2013 LET Tour Guide (pdf) - Ladies European Tour

Diana Luna
Country
Italy
Born
3 September 1982 - Rome
Turned Professional 2001
Joined Tour 2001
Career Earnings (Euro) 919,184.33
Career Victories (Last) 5 (2011)
Tournaments Played 158
Top Ten Finishes 31
Lowest Round 65 (-7) 6 times, 64 (-6)
PROFESSIONAL
n In 2012, played 16 tournaments and recorded 7 top
10s, finishing runner-up three times: 2nd at the
Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters; 2nd at the Lacoste
Ladies Open de France (after making a bogey on the last
hole to end a stroke behind Stacey Keating); T2nd at the
Gold Coast RACV Ladies Masters. Also T4th at the World
Ladies Championship, T9th Tenerife Open de Espana and
T10 at the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish
Open and Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open. Season’s
earnings: €150,477.12 (8).
n In 2011, Luna won two titles on the Ladies European
Tour in 2011: firstly, the UniCredit Ladies German Open
presented by Audi at Golfpark Gut Hausern, where she
became the first ever player to play four bogey-free
rounds to win a tournament. Her amazing feat of playing
72 holes without a bogey at Golfpark Gut Hausern near
Munich in Germany was a first on the LET and her overall
score was a remarkable 264, 24 under par. She also
Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open at Golf Gerre Losone:
one of the most prestigious titles on the schedule. During
the season, Luna recorded six additional top-10 finishes,
including second place at the Lacoste Ladies Open de
France, where she lost to Felicity Johnson in a play-off
at Paris International. She tied for seventh at the New
Zealand Women's Open, tied for fifth at the Turkish
Airlines Ladies Open and Deloitte Dutch Ladies Open
and was joint fourth at the Portugal Ladies Open. With
season’s earnings of 223,405.16 euro, she finished fourth
on the Ladies European Tour’s 2011 Henderson Money
List, the highest ever ranking by an Italian.
n In 2010, Diana returned to action at the Evian Masters
presented by Societe Generale in late July after the arrival
of her first daughter Elena. She played in six tournaments
with her best finish 2nd at the Open de France Feminin at
Paris International Golf Club where she was defeated by
Trish Johnson at the first play-off hole. She also played in
a testimonial organised by the Italian Golf Federation with
Matteo Manassero.
n In 2009, won the AIB Ladies Irish Open supported by
Failte Ireland, at Portmarnock Links, posting three rounds
in the 60s. Claimed her third LET title at the SAS Ladies
Masters at Larvik Golfklubb in Norway the following week.
Posted three additional top ten finishes: second at the
ABN AMRO Ladies Open, tied for second at the Open de
Espana Femenino and was 8th at the S4/C Wales Ladies
Championship. Was a member of the European Solheim
Cup Team, where she went 1-0-1 (W-L-H) as a “rookie”
and won her singles match 3&2 against Nicole Castrale.
Competing with Catriona Matthew halved her day-two
four-ball match, earning 1.5 points in total. Diana finished
the season ranked 6th on the Henderson Money List with
earnings of €185,911.21 from 17 events played.
n In 2004, won the Tenerife Ladies Open after a brilliant
display in the final round to deny Becky Brewerton on
the final hole.
n In 2001, turned professional and attended LET
Qualifying School at Aroeira in Portugal.
PERSONAL
173cm tall with long blonde hair and blue eyes. Hobbies
include reading, fitness, travelling, fashion, cinema and
animals. When at home, adores cooking. Also enjoys a
number of sports such as tennis and dancing. Diana is a
voluntary ambassador for the World Food Programme,
the UN organisation that is fighting against world famine.
Diana is married to Orlandini del Beccuto and resides in
Monaco. She trains with Roger Damiano at Golf Club
Cannes Mougins. Represents Conte of Florence. First
child, daughter Elena, born in spring 2010. In 2011,
named "Atleta dell’Anno 2011" by mayor of Rome.
Website: www.dianaluna.it Twitter: @DianaLunaOdB
TOUR VICTORIES
(5) 2004 Tenerife Ladies Open, 2009 AIB Ladies Irish
Open, supported by Failte Ireland, 2009 SAS Ladies
Masters (Norway), 2011 UniCredit Ladies German
Open presented by Audi, 2011 Deutsche Bank Ladies
Swiss Open.
SOLHEIM CUP
(1) 2009
TOUR RECORD:
(Year, earnings/points, ranking)
2002 26,240.36 43
2003 172.02 31
2004 331.61 11
2005 €47,774.28 31
2006 €14,872.76 98
2007 €48,415.80 47
2008 €78,839.40 29
2009 €185,911.21 6
2010 €34,604.86 62
2011 €223,405.16 4
2012 €150,477.12 8
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