Christel Boeljon

Christel Boeljon

Boeljon at the 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full name Christel Wilhelmina Boeljon
Born 30 July 1987 (1987-07-30) (age 24)
Beverwijk, Netherlands
Nationality  Netherlands
Career
College Purdue University
(three years)
Turned professional 2009
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour 1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship T15: 2011
LPGA Championship T57: 2011
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open T57: 2009

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.

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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 (1)

Ladies European Tour (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score		 To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share (€)
1 8 May 2011 Turkish Airlines Ladies Open 73-71-70-73=287 -5 3 strokes Florentyna Parker
Becky Brewerton		 37,500

Ladies European Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
(€)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2004 1 0 0 0 0 0 CUT n/a 77.50
2006 1 1 0 0 0 0 T55 n/a 73.67
2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 T11 n/a 71.00
2008 1 1 0 0 0 1 T10 n/a 70.33
2009 17 14 0 0 0 1 T5 48,893 35 72.45 37
2010 20 14 0 3 1 7 T2 121,959 12 72.33 35
2011 13 11 1 2 1 6 1 151,752 6 70.83 11

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2009 2010 2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP T15
LPGA Championship DNP DNP T57
U.S. Women's Open DNP DNP DNP
Women's British Open T57 CUT T54

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
LA = low amateur
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
Matches		 Total
W-L-H		 Singles
W-L-H		 Foursomes
W-L-H		 Fourballs
W-L-H		 Points
Won		 Points
%
Career 3 1-2-0 1-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 1.0 33.3%
2011 3 1-2-0 1-0-0 def. B. Lincicome 2 up 0-1-0 lost w/ K. Stupples 3&2 0-1-0 lost w/ S. Gal 2&1 1.0 33.3%

References

  1. ^ a b LET profile
  2. ^ "2011 Player Performance Record". LET. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/tic/tmplayer.cgi?season=2011~player=120531~. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 

External links

European Solheim Cup team – 2011

 Christel Boeljon  •  Laura Davies  •  Sandra Gal  •   Sophie Gustafson  •  Caroline Hedwall  •  Maria Hjorth •  Catriona Matthew •  Azahara Muñoz •  Anna Nordqvist •  Suzann Pettersen  •  Melissa Reid  •  Karen Stupples

Alison Nicholas (non-playing captain)  •  Joanne Morley (non-playing assistant captain) •  Annika Sörenstam (non-playing assistant captain)
Won: 15–13