Holly Clyburn

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Holly Clyburn
Personal information
Born (1991-02-07) 7 February 1991 (age 33)
Grimsby, England
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
ALPG Tour2
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship T50: 2017
U.S. Women's Open CUT : 2014
Women's British Open T26 : 2012
Evian Championship T27 : 2013

Holly Clyburn (born 7 February 1991) is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the Ladies European Tour. She was a member of the victorious 2012 Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team and won her first professional tournament at the Deloitte Ladies Open in 2013, her rookie year on tour.

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Amateur career

Clyburn was twice a member of the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team, selected in both 2010 and 2012. [1] At the 2012 event, she won three of her five matches, [2] playing in all sessions and contributing three points to a first victory for GB&I since 1996. [3] She also qualified for the 2012 Women's British Open for the first time [4] finishing tied for 26th, the second highest placed amateur. [5] Clyburn turned professional in October 2012. [6]

Professional career

In December 2012, Clyburn tied 25th at the Lalla Aicha Tour School [7] to earn her tour card for the 2013 Ladies European Tour. In her rookie year of 2013, she won her first tournament, the Deloitte Ladies Open in Amsterdam, [8] and finished 7th on the LET Order of Merit. [9] The latter was helped by two additional top 10 finishes, tied 6th at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open and 3rd at the Ladies Scottish Open. [10] In addition Clyburn appeared at two majors, the Women's British Open where she tied for 36th and the Evian Championship, where she tied for 27th. [10] She was narrowly beaten to the title of LET Rookie of the Year by Charley Hull, when Hull placed higher in the final tournament of the season. [11]

In 2014, Clyburn secured more top ten finishes, including tied for 6th at the Lalla Meryem Cup, tied for 9th at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open, [12] and runner-up to Florentyna Parker at the Ladies Italian Open. [13] She appeared at major championships the Women's British Open and came through qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open [14] but missed the cut at both. [12] [15]

In March 2015, Clyburn secured her second professional victory at the ALPG season ending event, the Bing Lee Fujitsu NSW Women's Open. [16] The win was her first on the ALPG Tour.

Professional wins (4)

Ladies European Tour (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner-up
126 May 2013 Deloitte Ladies Open 71-69-71=211−83 strokes Flag of England.svg Charley Hull

ALPG Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runners-up
124 Jan 2015 Bing Lee Fujitsu NSW Women's Open 69-66-70=205−111 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rebecca Artis, Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Fabienne In-Albon,
Flag of Scotland.svg Vikki Laing, Flag of Austria.svg Christine Wolf
28 Mar 2020 Findex Yamba Pro-Am69−41 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Kaori Toki

LET Access Series wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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  3. ↑ Ladies Golf Union [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Holly Clyburn overwhelmed to be at British Open". BBC Sport. 12 September 2012. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Ricoh Women's British Open". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Holly Clyburn turns professional after Women's Open debut". BBC Sport. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Lalla Aicha Tour School 2013 Final Qualifying". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Holly Clyburn wins first Ladies European Tour event in Holland". BBC Sport. 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "2013 Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Holly Clyburn – Player Season Profile – 2013". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Hull earns Rookie of the Year". Ladies European Tour. 7 December 2013. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013.
  12. 1 2 "Holly Clyburn – Player Season Profile – 2014". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Italian Ladies Open – Leaderboard". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Cleethorpes golf pro Holly Clyburn qualifies for US Open". Grimsby Telegraph. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "2014 U.S. Women's Open – Full Results". LPGA. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Clyburn Wins Women's NSW Open". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
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