Gwladys Nocera (born 22 May 1975 in Moulins) is a
French golfer. She currently resides in Biarritz,
France.
Nocera had a successful amateur career. She finished
runner up at the 1998 British Ladies Amateur
Championship, was a member of the victorious
European championship French team in 1999 and the
youngest ever winning captain in the 2000 Espirito
Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships.
She was a playing member of the 2002 French Espirito
Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships
team.
She was runner up at the 2002 French Amateur
Championship, 2002 French International Champion and
2002 German International champion. She holds a
degree in international business from New Mexico
State University.
Nocera turned professional at the relatively late
age of twenty-seven and finished ninth at the 2002
Ladies European Tour Qualifying School to win a
place on the tour for the following season. After a
modest start she improved dramatically in 2005, when
she finished fourth on the Order of Merit and made
her Solheim Cup debut where she beat Cristie Kerr in
her singles match.
In 2006 her career took another upward turn. She
started the year representing France at the Women's
World Cup of Golf with Karine Icher. She scored her
first three Ladies European Tour tournament
victories at the Ladies Swiss Open, the BMW Ladies
Italian Open and most recently the Catalonia Ladies
Masters. She also played in her first women's major
tournament, the Kraft Nabisco Championship. She
finished 2nd on the New Star Money list being beaten
only by Laura Davies the holder of the record number
of money list wins and was voted Players’ Player of
the Year by her fellow Ladies European Tour
professionals.
On January 20, 2008, Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy
Delasin of Team Philippines won the 4th Women's
World Cup of golf in Sun City, South Africa, with 4
birdies in the last 4 holes. The duo had a final
round of 7-under-par 65 in the best ball, for a
54-hole aggregate of 18-under-par 198. Korea's
Ji-Yai Shin and Eun Hee Ji were second on 200 after
a final round 67, while Taiwan (Amy Hung and Yun Jye
Wei) and Japan (Shinobu Moromizato and Miki Saiki)
tied for third on 203. France's Gwladys Nocera and
Virginie Lagoutte-Clement, were fifth on 205
following 67.
