Player Biography

JULIETA GRANADA Birthdate: November 17, 1986 Birthplace: Asuncion, Paraguay Age: 20 Ht: 5'2" Home: Champions Gate, Fla Turned Professional: 2005
Joined LPGA Tour: 2006 LPGA Victories (1): 2006 ADT Championship. Player Notes: Named the 2004 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Rolex Player of the Year after winning the 2004 AJGA Rolex Girls Junior Championship and the 2004 U.S. Girls’ Junior, beating Jane Park in the final (20 holes)…Won five additional AJGA events and was named to the AJGA All-America Team from 2001-04…Member of the East Squad for the Canon Cup in 2002 and 2003…Quarterfinalist at the 2004 U.S. Women’s Amateur…Quarterfinalist at the 2003 U.S. Girls’ Junior…Named the 2004 Athlete of the Year in Paraguay…Won the 2004 South American Team Championship individual and team titles…Won the 2004 Orange Bowl International Junior Championship and the 2005 South Atlantic Ladies Amateur…Low individual at the 2004 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship in Puerto Rico…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. Professional 2006 • Became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the ADT Championship, where she earned an LPGA Tour record $1 million first-place paycheck; also became the first Paraguayan-born player to win on the LPGA Tour. • Set an LPGA Tour record for the most money earned by a rookie at $1,633,586, breaking Paula Creamer’s 2006 mark of $1,531,780. • Posted seven top-10 finishes, including runner-up finishes at the Wegmans LPGA and at the Corona Morelia Championship. • Carded a career-low 65 during the second round of the Fields Open in Hawaii, where she tied for fourth. • Finished eighth at the Weetabix Women’s British Open, a career-best finish in a major championship. • Recorded her first LPGA career hole-in-one during the final round of the Florida’s Natural Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez. 2006 Stats (rank) Rds under par: 52/97 (17) Rds in the 60s: 25/97 (21) Birdies: 310 (12) Eagles: 5 (20) Greens in reg: 68% (42) Driving accuracy: 79.5% (7) Sand saves: 41.4% (52) Putts per GIR: 1.79 (20) Driving avg: 243.4 (130) Career • In 2005, turned professional in June; played on the Futures Tour, where she won the YWCA FUTURES Classic and finished 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.