Julieta Granada (born 17 November 1986) is a
Paraguayan golfer who plays on the United States
based LPGA Tour.
Granada was born in Asunción, Paraguay. She was
resident in the United States as a teenager and was
named to the American Junior Golf Association
All-America Team from 2001 to 2004, and was the AJGA
player of the year in 2004, when she won the U.S.
Girls' Junior Championship. She turned professional
in June 2005 and won her first professional event at
the Futures Tour's YMCA Futures Classic later that
year. In 2006, her rookie season on the LPGA Tour,
she was nineteenth on the money list going into the
season-ending ADT Championship. She won that event
to claim the first US$1 million prize in women's
golf.
Born in Asunción in Paraguay, Granada moved to the
United States with her mother at the age of 14 in
2001 after receiving a scholarshop to attend the
David Leadbetter Golf Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
While a student there, she earned numerous junior
amateur titles. Granada graduated in 2005 from the
Pendleton School, a private school established
solely for students attending the Leadbetter Academy
and other affiliated IMG sports academies.
