Gerina Piller

Gerina Piller
Piller in 2013
Personal information
Full nameGerina Michelle Mendoza Piller
Born (1985-03-29) March 29, 1985 (age 39)
Roswell, New Mexico, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceFort Worth, Texas, U.S.[1]
SpouseMartin Piller (m. 2011)
Children1
Career
CollegeTexas-El Paso
Turned professional2007
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2010)
Former tour(s)Futures Tour (2007–10)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT6: 2016
Women's PGA C'shipT6: 2012
U.S. Women's OpenT5: 2019
Women's British OpenT36: 2013, 2015
Evian ChampionshipT9: 2016

Gerina Michelle Mendoza Piller (born March 29, 1985) is an American professional golfer, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She turned pro in 2007 following a decorated career as a collegiate golfer at the University of Texas El Paso. In 2009, Mendoza appeared on the Golf Channel reality television competition The Big Break.[2]

Childhood and amateur career

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Born in Roswell, New Mexico, Gerina Mendoza attended Goddard High School and won the state golf championship in 2003 and also was an all-state volleyball player.[3]

She enrolled in at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 2003 where she played all four years, winning four tournaments in her senior year. She was the 2007 Conference USA individual champion, Player of the Year and the UTEP Female Athlete of the Year.[3][4]

Professional career

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Mendoza turned pro in September 2007 and attempted to qualify that fall for the LPGA Tour. She did not succeed and played in 2008 on the Futures Tour. She attempted again to qualify for the LPGA Tour in 2008, again failing.

In an airing of 2009, filmed at an unknown time, Mendoza appeared on Big Break Prince Edward Island. Six women and six men competed for a grand prize of $100,000 in cash. Contestant Derek was the only male to reach the final four and prevailed in a 2-hole elimination match with Gerina by 1 stroke.[2]

In 2009, she earned conditional status on the LPGA Tour for 2010 and played the entire season on the Duramed Futures Tour, where she recorded seven top-10 finishes and a career-best tie for second at both the iMPACT Classic and the USI Championship.[4] She finished 5th on the Futures Tour money list in 2010, earning her full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2011.

She finished 68th on the LPGA official money list in 2012, retaining her full playing card for 2012. Piller improved in 2012, with two top-ten finishes and a 48th-place finish on the year-end LPGA official money list.

Piller took a sabbatical from the LPGA Tour in 2018 due to the birth of her first child, a son, Ajeo James Piller, born April 26, 2018.[5][6]

Personal life

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Mendoza married fellow professional golfer Martin Piller in January 2011.[7] They live in Flower Mound, Texas.[8][9] She is of Mexican American descent.[10]

Results in LPGA majors

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Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Chevron Championship CUT T41 T11 T20 T6 T35 CUT CUT T40
U.S. Women's Open T50 T31 T63 T53 T8 T33 T5 CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT T6 CUT T13 T9 T12 T14 CUT CUT T40 T68
The Evian Championship ^ T67 69 T29 T9 T26 T44 NT CUT
Women's British Open CUT CUT T36 CUT T36 T50 CUT T70 CUT T48

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 6
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 2 2 8 7
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 2 5 11 7
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 6
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5
Totals 0 0 0 1 6 11 45 31
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 15 (2014 LPGA – 2017 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (six times)

LPGA Tour career summary

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Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2011 14 9 0 0 0 1 T10 103,322 68 72.75 61
2012 24 17 0 0 0 2 T6 258,395 48 71.41 64
2013 26 23 0 1 0 8 2 572,690 26 71.22 23
2014 26 22 0 0 1 5 T3 466,497 39 71.38 26
2015 26 22 0 2 0 6 T2 727,681 18 71.21 21
2016 23 20 0 1 2 9 T2 842,899 19 70.58 17
2017 22 21 0 0 1 5 T3 541,977 34 70.60 26
2018 Maternity leave
2019 23 14 0 0 0 2 T5 320,502 62 72.47 122
2020 14 8 0 0 0 0 T33 37,411 115 72.74 94
2021 21 12 0 0 0 1 T9 199,594 84 71.26 62
2022 16 9 0 0 0 1 T6 152,172 104 72.28 120
2023 3 3 0 0 0 0 T22 35,860 166 70.10 n/a
  • Official through 2023 season.[11]

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year Ranking Source
2008 630 [12]
2009 411 [13]
2010 334 [14]
2011 215 [15]
2012 95 [16]
2013 37 [17]
2014 40 [18]
2015 29 [19]
2016 19 [20]
2017 41 [21]
2018 184 [22]
2019 116 [23]
2020 143 [24]
2021 191 [25]
2022 209 [26]
2023 453 [27]

Team appearances

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Professional

Solheim Cup record

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Year Total
Matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
Won		 Points
%
Career 11 5–4–2 2–0–1 1–2–0 2–2–1 6 54.6
2013 3 0–2–1 0–0–1 halved w/ C. Matthew 0–0–0 0–2–0 lost w/ A. Stanford 2&1
lost w/ A. Stanford 1 dn 		0.5 16.7
2015 4 3–0–1 1–0–0 def. C. Masson 1 up 1–0–0 won w/ S. Lewis 5&4 1–0–1 halved w/ B.Lang
won w/ S. Lewis 1 up 		3.5 87.5
2017 4 2–2–0 1–0–0 def. F. Parker 4&2 0–2–0 lost w/ S. Lewis 1 dn
lost w/ S. Lewis 2&1 		1–0–0 won w/ S. Lewis 2&1 2 50.0

References

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  1. ^ "Gerina Piller Girl's Retreat". January 27, 2015. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Big Break Prince Edward Island - Gerina Mendoza". The Golf Channel. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "UTEP Athletics official biography". University of Texas El Paso. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "LPGA Profile". LPGA. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  5. ^ DiMeglio, Steve (January 2, 2018). "Gerina Piller to play in Diamond Resorts Invitational before taking time off to have baby". USA Today.
  6. ^ Meyer, Jennifer (May 1, 2018). "Welcome the Newest Addition to the Piller Family". LPGA.
  7. ^ Mendoza, Gerina; Piller, Martin (May 23, 2011). "Hearts of Texas". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on July 30, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  8. ^ "Pros Mendoza, Piller Tie the Knot in Texas". LPGA. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  9. ^ Nichols, Bill (April 23, 2013). "Nichols: Plano couple Martin and Gerina Piller stay on course while forging pro careers". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on August 20, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
  10. ^ "Gerina Piller hits an ace off-camera in Malaysia". ESPN. October 27, 2016.
  11. ^ "Gerina Mendoza – results". LPGA. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 21, 2008.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 21, 2009.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2010.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2011.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2012.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2013.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014.
  19. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015.
  20. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016.
  21. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
  22. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
  23. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
  24. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
  25. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
  26. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
  27. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.
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