From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marta Prieto
Marta Prieto
Marta Prieto Amateur career
Prieto was Spanish under-18 champion in 1995[1] and
1997 Spanish Amateur Champion[2] and played her colle-
giate golf at Wake Forest University, North Carolina from
which she graduated with a degree in economics. In her
freshman year Prieto won the ACC Championship hav-
ing led from start to finish to earn medalist honors and
grabbed a share of the Rookie of the Year honor in addi-
tion to being a member of the All-ACC team.[3] She was
also named to the All-ACC team in her sophomore year[4]
as well as gaining 1999 Golfweek/Sagarin All-Mid-Atlan-
tic/East District second-team all-district honours.[5]
In her junior year she finished 3rd at the NCAA Cham-
pionships[1] and as a senior was named National Golf
Coaches Association (NGCA) 2001 All-America Second
team[6] and gained her third All-ACC team honours.[7]
Post graduation she won the 2001 British Ladies Amateur
Championship[8] and the 2002 Italian Ladies Internation-
al Championship.[2]
Marta Prieto at the 2009 Women’s British Open She represented Spain at the 2000 and 2002 Espirito
Personal information Santo Trophy World Amateur Team Championship.[9]
Born September 11, 1978 (1978-09-11)
Seville, Spain Professional career
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Prieto qualified for the 2003 Ladies European Tour by fin-
ishing second at the final Qualifyting tournament.[10] Her
Nationality Spain best finish in her rookie season was a tie for third at the
Residence Spain season ending Biarritz Ladies Classic.[11] In 2004 she had
three top ten finishes, the best being a runner’s up spot
Career
at the KLM Ladies Open.[12] She partnered Paula Mar-
College Wake Forest University ti at the 2006 Women’s World Cup of Golf representing
Spain.[13]
Turned professional 2002
Current tour(s) LET (joined 2003)
References
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
[1] ^ Jay Reddick (2000-06-29). "Prieto Excels In
Kraft Nabisco C’ship DNP Difficult Conditions At NCAA Championships".
LPGA Championship DNP
Atlantic Coast Conference.
http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/
U.S. Women’s Open DNP 050599aab.html. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
Women’s British Open 66th: 2006 [2] ^ "Marta Prieto Player Profile". Ladies European
Tour. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/
Marta Prieto (born 11 September 1978) is a Spanish pro- profiles/120088.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
fessional golfer from Seville, Spain who plays on the [3] "Marta Prieto Named Women’s Golf Rookie of the
Ladies European Tour. Year". Wake Forest University Sports. 1998-04-30.
http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/
spec-rel/043098aaa.html. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
[4] "Marta Prieto Named to All-Acc Women’s Golf
Team". Wake Forest University Sports. 1999-05-05.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Marta Prieto
http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/ [11] Martin Park (2003-09-27). "Hedblom ends
spec-rel/050599aab.html. Retrieved 2007-04-28. frustrating wait". Ladies European Tour.
[5] "Prieto, Kirwin Named to Golfweek/Sagarin All- http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/
District Team". Wake Forest University Sports. let_content_news.php?Id=4339. Retrieved
1999-06-01. http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/ 2007-04-28.
sports/w-golf/spec-rel/060199aaa.html. Retrieved [12] Martin Park (2004-06-27). "Esterl lands second
2007-04-28. victory at KLM Ladies Open". Ladies European
[6] "Marta Prieto Earns All-America Honors". Atlantic Tour. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/
Coast Conference. 2001-05-29. content/let_content_news.php?Id=4454. Retrieved
http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/ 2007-04-28.
052901aaa.html. Retrieved 2007-04-28. [13] Brad Morgan (2006-12-17). "Top field for Women’s
[7] "2001 All-ACC Women’s Golf Team". Atlantic Coast World Cup". South Africa Info.
Conference. 2001-05-08. http://www.theacc.com/ http://www.southafrica.info/what_happening/
sports/w-golf/spec-rel/050801aaa.html. Retrieved sports/wwcgolf2006.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
2007-04-28.
[8] "Prieto Captures Ladies British Amateur Title".
Atlantic Coast Conference. 2001-06-020.
External links
http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/ • Marta Prieto at the Ladies European Tour official site
062001aab.html. Retrieved 2007-04-28. Persondata
[9] "World Amateur Team Championship Record Name Prieto, Marta
Books". International Golf Federation.
http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/ Alternative names
recordbook/ Short description Professional golfer
wplayer2.asp?fname=Marta&mname=&lname=Prieto&country=Spain.
Date of birth 11 September 1978
Retrieved 2007-04-28.
Place of birth Seville, Spain
[10] Martin Park (2002-11-02). "Maconi wins Tour
school in thrilling finish". Ladies European Tour. Date of death
http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/ Place of death
let_content_news.php?Id=4698. Retrieved
2007-04-28.
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