Julieta Granada

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Julieta Granada

Personal Information

Birth

November 17, 1986 (age 20) Asunción, Paraguay

Height

5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)

Nationality

Paraguay

Residence

Orlando, Florida, USA

College

none

Career

Turned Pro

2005

Current tour

LPGA Tour (joined 2006)

Previous tour

Futures Tour (2005)

Professional wins

3 (LPGA Tour: 1, other individual: 1, two-woman team: 1)

Major Championship results
Wins: 0

Awards

American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Player of the Year

2004

Athlete of the Year in Paraguay

2005

Julieta Granada (born 17 November 1986 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan golfer who plays on the United States based LPGA Tour. She was resident in the United States as a teenager and was named to the American Junior Golf Association All-America Team from 2001 to 2004, and was the AJGA player of the year in 2004, when she won the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. She turned professional in June 2005 and won her first professional event at the Futures Tour's YMCA Futures Classic later that year. In 2006, her rookie season on the LPGA Tour, she was nineteenth on the money list going into the season-ending ADT Championship. She won that event to claim the first US$1 million prize in women's golf.

1 Childhood and education
2 Amateur victories and honours
3 Professional wins (3)
4 Results in LPGA majors
5 External links

[edit] Childhood and education

Born in Asunción in Paraguay, Granada moved to the United States with her mother at the age of 14 in 2001 after receiving a scholarshop to attend the David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Bradenton, Florida. While a student there, she earned numerous junior amateur titles. Granada graduated in 2005 from the Pendleton School, a private school established solely for students attending the Leadbetter Academy and other affiliated IMG sports academies.

[edit] Amateur victories and honours

2001-2004: Member of American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) All-America Team.
2002: Member of Canon Cup Team
2003: Member of Canon Cup Team
2004: Winner of AJGA Rolex Girls Junior Championship. AJGA Player of the Year. Quarterfinalist in USGA Amateur Public Links Championship. Athlete of the Year in Paraguay. Winner of South American Championship individual and team titles. Six overall wins in 2004.
2005: Winner of South Atlantic Ladies Amateur Championship