- Nicole Castrale
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Nicole Castrale 
Personal information Born March 24, 1979
Glendale, California, U.S.Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Nationality 
United StatesResidence Palm Desert, California, U.S. Career College University of Southern California Turned professional 2001 Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2002) Former tour(s) Futures Tour (2001, 2004-05) Professional wins 3 Number of wins by tour LPGA Tour 1 Futures Tour 2 Best results in LPGA Major Championships Kraft Nabisco C'ship T25: 2009 LPGA Championship T5: 2009 U.S. Women's Open T6: 2008 du Maurier Classic DNP Women's British Open T21: 2008 Nicole Castrale (pronounced "cass-TRAHL-ee", née Dalkas, born March 24, 1979) is an American professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour.[1]
Dalkas was born in Glendale, California. She started playing golf at the age of 10, and credits her husband Craig, her parents Anthony and Patricia Dalkas, golf instructors Bill Harmon and Dick Harmon, and Fischer Sports Physical Therapy and Conditioning[2] with most influencing her career. She married Craig Castrale on January 8, 2005. She qualified for the LPGA Tour on her first attempt.[3]
Castrale has won once on the LPGA Tour, the 2007 Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika. She also played on the Futures Tour, winning twice in 2005.
Castrale played on the U.S. Solheim Cup teams in 2007 and 2009. She made the clinching putt for the U.S. to defeat Europe in the 2007 Solheim Cup matches in Halmstad, Sweden. She also played on the International team in the 2007 and 2008 Lexus Cups.
Contents
Professional wins (3)
LPGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner-up 1 Jun 3, 2007 Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika -9 (69-71-68-71=279) Playoff 
Lorena OchoaFutures Tour (2)
- 2005 (2) Northwest Indiana FUTURES Golf Classic, Kankakee FUTURES Golf Classic
Results in LPGA majors
Tournament 1998 1999 2000 Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP DNP LPGA Championship DNP DNP DNP U.S. Women's Open CUT DNP DNP du Maurier Classic DNP DNP DNP Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T26 CUT T25 LPGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T34 T10 T10 T5 U.S. Women's Open DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT T57 T35 T6 T17 Women's British Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T31 67 T21 CUT Tournament 2010 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship CUT T66 LPGA Championship CUT DNP U.S. Women's Open DNP DNP Women's British Open DNP DNP DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for a top-10 finish.References
- ^ "Nicole Castrale". LPGA.com. http://lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=5410. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ "Welcome to Fischer-Sports.com"
- ^ "Nicole Castrale in 2008 LPGA Tour Biographies at Golf Digest Singapore.com"
External links
- Nicole Castrale at the LPGA Tour official site
United States Solheim Cup team – 2007 Nicole Castrale • Paula Creamer • Laura Diaz • Natalie Gulbis • Pat Hurst • Juli Inkster • Cristie Kerr • Brittany Lincicome • Stacy Prammanasudh • Morgan Pressel • Angela Stanford • Sherri Steinhauer
Beth Daniel (non-playing assistant captain) • Betsy King (non-playing captain)
Won: 16 – 12
United States Solheim Cup team – 2009 Nicole Castrale • Paula Creamer • Natalie Gulbis • Juli Inkster • Cristie Kerr • Christina Kim • Brittany Lang • Brittany Lincicome • Kristy McPherson • Morgan Pressel • Angela Stanford • Michelle Wie
Beth Daniel (non-playing captain) • Meg Mallon (non-playing assistant captain) • Kelly Robbins (non-playing assistant captain)
Won: 16 – 12Categories:- American female golfers
- USC Trojans women's golfers
- LPGA Tour golfers
- Golfers from California
- People from Glendale, California
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Solheim Cup competitors for the United States
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