Christel Boeljon

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Christel Boeljon
Boeljon 2011 Ladies Open Broekpolder 003.JPG
Personal information
Full nameChristel Wilhelmina Boeljon
Born (1987-07-30) 30 July 1987 (age 36)
Beverwijk, Netherlands
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
ResidenceNetherlands
Career
College Purdue University
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2009)
LPGA Tour (joined 2011)
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour4
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T15: 2011
Women's PGA C'ship T23: 2012
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2012, 2013, 2014
Women's British Open T47: 2013
Evian Championship CUT: 2013, 2014

Christel Wilhelmina Boeljon (born 30 July 1987) [1] is a professional golfer from the Netherlands, currently playing on the Ladies European Tour and the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

Contents

Amateur career

Boeljon was born in Beverwijk. One day she joined her parents for a visit to the Golfclub Spaarnwoude, and two years later she gave up field hockey and concentrated on golf. In 2005, she continued her studies in the United States and accepted a golf scholarship to Purdue University in Indiana. [1] In her first 25 tournaments she played 24 rounds under par.

Highlights

Professional career

Boeljon turned professional in 2009, when she returned from Purdue. She went to the Ladies European Tour's qualifying school in 2008, won the first stage and finished 4th at the final stage in 2009. She began well, she made the cut at the ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia and finished 41st. In April, she won the European Ladies Golf Cup together with Marjet van der Graaff. In June she again won the National Stroke Play. She made the cut at the 2009 Women's British Open and finished 57th.

In 2011, she played her first major in the United States, the Kraft Nabisco Championship and finished 15th. A few weeks later she won the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open in Belek, then finished 2nd at the Ladies Slovak Open, which was good enough to become the leader of the Ladies European Tour money list.

Professional wins (4)

Ladies European Tour (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ()
18 May 2011 Turkish Airlines Ladies Open 73-71-70-73=287–53 strokes Flag of England.svg Florentyna Parker
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Becky Brewerton
37,500
25 Feb 2012 Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters 66-65-68-68=267–211 stroke Flag of Italy.svg Diana Luna
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ha-neul
Flag of South Korea.svg So Yeon Ryu
63,631
313 May 2012 Turkish Airlines Ladies Open 70-73-69-73=285–73 strokes Flag of Finland.svg Ursula Wikström 37,500
421 Jun 2015 Deloitte Ladies Open 69-69-71=209–104 strokes Flag of Finland.svg Ursula Wikström
Flag of Denmark.svg Emily Kristine Pedersen
37,500

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament20092010201120122013201420152016
ANA Inspiration T15T56T41T55CUT
Women's PGA Championship T57T23CUTCUTCUTCUT
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTCUT
Women's British Open T57CUTT54CUTT47CUT
The Evian Championship ^CUTCUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration 00000154
Women's PGA Championship 00000162
U.S. Women's Open 00000030
Women's British Open 00000063
The Evian Championship 00000020
Totals000002229

Ladies European Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
()
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2004100000CUTn/a77.50
2006 110000T5573.67
2007 110000T1171.00
2008 110001T1070.33
2009 17140001T548,8933572.4537
2010 20140317T2121,9591272.3335
2011 151312161161,172870.9213
2012 6320021104,8841372.00
2013 760001538,73172.96
2014 520001T414,65073.83

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2011 14120002T9170,5535272.3114
2012 20100000T2389,8178173.4791
2013 20140001T7163,2606772.3863
2014 20100001T7120,0648472.6498
2015 12701012157,2807873.73130
2016 1750001T661,60611473.31137

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearWorld
ranking
Source
2007648 [3]
2008703 [4]
2009274 [5]
2010118 [6]
201163 [7]
201282 [8]
2013143 [9]
2014192 [10]
201594 [11]
2016221 [12]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
Matches
Total
W-L-H
Singles
W-L-H
Foursomes
W-L-H
Fourballs
W-L-H
Points
Won
Points
%
Career31-2-01-0-00-1-00-1-01.033.3
2011 31-2-01-0-0 def. B. Lincicome 2 up0-1-0 lost w/ K. Stupples 3&20-1-0 lost w/ S. Gal 2&11.033.3

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