Charlotte Heath

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Charlotte Heath
Personal information
Born (2001-11-25) 25 November 2001 (age 22)
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg England
Residence Bailiff Bridge, West Yorkshire, England
Career
College Florida State University
Turned professional2024
Current tour(s) Epson Tour
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open T61: 2023
Evian Championship DNP

Charlotte Heath (born 25 November 2001) is an English professional golfer. She won the Smyth Salver as the low amateur at the 2023 Women's British Open. [1]

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Amateur career

Heath reached the semi-finals of the 2018 Girls Amateur Championship and won the 2020 Australian Women's Amateur against Indonesia's Mela Putri with a 7&6 score. [2] [3]

She graduated from Brighouse High School in 2020 and enrolled at Florida State University where she played with the Florida State Seminoles women's golf team until 2024. She played on the Arnold Palmer Cup team in 2022 and 2023. [4]

Heath played in the 2021 and 2022 Curtis Cup and won the 2021 and 2022 European Ladies' Team Championship with England. She finished 4th at the 2021 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship and lost a playoff to Savannah De Bock at the 2022 European Ladies Amateur. [5]

She tied for 7th at the 2023 NCAA Championship four strokes behind Rose Zhang, and won the Smyth Salver as the low amateur at the 2023 Women's British Open, having qualified as the leading British player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, where her career-best rank was 7th. [1]

Professional career

Heath turned professional in June 2024 and made her professional debut at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship on the Epson Tour, having secured status at Q-School the previous fall. [6]

Amateur wins

Source: [7]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament2023
Chevron Championship
Women's PGA Championship
U.S. Women's Open
The Evian Championship
Women's British Open T61LA
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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References

  1. 1 2 Nursey, James (13 August 2023). "England's Charlotte Heath Claims Smyth Salver At AIG Women's Open". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. Gilmour, Rod (21 June 2018). "Determined Charlotte Heath maximising chances of reaching Junior Golf finals in Catalunya". The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. Wrice, Kirsty (19 January 2020). "Unstoppable Heath claims Australian Women's Amateur". Golf Australia. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  4. "Roster: Charlotte Heath". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  5. "De Bock trailblazes her way to European Ladies' Amateur title". European Golf Association. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023 via Amateur Golf.
  6. Otto, Luke (5 June 2024). "Lindblad, Avery, and Castle Among the 15 Players Making Their Rookie Debuts". Epson Tour.
  7. "Charlotte Heath". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 4 November 2023.