Gerina Piller

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Gerina Piller
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Gerina Michelle Mendoza Piller
Born (1985-03-29) March 29, 1985 (age 39)
Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality  United States
Residence Fort Worth, Texas[1]
Spouse Martin Piller (m. 2011)
Career
College Texas-El Paso
(graduated 2007)
Turned professional 2007
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2010)
Former tour(s) Futures Tour (2007–10)
Professional wins 0
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T6: 2016
Women's PGA C'ship T6: 2012
U.S. Women's Open T31: 2013
Women's British Open T36: 2013, 2015
Evian Championship T29: 2015

Gerina Michelle Mendoza Piller (born March 29, 1985) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro in 2007 following a decorated career as a collegiate golfer at the University of Texas El Paso. In 2009, Mendoza appeared on the Golf Channel reality television competition The Big Break.[2]

Childhood and amateur career

Born in Roswell, New Mexico, Gerina Mendoza attended Goddard High School and won the state golf championship in 2003 and also was an all-state volleyball player.[3]

She enrolled in at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 2003 where she played all four years, winning four tournaments in her senior year. She was the 2007 Conference USA individual champion, Player of the Year and the UTEP Female Athlete of the Year.[3][4]

Professional career

Mendoza turned pro in September 2007 and attempted to qualify that fall for the LPGA Tour. She did not succeed and played in 2008 on the Futures Tour. She attempted again to qualify for the LPGA Tour in 2008, again failing. In 2009, she earned conditional status on the LPGA Tour for 2010 and played the entire season on the Futures Tour, where she recorded seven top-10 finishes and a career-best tie for second at both the iMPACT Classic and the USI Championship.[4] She finished 5th on the Futures Tour money list in 2010, earning her full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2011.

She finished 68th on the LPGA official money list in 2012, retaining her full playing card for 2012. Piller improved in 2012, with two top-ten finishes and a 48th place finish on the year-end LPGA official money list.

Personal life

Mendoza married fellow professional golfer Martin Piller in January 2011.[5] They live in Plano, Texas.[6][7]

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
ANA Inspiration DNP CUT T41 T11 T20 T6
Women's PGA Championship CUT T6 CUT T13 T9
U.S. Women's Open DNP T50 T31 T63 T53
Women's British Open CUT CUT T36 CUT T36
The Evian Championship ^ T67 69 T29

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 4
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 3
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Totals 0 0 0 0 3 6 22 16
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2014 LPGA – 2016 ANA, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2011 14 9 0 0 0 1 T10 103,322 68 72.75 61
2012 24 17 0 0 0 2 T6 258,395 48 71.41 64
2013 26 23 0 1 0 8 2 572,690 26 71.22 23
2014 26 22 0 0 1 5 T3 466,497 39 71.38 26
2015 26 22 0 2 0 6 T2 727,681 18 71.21 21
  • Official through November 22, 2015.[8]

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year Ranking Source
2008 630 [9]
2009 411 [10]
2010 334 [11]
2011 215 [12]
2012 95 [13]
2013 37 [14]
2014 40 [15]
2015 29 [16]

Team appearances

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
Matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
Won		 Points
%
Career 7 3–2–2 1–0–1 1–0–0 1–2–1 4.0 57.1
2013 3 0–2–1 0–0–1 halved w/ C. Matthew 0–0–0 0–2–0 lost w/ A. Stanford 2&1,
lost w/ A. Stanford 1 dn		 0.5 16.7
2015 4 3–0–1 1–0–0 def. C. Masson 1 up 1–0–0 won w/ S. Lewis 5&4 1–0–1 halved w/ B.Lang,
won w/ S. Lewis 1 up		 3.5 87.5

References

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