Carlota Ciganda

Carlota Ciganda Machiñena (born 1 June 1990) is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She won the LET's Order of Merit (money title) in her debut season in 2012, and was also named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

Carlota Ciganda
Ciganda at the 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born (1990-06-01) 1 June 1990
Pamplona, Spain
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sporting nationality Spain
ResidencePamplona, Spain
Career
CollegeArizona State University
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s)LET (joined 2012)
LPGA Tour (joined 2012)
Professional wins10
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Ladies European Tour7
LPGA of Korea Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT4: 2015, 2019
Women's PGA C'shipT3: 2020, 2023
U.S. Women's Open3rd: 2018
Women's British OpenT7/7th: 2018, 2019
Evian ChampionshipT3: 2022
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year		2012
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit winner		2012
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year		2012
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2009 PescaraWomen's team
Silver medal – second place2009 PescaraIndividual
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ciganda and the second or maternal family name is Machiñena.

Early life and college career

Born in Pamplona, Spain, Ciganda started to play golf aged five, influenced by her father. Her uncle is the former football player and coach José Ángel Ziganda. She attended college in the United States at Arizona State University from 2008 to 2011,[1] where she majored in Business Administration. Ciganda speaks four languages.[2]

Amateur career

Ciganda enjoyed a successful amateur career, winning the British Ladies Amateur in 2007. She returned to the finals in 2009, but was runner-up to compatriot and ASU teammate Azahara Muñoz. Ciganda won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2004 and 2008, and was the Spanish National age group champion from 2000 to 2006. She was a member of Spain's 2006 and 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy teams, finishing second in 2008; 2005 and 2007 European Junior Solheim Cup teams and 2004 and 2006 European Junior Ryder Cup teams. While at Arizona State, she was a member of the Sun Devils' NCAA championship team in 2009 as a freshman, and made conference history as the first to win consecutive Pac-10 Championships in 2009 and 2010; she finished third in 2011.

Ciganda played in a number of professional tournaments as an amateur and first took part in the 2005 Tenerife Ladies Open at age 14. Although on that occasion she did not make the cut, she finished as the best Spanish representative in several professional tournaments, including the 2007 Open De España Femenino, when she finished eighth and the 2008 Tenerife Ladies Open when she was third, three shots behind the winner, Rebecca Hudson.[3]

Professional career

Ciganda turned professional in May 2011 making her debut the following month at the Tenerife Ladies Match Play, an unofficial event on the LET schedule, where she finished second to Becky Brewerton. She competed on the Ladies European Tour Access Series that season, winning the Murcia Ladies Open. In the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in December 2011 she finished tied 34th, earning Priority List Category 20 for the 2012 LPGA Tour season and went on to finish third at the LET Final Qualifying School tournament later that month to earn full playing rights for the 2012 Ladies European Tour season.[3]

In her first full season on the 2012 Ladies European Tour, Ciganda won the ISPS Handa Order of Merit and was also named Players' Player of the Year, as voted for by the LET members. She played in 19 tournaments, with two victories at the Deloitte Ladies Open and the China Suzhou Taihu Open and had ten additional top-10s finishes. Her efforts won her the LET Rookie of the Year award and she ended the season ranked second on the European Solheim Cup points list with total earnings of €251,289.95.[3]

Ciganda was the ladies' winner of the 2019 AON Risk Reward Challenge, collecting the $1,000,000 prize.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (10)

LPGA Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 16 Oct 2016 LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship[1] 69-70-69-70=278 –10 Playoff United States Alison Lee 300,000
2 13 Nov 2016 Citibanamex Lorena Ochoa Invitational 67-72-68-68=275 –13 2 strokes United States Austin Ernst
England Jodi Ewart Shadoff
France Karine Icher
Australia Sarah Jane Smith
United States Angela Stanford		 200,000

1 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2014 CME Group Tour Championship Paraguay Julieta Granada
New Zealand Lydia Ko		 Ko won with par on fourth extra hole
Granada eliminated by par on second hole
2 2016 Meijer LPGA Classic South Korea Kim Sei-young Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 2016 LPGA KEB–Hana Bank Championship United States Alison Lee Won with birdie on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour (7)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 3 Jun 2012 Deloitte Ladies Open 71-67-69=207 –9 2 strokes Finland Ursula Wikström
2 28 Oct 2012 China Suzhou Taihu Open 65-70-64=199 –17 7 strokes Germany Caroline Masson
3 2 Jun 2013 UniCredit Ladies German Open 68-33=101 –6 Playoff England Charley Hull
4 29 Sep 2019 Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open 72-68-65-71=276 −8 1 stroke Germany Esther Henseleit
5 28 Nov 2021 Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España 70-66-70-67=273 −11 4 strokes Sweden Maja Stark
6 10 Jul 2022 Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open 65-67-68-70=270 −18 2 strokes Scotland Laura Beveridge
7 21 May 2023 Aramco Team Series – Florida 72-69-73=214 −2 1 stroke Czech Republic Klára Spilková

