Emilie Alba Paltrinieri
| Emilie Alba Paltrinieri | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 1 October 2001 Paris, France |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  Italy |
| Residence | Milan, Italy |
| Career | |
| College | UCLA |
| Status | Amateur |
Emilie Alba Paltrinieri (born 1 October 2001) is an Italian amateur golfer. She won the 2016 Girls Amateur Championship and 2018 World Junior Girls Championship with Italy.[1]
Amateur career
Paltrinieri was born in Paris, France, before her family moved to Milan, Italy when she was a young child. She became a member of the Italian National Team at age 11, and helped her country to victories at the 2016 and 2018 European Girls' Team Championships, as well as the 2018 World Junior Girls Championship in Canada alongside Caterina Don and Alessia Nobilio.[2]
She played in the 2016 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan and the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy in Ireland. She was a member of the European teams at the Junior Ryder Cup in 2016 and 2018, and at the 2017 Junior Vagliano Trophy in Bologna where the Europeans beat Great Britain & Ireland by 15 to 3.[3][4]
In 2016, Paltrinieri won Girls Amateur Championship, and in 2020 she reached the semi-finals of The Womens Amateur Championship.[5]
In 2018, she captured the Italian double, winning both the Italian Ladies' Match Play and the Italian Ladies' Stroke Play Championship. The following year she won the German Girls Open.
Paltrinieri attended UCLA as a molecular biology major and played with the UCLA Bruins women's golf team between 2019 and 2024. As a freshman she was a WGCA Third Team All-American and Golfweek Honorable Mention All-American.[6]
Paltrinieri played in the European Tour's first full-field mixed professional tournament, the 2019 Jordan Mixed Open, where she made the cut. In the 2020 Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic, a Ladies European Tour event, she finished 16th.
Amateur wins
- 2014 Gran Premio Vecchio Monastero
- 2016 Italian Ladies Matchplay (Giuseppe Silva Trophy), Girls Amateur Championship
- 2018 Italian Ladies Matchplay (Giuseppe Silva Trophy), Italian Ladies Strokeplay (Isa Goldschmid Trophy)
- 2019 German Girls Open
Source:[7]
Team appearances
Amateur
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing Italy): 2015, 2016 (winners), 2017, 2018 (winners), 2019
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Italy): 2021, 2022
- Junior Golf World Cup: (representing Italy): 2016
- Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2016, 2018
- Junior Vagliano Trophy: (representing the Continent of Europe): 2017 (winners)
- World Junior Girls Championship (representing Italy): 2018 (winners)
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Italy): 2018
Source:[7]
References
- ^ "Emilie Alba Paltrinieri". European Tour. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Emilie Alba Paltrinieri". Augusta National Women's Amateur. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Emilie Alba Paltrinieri in position to win in AJGA debut at ANNIKA Invitational". Golfweek. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Emilie Alba Paltrinieri". Ryder Cup. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Final Four set at Women's Amateur Championship". Amateur Golf. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Women's Golf Roster". UCLA Bruins. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Emilie Alba Paltrinieri Player Profile". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
External links
- Emilie Alba Paltrinieri at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Emilie Alba Paltrinieri on the World Amateur Golf Ranking official site
- Emilie Paltrinieri on the UCLA Bruins official site