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She turned pro in 2007 following a decorated career as a collegiate golfer at the University of Texas El Paso. In 2009, Mendoza appeared on the Golf Channel reality television competition The Big Break.[2]Table of ContentsChildhood and amateur career[edit]Professional career[edit]Personal life[edit]Results in LPGA majors[edit]Summary[edit]LPGA Tour career summary[edit]World ranking[edit]Team appearances[edit]Solheim Cup record[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Childhood and amateur career[edit]Born in Roswell, New Mexico, Gerina Mendoza attended Goddard High School and won the state golf championship in 2003 and also was an all-state volleyball player.[3]She enrolled in at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 2003 where she played all four years, winning four tournaments in her senior year. She was the 2007 Conference USA individual champion, Player of the Year and the UTEP Female Athlete of the Year.[3][4]Professional career[edit]Mendoza turned pro in September 2007 and attempted to qualify that fall for the LPGA Tour. She did not succeed and played in 2008 on the Futures Tour. She attempted again to qualify for the LPGA Tour in 2008, again failing.In airing of 2009, filmed at an unknown time, Mendoza appeared on Big Break Prince Edward Island. Six women and six men competed for a grand prize of $100,000 in cash. Contestant Derek was the only male to reach the final four and prevailed in a 2-hole elimination match with Gerina by 1 stroke.[2]In 2009, she earned conditional status on the LPGA Tour for 2010 and played the entire season on the Duramed Futures Tour, where she recorded seven top-10 finishes and a career-best tie for second at both the iMPACT Classic and the USI Championship.[4] She finished 5th on the Futures Tour money list in 2010, earning her full playing privileges on the LPGA Tour for 2011.She finished 68th on the LPGA official money list in 2012, retaining her full playing card for 2012. Piller improved in 2012, with two top-ten finishes and a 48th-place finish on the year-end LPGA official money list.Piller took sabbatical from the LPGA Tour in 2018 due to the birth of her first child, a son, Ajeo James Piller, born April 26, 2018.[5][6]Personal life[edit]Mendoza married fellow professional golfer Martin Piller in January 2011.[7] They live in Flower Mound, Texas.[8][9] She is of Mexican American descent.[10]Results in LPGA majors[edit]Results not in chronological order before 2019.^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013\u00a0\u00a0Top 10\u00a0\u00a0Did not playCUT = missed the half-way cutNT = no tournamentT = tiedSummary[edit]Most consecutive cuts made \u2013 15 (2014 LPGA \u2013 2017 U.S. Open)Longest streak of top-10s \u2013 1 (six times)LPGA Tour career summary[edit]YearTournaments playedCuts made*Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest finishEarnings($)Moneylist rankScoring averageScoringrank20111490001T10103,3226872.7561201224170002T6258,3954871.41642013262301082572,6902671.2223201426220015T3466,4973971.3826201526220206T2727,6811871.2121201623200129T2842,8991970.5817201722210015T3541,9773470.60262018Maternity leave201923140002T5320,5026272.4712220201480000T3337,41111572.7494202121120001T9199,5948471.266220221690001T6152,17210472.28120Official through 2022 season.[11]* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.World ranking[edit]Position in Women’s World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.Team appearances[edit]ProfessionalSolheim Cup record[edit]YearTotalMatchesTotalW\u2013L\u2013HSinglesW\u2013L\u2013HFoursomesW\u2013L\u2013HFourballsW\u2013L\u2013HPointsWonPoints%Career115\u20134\u201322\u20130\u201311\u20132\u201302\u20132\u20131654.6201330\u20132\u201310\u20130\u20131 halved w\/ C. Matthew0\u20130\u201300\u20132\u20130 lost w\/ A. Stanford 2&1lost w\/ A. Stanford 1 dn0.516.7201543\u20130\u201311\u20130\u20130 def. C. Masson 1 up1\u20130\u20130 won w\/ S. Lewis 5&41\u20130\u20131 halved w\/ B.Langwon w\/ S. Lewis 1 up3.587.5201742\u20132\u201301\u20130\u20130 def. F. Parker 4&20\u20132\u20130 lost w\/ S. Lewis 1 dnlost w\/ S. Lewis 2&11\u20130\u20130 won w\/ S. Lewis 2&1250.0References[edit]^ “Gerina Piller Girl’s Retreat”. January 27, 2015. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.^ a b “Big Break Prince Edward Island – Gerina Mendoza”. The Golf Channel. Archived from the original on June 6, 2013. Retrieved July 30, 2013.^ a b “UTEP Athletics official biography”. University of Texas El Paso. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2013.^ a b “LPGA Profile”. LPGA. Retrieved July 30, 2013.^ DiMeglio, Steve (January 2, 2018). “Gerina Piller to play in Diamond Resorts Invitational before taking time off to have baby”. USA Today.^ Meyer, Jennifer (May 1, 2018). “Welcome the Newest Addition to the Piller Family”. LPGA.^ Mendoza, Gerina; Piller, Martin (May 23, 2011). “Hearts of Texas”. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 30, 2013.^ “Pros Mendoza, Piller Tie the Knot in Texas”. LPGA. Retrieved July 31, 2013.^ Nichols, Bill (April 23, 2013). “Nichols: Plano couple Martin and Gerina Piller stay on course while forging pro careers”. The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved July 31, 2013.^ “Gerina Piller hits an ace off-camera in Malaysia”. ESPN. October 27, 2016.^ “Gerina Mendoza \u2013 results”. LPGA. Retrieved December 1, 2022.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 21, 2008.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 21, 2009.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 31, 2010.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 31, 2011.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 31, 2012.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 30, 2013.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 29, 2014.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 28, 2015.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 26, 2016.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 25, 2017.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 31, 2018.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 30, 2019.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 28, 2020.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 27, 2021.^ “Women’s World Golf Rankings”. December 26, 2022.External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/gerina-piller-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Gerina Piller – Wikipedia"}}]}]