Nicole Castrale

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| caption = Castrale at 2009 LPGA Championship

| fullname = Nicole Dalkas Castrale

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|3|24}}

| birth_place = Glendale, California, U.S.

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| nationality = {{USA}}

| residence = Palm Desert, California, U.S.

| spouse = Craig Castrale (m. 2005)

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| children = 1

| college = University of Southern California (2001)

| yearpro = 2001

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| tour = LPGA Tour (joined 2002)

| extour = Futures Tour
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| nabisco = T25: 2009

| lpga = T5: 2009

| wusopen = T6: 2008

| dumaurier = DNP

| wbritopen = T9: 2013

| evian = DNP

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Nicole Castrale (pronounced "cass-TRAHL-ee", née Dalkas, born March 24, 1979) is an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.{{cite web |title=Nicole Castrale |url=http://lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=5410 |work=LPGA.com |accessdate=October 20, 2010}}

Castrale was born in Glendale, California, and started playing golf at the age of 10. She graduated from Palm Desert High School in 1997 and played college golf for the USC Trojans in Los Angeles and earned her bachelor's degree in 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-golf/mtt/dalkas_nicole00.html |publisher=USC Trojans athletics |title=Women's golf: Nicole Dalkas |date=Spring 2001 |accessdate=June 13, 2013}}

Professional career

Castrale has won once on the LPGA Tour, the 2007 Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/lpga/2007-06-03-ginn-tribute_N.htm |newspaper=USA Today |title=Castrale beats Ochoa in playoff in Ginn Tribute |date=June 3, 2007 |accessdate=June 13, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/060407aab.html |publisher=USC Trojans athletics |title=Former Trojan Nicole Castrale wins first LPGA tour event |date=June 4, 2007 |accessdate=June 13, 2012}} She also played on the Futures Tour, winning twice in consecutive weeks in 2005.

Castrale played on the U.S. Solheim Cup teams in 2007 and 2009. She made the clinching putt for the U.S. to defeat Europe in the 2007 matches in Halmstad, Sweden. She also played on the International team in the 2007 and 2008 Lexus Cups.

Castrale did not compete past June in both 2010 and 2011. She underwent surgery on her left shoulder in early July 2010 and rehabilitated the rest of the season. Castrale played a limited schedule in 2011 due to pregnancy and her last competitive round was on June 10. She gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter, in November and returned to the LPGA Tour in March 2012.

Personal life

Castrale married Craig Castrale on January 8, 2005, divorced in 2015. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jTtJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jAkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5390,5409319&dq=nicole+castrale+married&hl=en Playing well takes care of everything]

Professional wins (3)

=LPGA Tour (1)=

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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!To par!!Margin
of victory!!Runner-up!!Winner's
share ($)

align=center|1

|align=right|Jun 3, 2007

|Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika

|align=right|69-71-68-71=279

|align=center|–9

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa

|align=center|390,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result

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|align=center|1

|2007

|Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Lorena Ochoa

|Won with par on first extra hole

=Futures Tour (2)=

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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!To par!!Margin
of victory!!Runner-up

Winner's
share ($)

align=center|1

|align=right|May 28, 2005

|Northwest Indiana FUTURES Golf Classic

|align=right|71-66-72=209

|align=center|–7

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Hye Jung Choi

|align=center|9,800

align=center|2

|align=right|Jun 5, 2005

|Kankakee FUTURES Golf Classic

|align=right|66-72-71=209

|align=center|–7

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Alena Sharp

|align=center|9,800

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2014.

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! Tournament !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000

align=left|Kraft Nabisco Championship

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align=left|LPGA Championship

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align=left|U.S. Women's Open

|CUT

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align=left|du Maurier Classic

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! Tournament !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009

align=left|Kraft Nabisco Championship

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|T26

|CUT

|T25

align=left|LPGA Championship

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|T34

|style="background:yellow;"|T10

|style="background:yellow;"|T5

align=left|U.S. Women's Open

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|CUT

|T57

|T35

|style="background:yellow;"|T6

|T17

align=left|Women's British Open

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|T31

|67

|T21

|CUT

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! Tournament !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014

align=left|Kraft Nabisco Championship

|CUT

|T66

|T79

|CUT

|T51

align=left|U.S. Women's Open

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|style="background:yellow;"|T9

|CUT

align=left|Women's British Open

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|CUT

|style="background:yellow;"|T9

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align=left|LPGA Championship

|CUT

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|T19

|T53

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align=left|The Evian Championship ^

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^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

CUT = missed the half-way cut

T = tied

=Summary=

Totals	0	0	0	1	6	10	30	20
class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made
align=left\|Kraft Nabisco Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	5
align=left\|U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	0	2	3	9	5
align=left\|Women's British Open	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	4
align=left\|LPGA Championship	0	0	0	1	3	4	7	6
align=left\|The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0