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Top 10 Sexiest women golfers in the world
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 Natalie Gulbis, Age: 28, Achievements: LPGA Tour member: Natalie
Anne Gulbis was born on January 7, 1983. She is an American professional golfer
of Latvian descent who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.
In 2009, Gulbis appeared in the second season of Celebrity Apprentice.
Throughout the season, each celebrity raised money for a charity of their
choice; Gulbis selected the Boys and Girls Club. She was fired on the April 19,
2009 episode of the show.
Gulbis appeared on the April 28, 2009, episode of The Price Is Right as a
Showcase theme. She also participated in a playing Hole in One to perform the
game's "inspiration putt". She appeared on Sports Jobs with Junior Seau, where
Seau worked as her caddy during the pro-am round for the Safeway Classic in
Oregon. Gulbis appeared in the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue wearing
only body paint.
Born and raised in the Sacramento, California area, Gulbis started finding
interest in the game at the early age of four. By the time she reached age
seven, she had won her first tournament, and at age ten, she reports she was
breaking par.
She played in her first LPGA Tour event in 1997 as an amateur at the age of 14
(handicap of 2). Gulbis was the top player on the boys golf team at Granite Bay
High School and graduated at age 16. She then accepted a golf scholarship to the
University of Arizona, the 2000 national champions, where she was a teammate of
fellow freshman, Lorena Ochoa. After one season at Arizona, Gulbis left college
in Tucson to turn professional in July 2001 at age 18.At the LPGA Final
Qualifying Tournament in October 2001 at Daytona Beach, Florida, Gulbis finished
tied for third to earn her card for the 2002 season.
Although Gulbis did not win a tournament until her sixth season on tour, she
finished sixth on the LPGA money list in her fourth season with over $1 million
in earnings in 2005. She placed in the top 10 in four consecutive major
championships from the 2005 LPGA Championship to the 2006 Kraft Nabisco
Championship.
Her first professional win came at the July 2007 Evian Masters in France, where
she defeated Jeong Jang in a playoff. Gulbis tapped in for a two-putt birdie on
the first extra hole to claim the winner's prize of $450,000.
Gulbis has played on three victorious U.S. Solheim Cup teams - 2005, 2007, and
2009.
Considered to be a sex symbol in the LPGA, she released a 2005 calendar, just
before the 2004 U.S. Women's Open, which featured her not only playing golf, but
also in striking poses in swimwear. The United States Golf Association (USGA)
barred it from being sold at the event, deeming it inappropriate. The calendar
was sold openly at Golf Canada; the USGA was criticized for overreacting. Gulbis
also posed for the November 2004 issue of the magazine FHM, an issue that also
gave away a chance to play golf with her at her home course, the Lake Las Vegas
Resort, where her calendar photo shoot took place. Gulbis has said that she
likes the attention she gets, even if it is for her appearance; she has
endorsement deals with RSM McGladrey, TaylorMade/Adidas, Canon, Michelob Ultra,
SkyCaddie, Payment Data Systems, MasterCard, Winn Golf Grips, Lake Las Vegas
Resort and EA Sports.
In 2006, Gulbis began writing a monthly advice column in FHM. In November 2005 a
reality television show, The Natalie Gulbis Show, made its debut on The Golf
Channel. The show had its second season premiere on October 18, 2006. Gulbis
also has appeared on the 2007 version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour by EA Sports,
along with fellow professionals, Annika S�renstam, Ian Poulter, and Luke Donald,
among others. In August 2007 Gulbis appeared on the August/September cover of
Sactown Magazine in an article that profiled the rising star's busy life of
product endorsements and photo shoots, though, no pro win. Gil Ozir, Vice
President of Marketing for Raymond Weil, a luxury watchmaker and one of Gulbis'
endorsement deals, was quoted as saying, "Once she starts
winning, she's going to be a megastar". A few days later, Gulbis won the Evian
Masters, her first professional LPGA title.
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Dated 04 December 2012
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