Gwladys Nocera

French professional golfer

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

Nocera was born in Moulins, Allier. She is of Portuguese descent. She 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). She was a playing member of the 2002 French Espirito Santo Trophy team. She was runner up at the 2002 French Amateur Championship, 2002 French International Champion and 2002 German International champion. She holds a degree in international business from New Mexico State University.

Nocera turned professional at the relatively late age of twenty seven and 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. 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.

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

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

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

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%