LET playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2013 UniCredit Ladies German Open England Charley Hull Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2017 Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open Sweden Anna Nordqvist
England Florentyna Parker		 Parker won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Ciganda eliminated by birdie on first hole

LET Access Series (1)
  • 2011 (1) Murcia Ladies Open

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Chevron Championship T66 T61 T4 T56 T60 CUT T4 T24 CUT CUT T12
Women's PGA Championship T37 T13 CUT CUT T20 T33 T48 T3 CUT CUT T3
U.S. Women's Open T39 T57 T63 CUT CUT T5 3 T22 CUT T49 T28 T20
The Evian Championship ^ T52 CUT T38 T17 T32 T33 10 NT CUT T3 DQ
Women's British Open T52 CUT CUT T17 CUT T29 CUT T31 T23 T7 7 T51 T34 CUT CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship000224118
Women's PGA Championship002224117
U.S. Women's Open001224129
The Evian Championship001123107
Women's British Open000024159
Totals004710195940
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (2018 US Open – 2020 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2019 Evian – 2019 British Open)

Professional career summary

LPGA Tour
YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2012 3 3 0 0 0 0 T17 $79,679 85 73.25 n/a
2013 19 13 0 1 0 2 2 355,949 40 71.98 49
2014 23 18 0 1 0 1 T2 367,280 44 72.17 64
2015 25 19 0 1 0 3 2 404,849 42 71.77 51
2016 26 22 2 1 0 7 1 1,116,199 14 70.56 16
2017 22 20 0 0 1 7 T3 765,008 24 70.35 21
2018 25 22 0 2 1 9 2 1,244,610 8 70.09 8
2019 23 22 0 1 1 8 T2 998,654 15 69.94 10
2020 12 11 0 0 1 3 T3 477,707 20 70.58 9
2021 22 19 0 0 0 2 T5 329,944 61 71.17 56
2022 24 17 0 0 1 4 T3 826,614 33 70.58 29
  • official as of 2022 season[4]

Ladies European Tour
YearLET
wins		Earnings
(€)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average
2012 2 251,290 1 70.46
2013 1 173,329 5 70.88
2014 0 140,730 5 70.32
2015 0 19,489 n/a 70.78
2016 0 57,266 n/a 71.36
2017 0 160,798 2 69.41
2018 0 153,094 69.31
  • official as of 2018 season[5]

World ranking

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

YearRankingSource
2007502[6]
2008504[7]
2009705[8]
2010605[9]
2011291[10]
201250[11]
201339[12]
201446[13]
201551[14]
201620[15]
201720[16]
201815[17]
201916[18]
202015[19]
202146[20]
202252[21]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record
YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
Career 23 11–8–4 4–1–1 2–2–1 5–5–2 13 56.5
2013 3 3–0–0 1–0–0 def. M. Pressel 4&2 0–0–0 2–0–0 won w/ S. Pettersen 1 up
won w/ A. Muñoz 1 up		 3 100.0
2015 4 1–1–2 0–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson 1–0–0 won w/ M. Reid 4&3 0–1–1 halved w/ M. Reid
lost w/ A. Muñoz 3&2		 2 50.0
2017 4 1–3–0 1–0–0 def. B. Lincicome 4&3 0–1–0 lost w/ C. Masson 1 dn 0–2–0 lost w/ E. Pedersen 6&5
lost w/ M. Reid 2 dn		 1 25.0
2019 5 1–2–2 1–0–0 def. D. Kang 1 up 0–1–1 halved w/ B. Law
lost w/ B. Law 6&5		 0–1–1 halved w/ B. Law
lost w/ A. Muñoz 2&1		 2 40.0
2021 3 1–2–0 0–1–0 lost to B. Altomare 2&1 0–0–0 1–1–0 lost w/ S. Popov 1 dn
won w/ N. Madsen 1 up		 1 33.3
2023 4 4–0–0 1–0–0 def. N. Korda 2&1 1–0–0 won w/ E. Pedersen 2&1 2–0–0 won w/ L. Grant 4&2
won w/ L. Grant 2&1		 4 100.0

References
  1. "Player Bio – Carlota Ciganda". Arizona State University. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  2. "LPGA Player Guide – Carlota Ciganda". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  3. "Ladies European Tour profile". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  4. "Carlota Ciganda results". LPGA. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  5. "Carlota Ciganda stats". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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