Carlota Ciganda

Carlota Ciganda Machiñena (born 1 June 1990) is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She won the LET's Order of Merit (money title) in her debut season in 2012, and was also named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

Early life and amateur career Ciganda was born in Pamplona, Spain. She started to play golf aged five, influenced by her father. Her uncle is the former football player and coach José Ángel Ziganda.

She attended college in the United States at Arizona State University from 2008 to 2011, where she majored in Business Administration. Ciganda speaks four languages.

Ciganda enjoyed a successful amateur career, winning the British Ladies Amateur in 2007. She returned to the finals in 2009, but was runner-up to compatriot and ASU teammate Azahara Muñoz. Ciganda won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2004 and 2008, and was the Spanish National age group champion from 2000 to 2006. She was a member of Spain's 2006 and 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy teams, finishing second in 2008; 2005 and 2007 European Junior Solheim Cup teams and 2004 and 2006 European Junior Ryder Cup teams. While at Arizona State, she was a member of the Sun Devils' NCAA championship team in 2009 as a freshman, and made conference history as the first to win consecutive Pac-10 Championships in 2009 and 2010; she finished third in 2011.

Ciganda played in a number of professional tournaments as an amateur and first took part in the 2005 Tenerife Ladies Open at age 14. Although on that occasion she did not make the cut, she finished as the best Spanish representative in several professional tournaments, including the 2007 Open De España Femenino, when she finished eighth and the 2008 Tenerife Ladies Open when she was third, three shots behind the winner, Rebecca Hudson.

Professional career In 2011, Ciganda turned professional. She made her debut the following month at the Tenerife Ladies Match Play, an unofficial event on the LET schedule, where she finished second to Becky Brewerton. She competed on the Ladies European Tour Access Series that season, winning the Murcia Ladies Open. In the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in December 2011 she finished tied 34th, earning Priority List Category 20 for the 2012 LPGA Tour season and went on to finish third at the LET Final Qualifying School tournament later that month to earn full playing rights for the 2012 Ladies European Tour season.

Amateur wins 2004 European Ladies Amateur Championship 2005 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship 2006 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship 2007 British Ladies Amateur 2008 European Ladies Amateur Championship, Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship, French International Ladies Amateur Championship

Professional wins (12) LPGA Tour wins (3) Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

Ladies European Tour (8)

LET playoff record (1–1)

LET Access Series (1)

LET Access Series playoff record (1–0)

Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

CUT = missed the half-way cut DQ = disqualified NT = no tournament T = tied

Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (2018 US Open – 2020 PGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2019 Evian – 2019 British Open)

Professional career summary LPGA Tour Official as of 2025 season

Ladies European Tour Official as of 2018 season

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

Year Ranking Source 2007 502 2008 504 2009 705 2010 605 2011 291 2012 50 2013 39 2014 46 2015 51 2016 20 2017 20 2018 15 2019 16 2020 15 2021 46 2022 52 2023 29 2024 37 2025 35

Team appearances Amateur

European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Spain): 2004 (winners), 2005 European Girls' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2005 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Spain): 2006, 2008, 2010 Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2005, 2007 (winners) Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2004 (winners), 2006 (tie, cup retained) European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2007 (winners), 2008, 2009, 2010

Professional Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2013 (winners), 2015, 2017, 2019 (winners), 2021 (winners), 2023 (tie, cup retained), 2024 International Crown (representing Spain): 2014 (winners)

Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career2512–11–4 4–2–1 2–4–1 6–5–2 1456.0201333–0–01–0–0 def. M. Pressel 4&20–0–02–0–0 won w/ S. Pettersen 1 upwon w/ A. Muñoz 1 up3100.0201541–1–20–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson1–0–0 won w/ M. Reid 4&30–1–1 halved w/ M. Reidlost w/ A. Muñoz 3&2250.0201741–3–01–0–0 def. B. Lincicome 4&30–1–0 lost w/ C. Masson 1 dn0–2–0 lost w/ E. Pedersen 6&5lost w/ M. Reid 2 dn125.0201951–2–21–0–0 def. D. Kang 1 up0–1–1 halved w/ B. Law lost w/ B. Law 6&50–1–1 halved w/ B. Law lost w/ A. Muñoz 2&1240.0202131–2–00–1–0 lost to B. Altomare 2&10–0–01–1–0 lost w/ S. Popov 1 dn won w/ N. Madsen 1 up133.3202344–0–01–0–0 def. N. Korda 2&11–0–0 won w/ E. Pedersen 2&12–0–0 won w/ L. Grant 4&2 won w/ L. Grant 2&14100.0202441–3–00–1–0 lost to R. Zhang 6&40–2–0 lost w/ L. Grant 3&2lost w/ E. Pedersen 1 dn1–0–0 won w/ E. Pedersen 2&1125.0