Christel Boeljon

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.

Christel Boeljon
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 nationality Netherlands
ResidenceNetherlands
Career
CollegePurdue 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 ChampionshipT15: 2011
Women's PGA C'shipT23: 2012
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2012, 2013, 2014
Women's British OpenT47: 2013
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2013, 2014

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
  • 2002: won Mevrouw Swanebeker, won Dutch Junior Masters
  • 2003: won National Match Play U-21
  • 2004: runner-up National Stroke Play U-21, runner-up Stern Open
  • 2005: won National Stroke Play U-21, semi-finalist in British Ladies Amateur
  • 2006: won Dutch International Junior Open at Toxandria
  • 2007: best Dutch player at the Dutch Ladies Open
  • 2008: 8th at the Ladies Dutch Open at Eindhoven, won National Stroke Play

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 2011Turkish Airlines Ladies Open73-71-70-73=287–53 strokes Florentyna Parker
Becky Brewerton
37,500
25 Feb 2012Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters66-65-68-68=267–211 stroke Diana Luna
Kim Ha-neul
So Yeon Ryu
63,631
313 May 2012Turkish Airlines Ladies Open70-73-69-73=285–73 strokes Ursula Wikström37,500
421 Jun 2015Deloitte Ladies Open69-69-71=209–104 strokes Ursula Wikström
Emily Kristine Pedersen
37,500

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament20092010201120122013201420152016
ANA InspirationT15T56T41T55CUT
Women's PGA ChampionshipT57T23CUTCUTCUTCUT
U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTCUT
Women's British OpenT57CUTT54CUTT47CUT
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 Inspiration00000154
Women's PGA Championship00000162
U.S. Women's Open00000030
Women's British Open00000063
The Evian Championship00000020
Totals000002229
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2011 Kraft Nabisco – 2012 LPGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Ladies European Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
()
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2004100000CUTn/a77.50
2006110000T5573.67
2007110000T1171.00
2008110001T1070.33
200917140001T548,8933572.4537
201020140317T2121,9591272.3335
2011151312161161,172870.9213
20126320021104,8841372.00
2013760001538,73172.96
2014520001T414,65073.83
  • as of 2014 season

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
201114120002T9170,5535272.3114
201220100000T2389,8178173.4791
201320140001T7163,2606772.3863
201420100001T7120,0648472.6498
201512701012157,2807873.73130
20161750001T661,60611473.31137
  • official through the 2016 season[2]

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
201131-2-01-0-0 def. B. Lincicome 2 up0-1-0 lost w/ K. Stupples 3&20-1-0 lost w/ S. Gal 2&11.033.3

References