Silvia Cavalleri

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| college = Politecnico di Milano

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Silvia Cavalleri (born 10 October 1972) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She was the first Italian to win a tournament on the LPGA Tour.

{{cite web

|title = With Corona Morelia win, Cavalleri is first Italian LPGA champ

|publisher = Associated Press

|date = 29 April 2007

|url = http://www.pgatour.com/2007/r/04/29/corona042907.ap/index.html

|accessdate = 29 April 2007

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Amateur career and education

Cavalleri was born in Milan, Italy. She won the 1990 Girls Amateur Championship and represented Europe in the Vagliano Trophy five times between 1989 and 1997. She represented Italy in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship in 1992 and 1996, was the 1996 World Amateur individual champion,{{cite web | title = World Amateur Team Championship Record Books | publisher = International Golf Federation | url = http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/recordbook/wplayer2.asp?fname=Silvia&mname=&lname=Cavalleri&country=Italy | accessdate = 29 April 2007}} and the 1997 U.S. Women's Amateur champion. She won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 1996 and 1997.

She graduated from Politecnico di Milano university in 1998 with a degree in architecture.

Professional career

Cavalleri turned professional in 1997 and played in 1998 on the Ladies European Tour. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1999. She won her first professional tournament in 2007 at the Corona Championship, becoming the first Italian to win an LPGA tournament.