Royal Bank of Canada, and Audemars Piguet.

Professional wins (5)

Pressel in 2009

LPGA Tour (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 Apr 1, 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship 74-72-70-69=285 –3 1 stroke Scotland Catriona Matthew
United States Brittany Lincicome
Norway Suzann Pettersen 		300,000
2 Oct 19, 2008 Kapalua LPGA Classic 72-72-67-69=280 –8 1 stroke Norway Suzann Pettersen 225,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2009 Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic South Korea Eunjung Yi Lost to birdie on first extra hole

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

LPGA of Japan Tour (1)

Other wins (2)

Major championships

Wins (1)

No. Year Championship Winning score Margin
of victory		 Runners-up
1 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship −3 (74-72-70-69=285) 1 stroke United States Brittany Lincicome, Scotland Catriona Matthew,
Norway Suzann Pettersen

Results timeline

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T19 T13 1 T38 T40
LPGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 69 14 T6 CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT DNP 52 DNP T2TLA T28 T10 T17 T13
Women's British Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T56 CUT CUT T42
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013
Kraft Nabisco Championship T19 T3 T46 T52
LPGA Championship T7 2 T45 T3
U.S. Women's Open T34 T21 WD T20
Women's British Open 8 T49 T43
The Evian Championship ^

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
WD=withdrew
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

  • Starts – 35
  • Wins – 1
  • 2nd place finishes – 2
  • 3rd place finishes – 2
  • Top 3 finishes – 5
  • Top 5 finishes – 5
  • Top 10 finishes – 9
  • Top 25 finishes – 17
  • Missed cuts – 4
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 13
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 3

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2001 1 0 0 0 0 0 CUT n/a 77.00
2003 1 1 0 0 0 0 52 76.00
2005 7 7 0 1 0 2 T2 70.96
2006 23 21 0 0 1 9 3 465,685 24 71.51 20
2007 25 23 1 1 3 8 1 972,452 9 71.34 6
2008 26 21 1 1 0 5 1 711,261 24 72.04 42
2009 24 21 0 2 0 3 5 630,313 22 71.38 29
2010 23 22 0 1 0 7 T2 767,455 13 71.05 11
2011 22 20 0 1 1 7 2 845,466 13 71.34 14
2012 23 15 0 0 1 1 3 271,548 45 73.65 98
2013 15 10 0 0 1 2 T3 267,099 31 72.156 60
  • Official through July 21, 2013.[10]

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

  Year   World
ranking		 Source
2006 25 [11]
2007 12 [12]
2008 19 [13]
2009 23 [14]
2010 17 [15]
2011 16 [16]
2012 38 [17]

Pressel's career-high in the world rankings is fourth, in the spring of 2007.[8]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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 11 7–2–2 3–0–0 2–1–0 2–1–2 8.0 72.7
2007 4 1–2–1 1–0–0 def. A. Sörenstam 2&1 0–1–0 lost w/ N. Gulbis 3&2 0–1–1 halved w/ P. Creamer,
lost w/ C. Kerr 3&2 		1.5 37.5
2009 3 2–0–1 1–0–0 def. A. Nordqvist 3&2 1–0–0 won w/ K. McPherson 2 up 0–0–1 halved w/ M. Wie 2.5 83.3
2011 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 def. A. Nordqvist 2&1 1–0–0 won w/ R. O'Toole 3&2 2–0–0 won w/ P. Creamer 1 up,
won w/ C. Kerr 1 up 		4.0 100.

See also

References

  1. ^ The Golf Channel, Big Break Prince Edward Island - Gerina Mendoza Accessed July 30, 2013.
  2. ^ "Morgan Pressel Named Girls Rolex Junior Player of the Year". American Junior Golf Association. October 26, 2005. Retrieved April 2, 2007.
  3. ^ "2005 Sectional Qualifying Tournament – results". LPGA. September 23, 2005.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference standrews was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "2005 Final Qualifying Tournament – results". LPGA. December 4, 2005.
  6. ^ "LPGA All-Time Scoring Records" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved January 19, 2008.
  7. ^ a b "Pressel learns to deal with LPGA success". Cox News Services. Retrieved August 22, 2011. Cite error: The named reference "Cox" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference wwgr4507 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Morgan Pressel's semifinal slow-play penalty provides boost for Azahara Munoz to win Sybase Match Play Championship
  10. ^ "Morgan Pressel stats". LPGA. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2006. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2007. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2008. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2009. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2013.

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