Celine Borge Explained

Celine Borge
Birth Date:5 August 1998
Birth Place:Tønsberg, Norway
Yearpro:2018
Tour:Ladies European Tour (joined 2018)
LPGA Tour (joined 2023)
Extour:Epson Tour
Prowins:2
Futwins:1
Otherwins:1
Nabisco:CUT: 2023, 2024
Lpga:T39: 2023
Wusopen:CUT: 2024
Wbritopen:DNP
Evian:T3: 2023

Celine Borge (born 5 August 1998) is a Norwegian professional golfer who joined the Ladies European Tour in 2018, and the LPGA Tour in 2023. She won the 2022 Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic on the Epson Tour.[1]

Amateur career

Borge played for the National Team and appeared in several European Team Championships. She won the Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship in 2016, four strokes ahead of Cloe Frankish and Linn Grant in joint second.[2]

Professional career

In 2017, still a teenager, Borge finished in the top-25 at the 2017 Lalla Aicha Tour School, to earn Ladies European Tour membership for 2018. She finished 53rd in the Order of Merit and 5th in the Rookie of the Year rankings.[3]

Borge joined the Symetra Tour in 2019, where she made 10 cuts in 21 events and recorded a season-best T9 at The CDPHP Open.[4]

She won the 2020 Norwegian National Golf Championship and was awarded the Kongepokal.[5] She finished third at the 2021 Island Resort Championship.

In 2022, Borge won the Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic and was runner-up at the Guardian Championship to end the season sixth on the Epson Tour money list, earning LPGA Tour membership for the 2023.[6] [7]

On her LPGA Tour debut at the 2023 LPGA Drive On Championship, Borge was in contention after a 9-under 63 in the third round, and finished tied 14th.[8] [9]

Borge opened with two rounds of 69 to sit at tied 2nd at the halfway point of the 2023 Women's PGA Championship, before finishing the tournament in tied 39th after rounds of 74 and 75.[10]

Her best finish in a LPGA Tour event is third place at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, teamed with Polly Mack, in July 2023.

Amateur wins

Source:[11]

Professional wins (2)

Other wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament2023 2024
Chevron ChampionshipCUTCUT
U.S. Women's OpenCUT
Women's PGA ChampionshipT39T46
The Evian ChampionshipT3CUT
T59
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

(representing Norway): 2015, 2016

(representing Norway): 2016

(representing Norway): 2015, 2016

(representing Norway): 2017

Source:[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Celine Borge Bio . LPGA Tour . 27 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship . WAGR . 27 March 2023.
  3. Web site: Order of Merit . Ladies European Tour . 27 March 2023.
  4. Web site: Celine Borge Bio . Epson Tour . 27 March 2023.
  5. Web site: Norgesmesterskapene . Norwegian Golf Federation . no . 27 March 2023.
  6. Web site: Celine Borge Earns First Epson Tour Win at Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic . Tuscaloosa Thread . 3 October 2022 . 27 March 2023.
  7. Web site: Simonsen . Caroline . Første kvinne siden "Tutta": – Må ikke være redd . . 27 March 2023 . 24 October 2022 . no.
  8. Web site: Brandsnes . Håkon . Norsk sensasjon på LPGA-touren – kjemper om seieren i debuten . 25 March 2023 . . 27 March 2023 . no.
  9. Web site: Celine Borge med sterk 14.-plass i LPGA-debuten . 27 March 2023 . . 27 March 2023 . no.
  10. Nichols . Beth Ann . This LPGA rookie is co-leading the KPMG Women's PGA at Baltusrol, and she's on her 11th caddie of the season . 26 June 2023 . Golfweek . 22 June 2023.
  11. Web site: Celia Borge Player Profile . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 27 March 2023.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Celine Borge".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.