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Player Biography

JULIETA GRANADA

Birthdate: November 17, 1986

Birthplace: Asuncion, Paraguay

Age: 19 Ht: 5'2"

Home: Champions Gate, Fla

Turned Professional: 2005

Joined LPGA Tour: 2006

Player Notes: Professional

Career

� In 2005, turned professional in June; played on the Futures Tour, where she won the YWCA FUTURES Classic and finished as runner-up at the Bank of Ann Arbor FUTURES Golf Classic, her first professional tournament; tied for sixth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament Presented by American Airlines to earn exempt status for the 2006 LPGA Tour season.

Amateur

Granada was named the 2004 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex Player of the Year after winning the 2004 AJGA Rolex Girls Junior Championship. Granada won five additional AJGA events and was named to the AJGA All-America Team from 2001-04. She was a member of the Canon Cup Team in 2002 and 2003. Granada won the U.S. Girls� Junior Championship in 2004 and was a quarterfinalist at the 2004 U.S. Women�s Amateur Public Links. Named the 2004 Athlete of the Year in Paraguay, Granada won the 2004 South American Team Championship individual and team titles. She also won the 2004 Orange Bowl International Junior Championship and the 2005 South Atlantic Ladies Amateur. Granada was also the individual champion at the 2004 World Amateur Team Championship.

Personal

Started playing golf at the age of 4...Credits her parents, Scott Belger, Jonathan Yarwood and David Leadbetter as the individuals most influencing her career...Hobbies include playing tennis...Qualified for the Tour on her first attempt.


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