Carly Booth (born 21 June 1992) is a Scottish professional golfer. At the end of 2009, aged 17, she became the youngest-ever Scot to qualify for the Ladies European Tour. Booth became the youngest ladies' club champion in Britain at the age of 11 at Dunblane New.[1]
| Carly Booth | |
|---|---|
 Booth at Forest of Arden in 2019 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 21 June 1992 Comrie, Scotland |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  Scotland |
| Residence | Comrie, Scotland |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2009 |
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Ladies European Tour | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | DNP |
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2013, 2017 |
| Women's British Open | T71: 2015 |
| Evian Championship | CUT: 2021 |
Early life
editUpon turning professional, Booth had a golf scholarship to complete at Glenalmond College in Scotland. She started there after returning from America, where a stay at David Leadbetter's Academy in Florida was followed by a spell at a school in Arizona. As a youngster, Booth was able to practice on the course made exclusively for her and her brother, professional golfer Wallace, by her father Wally at the family farm near Comrie. Wally was a Commonwealth Games silver medallist wrestling champion.[citation needed]
Amateur career
editBooth enjoyed an amateur career richly laced with records and accolades, being described as a Scottish golfing prodigy.[2] Aged 12, she played with Sandy Lyle in the British Masters Pro-Am[3] and at 14 she appeared in her first professional event, the Ladies Scottish Open, and finished 13th. She was rated the No. 1 junior in Europe after winning the European Junior Masters in 2007, the same year she lifted the Scottish Under-18 and Under-21 titles. In 2008, she became the youngest player to represent Great Britain & Ireland in the 76-year history of the Curtis Cup, facing the Americans in the 35th staging of that match at St Andrews. She also played at the Junior Ryder Cup in 2006 and 2008 and won the Daily Telegraph Finals in 2007 and 2008.[4] In 2010, she finished 14th at LET Final Stage Qualifying School for 2010.
Professional career
editBooth made her professional debut on the Ladies European Tour at the 2011 Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco. She won her first event in May 2012 at the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open.[5] She won her second event in June at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open.[6] Booth did not achieve her third win on the Ladies European tour until August 2019, when she won the Tipsports Czech Ladies Open.[7]
Other activities
editShe appeared nude in the 2013 ESPN The Magazine's "Body Issue".[8]
Amateur wins
edit- 2007 Scottish Girls U18, Scottish Girls U21, Daily Telegraph Finals, European Young Master
- 2008 Scottish Girls U18, Daily Telegraph Finals
Professional wins (4)
editLadies European Tour (3)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up | Winner's share (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 May 2012 | Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open | 70-71-71=212 | –4 | 1 stroke |  Frances Bondad Florentyna Parker
|
32,706 |
| 2 | 17 Jun 2012 | Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open | 70-71-67-68=276 | –12 | Playoff |  Caroline Masson Anja Monke
|
78,750 |
| 3 | 25 Aug 2019 | Tipsports Czech Ladies Open^ | 68-69-70=207 | –9 | 1 stroke | Hayley Davis Anais Meyssonnier Sanna Nuutinen Charlotte Thompson
|
19,200 |
LET Access Series wins (2)
edit- 2012 Dinard Ladies Open
- 2019 Tipsports Czech Ladies Open^
^ Dual-ranked by the Ladies European Tour and LET Access Series
Team appearances
editAmateur
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing Scotland): 2005[9]
- Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2006 (tie, Cup retained), 2008
- Women's Home Internationals (representing Scotland): 2007, 2009
- Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2008
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Scotland): 2009
Professional
- The Queens (representing Europe): 2017
References
edit- ^ "Carly Booth has 'high hopes' on home soil". 8 February 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ McDonald, Stuart (25 May 2008). "Carly Booth tipped for golf superstardom". The Sunday Times. UK. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "No multi-million deals yet, but Carly Booth is destined for the top". The Herald. Glasgow. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ "Carly Booth Signs with IMG". 19 August 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Carly Booth wins Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open on home soil". 5 May 2012. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ "Scotland's Carly Booth wins second Ladies European Tour title in three-way play-off at Swiss Open". The Telegraph. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Czech Ladies Open: Scotland's Carly Booth secures one-shot victory". BBC Sport. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ^ "Bodies We Want – Carly Booth". ESPN The Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 18 December 2017.
External links
edit
- Official Website
- Carly Booth on Instagram
- Carly Booth at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Carly Booth at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site