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Gerina Mendoza
Rookie Year
2010
Age
38
Race to CME Points
60.346

Bio

5'7''...Started playing golf at the age of 15...Credits her parents and Becky Robertson as the individuals who influenced her career the most...Hobbies include Rock Band, Guitar Hero, dancing and spending time with her family.

The Solheim Cup (3)

  • 2013, 2015, 2017 

International Crown (1)

  • 2016

Olympics (1)

  • 2016 Rio Olympics (T11)

2022 in a Nutshell

  • 16 events, nine cuts made, $152,172 (104)
  • Recorded a season-best T6 at the LOTTE Championship

Career Highlights:

2021:

  • 21 events, 12 cuts made, $199,594 (84)
  • Recorded a season-best T9 at the Marathon LPGA Classic

2020:

  • 14 events, eight cuts made, $37,411 (115)

2019:

  • 24 events, 14 cuts made, $320,502 (62)
  • Earned two top-10 finishes in 2019, with a season-best of T5 at the U.S. Women's Open, her best-ever result in a major championship

2018:

  • Maternity leave did not compete in 2018

2017:

  • Posted five top-10 finishes, including four inside the top five, and a season-best T3 result at the Marathon Classic presented by Owens Corning & O-I
  • Played in her third Solheim Cup for Team USA and posted a 2-2-0 record
  • Crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings with her fourth place finish at the Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic

2016:

  • 23 events, 20 cuts made, $842,948 (19)

  • Recorded nine top-10 finishes

  • Ended the season ranked eighth in average driving distance (268.08) and ninth in greens in regulation (73.48%)

  • Member of the victorious U.S. Team in the UL International Crown, posting a 2-1-1 overall record

2015:

  • 26 events, 22 cuts made, $727,681 (18)

  • Competed on the U.S. Solheim Cup team, posting a 3-0-1 record

  • Had four top-5 finishes including her season-best tie for second finish at the Meijer LPGA Classic presented  by Kraft

2014:

  • 26 events, 22 cuts made, $466,497 (39)

  • 5 top-10 finishes, 2 top-five finishes with a season-best T3 at the ShopRite LPGA Classic presented by Acer.

2013

  • 26 events, 23 cuts made, $572,690 (26)

  • 8 top-10 finishes including a career-best runner-up at the CME Group Titleholders

  • Recorded a career-low 62 in the third round of the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic

  • Finished seventh on Tour in driving distance (266.5), ninth in top-10 finishes (8), and eighth in birdies (326)

  • Competed on her first U.S. Solheim Cup Team and posted a 0-2-1 record

2012:

  • 23 events, 17 cuts made, $258,395 (48)

  • Two top-10 finishes including a T6 at the Wegmans LPGA Championship and T9 at the Kingsmill Championship.

2011:

  • Finished tied for 29th at the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup.

2009:

  • Finished 30th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she earned Priority List Category 16 for the 2010 LPGA season. 

  • Competed on the Epson Tour (then Duramed FUTURES Tour), recording seven top-10 finishes, and a career-best tie for second at both the iMPACT Classic and the USI Championship. 

  • Was a contestant on the Golf Channel's Big Break: Prince Edward Island series.

2007:

  • Turned professional in September.

Amateur:

  • Piller played collegiate golf at the University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP), and won four tournaments as a senior in 2007. 

  • She was also the 2007 Conference USA Individual champion, Player of the Year and the UTEP Female Athlete of the Year.

Personal:

  • 5'7''

  • Started playing golf at the age of 15.

  • Credits her parents and Becky Robertson as the individuals who influenced her career the most.

  • Hobbies include Rock Band, Guitar Hero, dancing and spending time with her family.

  • Qualified for the Tour on her third attempt.
  • Has one sister and three brothers.