Natalie Gulbis was born on the 7th January 1983, in Sacramento, California USA, and is a professional golfer, who currently plays on the US-based LPGA Tour. Gulbis has recorded four wins thus far and also earned a William and Mousie Powell Award in 2007, given to those “whose behavior and deeds best exemplifies the spirit, ideals and values of the LPGA”. Her career started in 2001.
Have you ever wondered how rich Natalie Gulbis is as of mid- 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Gulbis’ net worth is as high as $4 million, earned through her career as a professional golfer. In addition to playing golf in the last 15 years, Gulbis has also been featured on numerous magazine covers and calendars, which improved her wealth too.
Natalie Gulbis Net Worth $4 Million
Natalie Gulbis is the only child of her parents who are of Latvian descent. She grew up in Sacramento, and developed an interest towards gold from the age of four. At the age of seven, Natalie won her first tournament, while she recorded her first par at the age of ten. Gulbis played for the first time in an LPGA Tour event as an amateur in 1997, and was also a top player in the boys’ golf team at the Granite Bay High School, from where she matriculated in 1999.
In 2000, Gulbis accepted a scholarship from the University of Arizona, but spent only a year there before dropping out to turn professional in July 2001, and earning her card for the 2002 season thanks to a fourth place at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in Daytona Beach, Florida in October 2001. Natalie made more than $1 million in he 2005 season, finishing sixth on the LPGA money list, significantly increasing her net worth. Through 2005-06 Gulbis was in an excellent form ending in the top ten in four major tournaments.
Gulbis’ first professional win came in July 2007 at the Evian Masters in France, defeating Jeong Jang in a playoff, and with that victory claiming the $450,000 prize. Natalie was subsequently a member of three victorious US Solheim Cup teams, in 2005, 2007, and 2009.
Natalia is considered as a sex symbol in the LPGA; in 2005, Gulbis released a calendar, posing not only in golf playing positions but also in swimwear. Although the United States Golf Association labelled this as inappropriate, the calendar was sold with success in Canada. Natalie additionally posed for the magazine FHM in 2004, and in 2012 she wore only a body paint in a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Additionally, she has lucrative endorsement deals with McGladrey LLP, Canon, TaylorMade/Adidas, SkyCaddie, Payment Data Systems, Michelob Ultra, MasterCard, Winn Golf Grips, EA Sports, and Lake Las Vegas Resort.
Her realityTV show called “The Natalie Gulbis Show” debuted on The Golf Channel in 2005, and she appeared with fellow golfers Annika Sörenstam, Ian Poulter, and Luke Donald in the Tiger Woods PGA Tour, a video game by EA Sports, in 2007. She participated in the second season of “Celebrity Apprentice” in 2009, but was fired after a few episodes. Gulbis also appeared in an episode of “The Price Is Right” in 2009, and on “Sports Jobs with Junior Seau”. In 2010, Natalie appeared in the tenth season of “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Regarding her personal life, Natalie Gulbis has been married to Josh Rodarmel since 2013. She contracted malaria during the HSBC Women’s Champions tournament in Singapore in February 2013, but recovered completely.
