Carlota Ciganda

Carlota Ciganda is a Spanish professional golfer who has competed on the LPGA Tour since 2012. A multiple-time winner on both the LPGA and Ladies European Tour, she has earned more than $9.5 million in official LPGA prize money over her career, though no independently verified net worth figure exists for her.

Early Life & Family

Carlota Ciganda was born on June 1, 1990, in Pamplona, Spain, and began playing golf at age five, influenced by her father. She built a strong amateur career, winning the British Ladies Amateur Championship in 2007 along with two European Ladies Amateur titles.

Rise to Fame

Ciganda attended Arizona State University from 2008, playing for the Sun Devils’ golf team, which won the NCAA Championship in 2009. She turned professional in 2011 and joined both the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. In her rookie season in 2012, she won the LET’s Order of Merit money title and was named both Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

Career History

Ciganda has recorded 12 professional wins across tours, including three LPGA Tour victories and eight Ladies European Tour titles. Her best finish at a major is a solo third at the 2018 U.S. Women’s Open. She won the ladies’ Aon Risk Reward Challenge in 2019, collecting a $1 million prize. Ciganda has represented Europe at every Solheim Cup since 2013.

How They Built Their Wealth

Ciganda’s income comes from official LPGA and Ladies European Tour prize money, which totals more than $9.5 million on the LPGA Tour alone, along with additional earnings from the LET, the 2019 Aon Risk Reward Challenge’s $1 million prize, and sponsorship and endorsement deals typical of a multi-time tour winner and Solheim Cup regular.

Carlota Ciganda’s career, built on more than a decade of consistent top-level results, is grounded in well-documented tournament earnings rather than any independently confirmed net worth figure.