Background
Castrale, Nicole was born on March 24, 1979 in Glendale, California, United States. Daughter of Anthony and Patricia Dalkas.
Castrale, Nicole was born on March 24, 1979 in Glendale, California, United States. Daughter of Anthony and Patricia Dalkas.
She graduated from Palm Desert High School in 1997 and played college golf for the University of Southern California Trojans in Los Angeles and earned her bachelor"s degree in 2001.
She also played on the Futures Tour, winning twice in consecutive weeks in 2005. Castrale played on the United States. Solheim Cup teams in 2007 and 2009. She made the clinching putt for the United States. to defeat Europe in the 2007 matches in Halmstad, Sweden.
She also played on the International team in the 2007 and 2008 Lexus Cups.
Castrale did not compete past June in both 2010 and 2011. She underwent surgery on her left shoulder in early July 2010 and rehabilitated the rest of the season.
Castrale played a limited schedule in 2011 due to pregnancy and her last competitive round was on June 10. She gave birth to the couple"s first child, a daughter, in November and returned to the LPGA Tour in March 2012.
LPGA Tour (1) Futures Tour (2) Results not in chronological order before 2014.
The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut T = tied Yellow background for a top-10 finish. Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2006 LPGA – 2007 British Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2008 LPGA – 2008 United States Open) Professional Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners) Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2007, 2008 (winners) Solheim Cup record.
Married Craig Castrale, January 8, 2005.