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Granada wins ADT Championship
Philadelphia Daily News, November, 2006
Shortly after Julieta Granada came to the United States at 14 to hone her golf game at David Leadbetter's academy in Florida, she grew concerned over how much money her family was spending. So she and her mother stopped renting cars, relying instead on a bicycle to get around town. "We rode the bike around for a year," Granada said.
"We only rented cars for tournaments." Money no longer is a concern for the Granada clan - especially after yesterday. Two days after turning 20, the LPGA rookie from Paraguay got her first victory, taking home the first $1 million prize in women's golf. Granada shot a bogey-free round of 68, topping an eight-player final-round field to win the ADT Championship at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Fla. "It's just been incredible, this whole week," Granada said. "It was my birthday on Friday and today I was really happy ...