Education
She graduated from high school in 2004. While still competing on the German National Team, Gal attended college in the United States at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
She graduated from high school in 2004. While still competing on the German National Team, Gal attended college in the United States at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, Gal began playing golf at age five during family vacations to golf resorts around Europe. Although by turning pro she could no longer participate in collegiate golf, she completed her degree requirements while playing full-time on the LPGA Tour and graduated with honors from Florida in August 2008 with a bachelor"s degree in advertising. Gal tied for 14th in the 2007 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn full playing privileges on the LPGA in 2008.
She turned professional immediately following the tournament.
She finished the 72-hole event at 16-under-par, one stroke ahead of runner-up Jiyai Shin Previously her best finish had been fifth at the 2009 LPGA Corning Classic. Also in 2009, she recorded two career-low rounds of 64.
LPGA Tour (1)
Results not in chronological order before 2015. 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 – 5 (2011 United States Open – 2012 United States Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1
official through 22 November 2015
Position in Women"s World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Professional
Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2011 (winners), 2015
Solheim Cup record.
At age 17 she joined the German National Team and at 18 won the German National Girls Championship. She played for the Florida Gators women"s golf team from 2005 to 2007 and won four events in National Collegiate Athletic Association competition, received All-American honors in 2007, and was an NGCA Academic All-American from 2005 to 2008. In 2007, she won the Ladies European Amateur, and later that fall, entered the LPGA Qualifying Tournament where she qualified for the LPGA Tour for 2008 and immediately turned pro. In her fourth season on the LPGA Tour in 2011, Gal won her first event at the Kia Classic in late March.
