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Player Biography

NICOLE CASTRALE

Birthdate: March 24, 1979

Birthplace: Glendale, Calif.

Age: 27 Ht: 5'8

Home: Palm Desert, Calif.

College: USC

Turned Professional: 2001

Joined LPGA Tour: 2002

Player Notes: Professional

Career

� In 2005, won back-to-back tournaments on the Futures Tour�the Northwest Indiana FUTURES Golf Classic and the Quality Concepts Kankakee FUTURES Golf Classic�en route to a fourth-place finish on the season-ending money list, which earned her exempt status for the 2006 LPGA Tour season.

� In 2004, competed on the Futures Tour and recorded two top-10 finishes.

� In 2003, recorded her career-best finish at the Wachovia LPGA Classic hosted by Betsy King, where she

tied for 29th; did not retain her status for the 2004 LPGA Tour season.

� In 2002, recorded her career-low 67 in the first round of the LPGA Takefuji Classic; did not compete after

August due to a right shoulder injury that required surgery.

� In 2001, turned professional in June and competed on the SBC Futures Tour and recorded one top-10 finish;

tied for 52nd at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2002 season.

Amateur

Castrale was an American Junior Golf Association Rolex First-Team All-American in 1996. The following year, she made it to the round of 16 in the U.S. Women�s Amateur Championship and won the Southern California Golf Association State High School title. In 1998, she was a quarterfinalist at the U.S. Women�s Amateur Championship. She played golf for four years at the University of Southern California and was a three-time member of the All-Pac 10 Team (1998-99, 2000).

Personal

Started playing golf at the age of 10...Credits her husband Craig, her parents Anthony and Patricia Dalkas, golf instructors Bill Harmon and Dick Harmon and Fischer Sports Physical Therapy and Conditioning with most influencing her career...Married Craig Castrale on Jan. 8, 2005... Competed as Nicole Dalkas from 2002-03...Hobbies include working out, shopping, cooking and watching all sports...Originally qualified for the Tour on her first attempt


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