# Stefania Croce > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stefania_Croce > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Stefania_Croce.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefania_Croce > Source revision: 1325829024 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Italian professional golfer}} {{use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Stefania Croce | image = Stefanie Croce.JPG | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Stefania Croce | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|5|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [Bergamo, Italy](/source/Bergamo%2C_Italy) | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.67|precision=0}} | weight = | nationality = {{ITA}} | residence = Italy | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 1989 | tour = [Ladies European Tour](/source/Ladies_European_Tour) | extour = [LPGA Tour](/source/LPGA_Tour) (1993–2003) | prowins = 1 | lpgawins = | letwins = 1 | jlpgawins = | klpgawins = | lagtwins = | alpgwins = | futwins = | otherwins = | majorwins = | nabisco = T28: 2001 | lpga = 2nd: [2000](/source/2000_LPGA_Championship) | wusopen = T5: [1997](/source/1997_U.S._Women's_Open) | dumaurier = T52: 1993 | wbritopen = CUT: 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011 | wghofid = | wghofyear = | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = }} '''Stefania Croce''' (born 17 May 1970) is an [Italian](/source/Italians) [professional golfer](/source/professional_golfer), who played on the [Ladies European Tour](/source/Ladies_European_Tour) and [LPGA Tour](/source/LPGA_Tour).{{cite web|url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/010275.htm|title=Stefania Croce Player Profile|author=[Ladies European Tour](/source/Ladies_European_Tour) (LET)|access-date=2010-06-30|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802022632/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/010275.htm|archive-date=2010-08-02}} She won the 1992 [Ford Ladies' Classic](/source/Ford_Ladies'_Classic) and lost a playoff to [Juli Inkster](/source/Juli_Inkster) at the [2000 LPGA Championship](/source/2000_LPGA_Championship).{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Clifton |title=Inkster Takes Bumpy Road To Victory In a Playoff |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/26/sports/golf-inkster-takes-bumpy-road-to-victory-in-a-playoff.html |access-date=23 January 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=26 June 2000}} ==Career== Croce enjoyed a successful amateur career where she won the 1986 [Girls Amateur Championship](/source/Girls_Amateur_Championship) at West Kilbride, the 1987 [French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship](/source/French_International_Lady_Juniors_Amateur_Championship), and the 1988 [AJGA Tournament of Champions](/source/AJGA_Tournament_of_Champions). She represented Italy twice at the [Espirito Santo Trophy](/source/Espirito_Santo_Trophy), and in [1988](/source/1988_Espirito_Santo_Trophy) she had the lowest individual score alongside [Carol Semple Thompson](/source/Carol_Semple_Thompson).{{cite web |title=World Amateur Team Championships – Women's Records |url=http://www.igfgolf.org/watc/womens-records/ |access-date=23 January 2024}} Croce turned professional in 1989 and joined the [Ladies European Tour](/source/Ladies_European_Tour) (LET), where she won the 1992 [Ford Ladies' Classic](/source/Ford_Ladies'_Classic) at [Woburn Golf and Country Club](/source/Woburn_Golf_and_Country_Club). In 1993, Croce qualified for the [LPGA Tour](/source/LPGA_Tour) on her second attempt. She tied for 3rd at the 1996 [Safeway LPGA Golf Championship](/source/Safeway_LPGA_Golf_Championship), and tied for 5th at the [1997 U.S. Women's Open](/source/1997_U.S._Women's_Open) and 7th at the [1998 U.S. Women's Open](/source/1998_U.S._Women's_Open). Croce's best LPGA Tour performance came at the [2000 LPGA Championship](/source/2000_LPGA_Championship), where she lost on the second hole to [Juli Inkster](/source/Juli_Inkster) in a sudden-death playoff.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i9ofAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SdkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2217%2C3344159 |newspaper=Fort Scott Tribune |location=Kansas |agency=Associated Press |title=Inkster successful in LPGA title defense |date=June 26, 2000 |page=8}} In 2008, she started coaching the Italian national women's golf team. Croce played her last full LET season in 2016, and she finished 13th at the [2022 U.S. Senior Women's Open](/source/2022_U.S._Senior_Women's_Open).{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Senior Women's Open |url=https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/championships/2022/u-s--senior-women-s-open.html#!scoring |publisher=USGA |access-date=23 January 2024}} ==Personal life== Her grandfather, Cesidio, was among the first Italian professionals, and her father, Angelo, and uncle, [Alberto Croce](/source/Alberto_Croce), are professional golfers.{{cite news |title=Le memorie di Luciano Grappasonni |url=https://golftoday.it/eventi/le-memorie-di-luciano-grappasonni-parte-1-di-4/ |access-date=23 January 2024 |work=Golf Today |date=26 March 2019 |language=it}} ==Amateur wins== * 1986 Italian Girls Championship * 1986 [Girls Amateur Championship](/source/Girls_Amateur_Championship), Italian Girls Championpionship * 1987 [French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship](/source/French_International_Lady_Juniors_Amateur_Championship) * 1988 [AJGA Tournament of Champions](/source/AJGA_Tournament_of_Champions), Italian Strokeplay Championship Source:{{cite web |title=2012 LET Tour Guide |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/10316760/2012-let-tour-guide-pdf-ladies-european-tour |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=23 January 2024}} ==Professional wins (1)== ===Ladies European Tour (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of
victory !Runners-up |- |align="center"|1 |align="right"|3 May [1992](/source/1992_Ladies_European_Tour) |[Ford Ladies' Classic](/source/Ford_Ladies'_Classic) |−10 (68-73-72-73=286) |3 strokes |{{flagicon|ENG}} [Trish Johnson](/source/Trish_Johnson)
{{flagicon|SUI}} [Evelyn Orley](/source/Evelyn_Orley) |} ==Playoff record== '''LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result |-style="background:#F5DEB3;" |align="center"|1 |align="center"|[2000](/source/2000_LPGA_Tour) |'''[LPGA Championship](/source/LPGA_Championship)''' |{{flagicon|USA}} [Juli Inkster](/source/Juli_Inkster) |Lost to par on second extra hole |} ==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' * [European Ladies' Team Championship](/source/European_Ladies'_Team_Championship) (representing Italy): [1985](/source/1985_European_Ladies'_Team_Championship), [1989](/source/1989_European_Ladies'_Team_Championship) * [Vagliano Trophy](/source/Vagliano_Trophy) (representing the Continent of Europe): 1987 * [Espirito Santo Trophy](/source/Espirito_Santo_Trophy) (representing Italy): [1986](/source/1986_Espirito_Santo_Trophy), [1988](/source/1988_Espirito_Santo_Trophy) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Ladies European Tour player|10275}} * {{LegendsTour player|stefania-croce}} * {{WWGR|1383}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Croce, Stefania}} Category:Italian female golfers Category:Ladies European Tour golfers Category:LPGA Tour golfers Category:Sportspeople from Bergamo Category:1970 births Category:Living people --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Stefania Croce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefania_Croce) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefania_Croce?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.