Sophie Sandolo (born 20 July 1976) is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur career

Sandolo was born

Nice, France Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million

. She began playing golf at 14 and made the Italian national team by the age of 16. She was Regional All-American while playing for the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

. She won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 1999 after being runner up in 1998. She also played on the Italian Espirito Santo Trophy team in 1996 and 1998, the team finishing in second place on both occasions.

Professional career

She won her first professional event in 2006 at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco. Her highest finish on the Ladies European Tour was 2nd at the 200
Catalonia Ladies Masters
Her highest finish on the LET Order of Merit was 15th, also in 2005.

Modelling

Sandolo earned notoriety by publishing a calendar in 200

in which she posed nudity, semi-nude. She has continued to release the calendar every year since. On the topic of the calendar, Sandolo has said, "My first sexy calendar is intended to represent my love for golf, my desire for freedom and a touch of coquetry and I’m instinctively attracted by fashion, elegance and glamour." She is often invited on TV shows. She participated in a reality show called The Big Break: Ka'anapali on the Golf Channel.

Team appearances

Amateur * European Girls' Team Championship (representing Italy): 1993 * European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Italy):

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* Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Italy): 1996,

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandolo, Sophie Italian female golfers UCLA Bruins women's golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Nice French sportspeople of Italian descent 1976 births Living people