Stefania Croce
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| Full name | Stefania Croce |
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| Residence | Italy |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1989 |
| Current tourTemplate:Pluralize from text | Ladies European Tour |
| Former tourTemplate:Pluralize from text | LPGA Tour (1993–2003) |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Highest ranking | Template:Infobox golfer/highest ranking |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | T28: 2001 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | 2nd: 2000 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T5: 1997 |
| du Maurier Classic | T52: 1993 |
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011 |
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Stefania Croce (born 17 May 1970) is an Italian professional golfer, who played on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour.[1] She won the 1992 Ford Ladies' Classic and lost a playoff to Juli Inkster at the 2000 LPGA Championship.[2]
Career
Croce enjoyed a successful amateur career where she won the 1986 Girls Amateur Championship at West Kilbride, the 1987 French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship, and the 1988 AJGA Tournament of Champions.[3] She represented Italy twice at the Espirito Santo Trophy, and in 1988 she had the lowest individual score alongside Carol Semple Thompson.[4]
Croce turned professional in 1989 and joined the Ladies European Tour (LET), where she won the 1992 Ford Ladies' Classic at Woburn Golf and Country Club.[1]
In 1993, Croce qualified for the LPGA Tour on her second attempt. She tied for 3rd at the 1996 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship, and tied for 5th at the 1997 U.S. Women's Open and 7th at the 1998 U.S. Women's Open.
Croce's best LPGA Tour performance came at the 2000 LPGA Championship, where she lost on the second hole to Juli Inkster in a sudden-death playoff.[5]
In 2008, she started coaching the Italian national women's golf team. Croce played her last full LET season in 2016, and she finished 13th at the 2022 U.S. Senior Women's Open.[6]
Personal life
Her grandfather, Cesidio, was among the first Italian professionals, and her father, Angelo, and uncle, Alberto Croce, are professional golfers.[7]
Amateur wins
- 1986 Italian Girls Championship
- 1986 Girls Amateur Championship, Italian Girls Championpionship
- 1987 French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship
- 1988 AJGA Tournament of Champions, Italian Strokeplay Championship
Source:[3]
Professional wins (1)
Ladies European Tour (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 May 1992 | Ford Ladies' Classic | −10 (68-73-72-73=286) | 3 strokes | Template:Flagicon Trish Johnson Template:Flagicon Evelyn Orley |
Playoff record
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2000 | LPGA Championship | Template:Flagicon Juli Inkster | Lost to par on second extra hole |
Team appearances
Amateur
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Italy): 1985, 1989
- Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1987
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Italy): 1986, 1988
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ladies European Tour (LET). "Stefania Croce Player Profile". Archived from the original on 2 August 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brown, Clifton (26 June 2000). "Inkster Takes Bumpy Road To Victory In a Playoff". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2012 LET Tour Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records". Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Inkster successful in LPGA title defense". Fort Scott Tribune. Kansas. Associated Press. 26 June 2000. p. 8.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2022 U.S. Senior Women's Open". USGA. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Le memorie di Luciano Grappasonni". Golf Today (in italiano). 26 March 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
