Giulia Sergas (Julia SIR-goss) Birthdate: December 26, 1979 Hometown: Trieste, Italy Resides: La Quinta, Calif. Education: Linguistic College Rookie Year: 2002 Career-best Finish: T2 (2004 ShopRite LPGA Classic) Career Earnings: $2,306,417 @GiuliaSergas 2014 in a Nutshell • 24 events, 14 cuts made, $167,327 (76), one top-10 finish • Season-best T10 finish at the Kia Classic • Recorded a season-low 66 in the third round of the Mizuno Classic @giuliasergas Get to know Giulia Items she keeps in her golf bag at all times? A ball marker with a snowflake on it, eye drops, chapstick and almonds Her ultimate stress reliever is to run or go cross country skiing Says the coolest thing she’s ever done was visit Colorado to work on a ranch and learn the job of a cowboy Giulia loves cooking and her specialties are Italian polpettone and pasta pomodoro Career Highlights • Competed on her first European Solheim Cup Team in 2013 and posted a 0-1-1 record • Crossed $2 million mark in career earnings with a tie for seventh finish at the 2013 Kraft Nabisco Championship • Crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings at the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open • Recorded career-best tie for second at the 2004 ShopRite LPGA Classic • In 2001, finished T31 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2002 LPGA season • From 2000-02, competed on the Ladies European Tour (LET), where her career-best finish was a tie for third at the 2001 Ladies French Open • In 2000, earned the Bill Johnson Rookie of the Year award as the leading rookie on the LET Order of Merit • Sergas was the 1998 European Amateur champion