2013 LET Tour Guide (pdf) - Ladies European Tour

Catriona Matthew MBE
Country
Scotland
Born
25 August 1969 - Edinburgh
Turned Professional 1995
Joined Tour 1994
LET wins (last)
5 (2012 Ladies Irish Open)
Other victories (last) 4 (2011 – LPGA)
Career Holes in One 3
Career Earnings (Euro) 1,256,960.05
Tournaments Played 61
Top Ten Finishes 17
Lowest Round 65
PROFESSIONAL
n In 2012, Catriona won the Ladies Irish Open by a single
shot over Suzann Pettersen at Killeen Castle. Catriona
ended on seven under par to earn her 10th professional
win. She played in 4 LET events also posting a tie for
10th at the Ricoh Women’s British Open, ending 11th on
the ISPS Handa Order of Merit with season’s earnings of
€118,183.21. On the LPGA, Catriona played in 20
events, 18 cuts made, $714,272 (18). She earned 7 top-
10 finishes. Recorded season-best runner-up finish at the
LPGA KEB*HanaBank Championship, where she lost to
Suzann Pettersen in a three-hole, sudden death playoff.
n In 2011, earned her fourth LET victory at the Aberdeen
Ladies Scottish Open, presented by EventScotland, at
Archerfield Links. Tied for 5th in the Ricoh Women’s
British Open at Carnoustie; tied for 6th at the Ladies
Irish Open and tied for 36th at the Evian Masters.
Earned her fourth-career LPGA victory at the Lorena
Ochoa Invitational. Other top-10 finishes included: fourth
at the ShopRite LPGA Classic; tied for fifth at the Mizuno
Classic; eighth at the HSBC Women's Champions; tied
for eighth at the Honda LPGA Thailand. Member of the
victorious European Solheim Cup Team at Killeen
Castle in Ireland and earned a 2-0-2 record in her sixth
appearance on the team. Earned an emphatic 6 and 5
victory over Paula Creamer in the opening singles match.
n In 2010, played in three LET events. Tied for 23rd at
the Evian Masters and tied for 40th at the AIB Ladies Irish
Open but missed the cut at the Ricoh Women’s British
Open. On the LPGA, best finish was a tie for fifth at the
Sybase Match Play Championship; also tied for 6th at
the Kia Classic Presented by J Golf; also finished tied
for 16th at both the season-opening Honda PTT LPGA
Thailand and ShopRite LPGA Classic.
n In 2009, in August, just 11 weeks after giving birth to
her second daughter Sophie Lauren in May, and three
weeks before her 40th birthday, Catriona Matthew
stunned the world of golf by winning the Ricoh Women’s
British Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, securing her
first major championship. Her sensational three-stroke
triumph, which included in the second round a courserecord
7-under 30 on the back nine, meant that,
14 years after turning professional, she became the first
Scot, and the fourth Brit, to claim a women’s major golf
championship. She was later awarded an MBE in the
New Year Honours List. She carded back-to-back eagles
during the second round on the par-5, 11th hole and
par-3, 12th hole, which was a hole-in-one. Her next best
finishes on the LET were 12th at the Omega Dubai Ladies
Masters and equal 30th at the Evian Masters. Catriona
was second on the LET’s Henderson Money List with
season’s earnings of €259,871.29 from 3 events and
was voted Players’ Player of the Year by her peers on the
LET. She also qualified for her fifth European Solheim Cup
Team. On the LPGA, she won the HSBC LPGA Brasil
Cup 2009, which was an unofficial event; tied for eighth
at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex
and Corona Light and tied for ninth at the CVS/pharmacy
LPGA Challenge.
n In 2007, won fifth career title/second LET title at the
Scandinavian TPC Hosted by Annika, in a quality field.
n In 2004, won her second LPGA Title at the Wendy’s
Championship for Children. Also posted five further top
tens to close at 14th on the money list.
n In 2003, best finish was third place at the LPGA
Corning Classic, where she tied her career-low 64 during
the second round; with a 3-1-1 record, helped lead the
European Team to victory in The Solheim Cup and sank
the putt (in her singles match against Rosie Jones) that
clinched the Cup for the European Team.
n In 2002, posted eight top 10s on the LPGA; tied for
second at both the Bank of Montreal Canadian Women’s
Open and Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions
Presented by Ultimate Software; posted a career-low
64 during the first round of the LPGA Takefuji Classic;
crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings after an
eighth-place finish at the McDonald’s LPGA
Championship Presented by AIG.
n In 2001, became a Rolex First-Time Winner on the
LPGA at the Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open;
recorded her first career hole-in-one during the second
round of the Weetabix Women’s British Open.
n In 1998, won maiden LET title at the McDonald’s
WPGA Championship of Europe.
n In 1997, finished runner up in the 1997 JC Penney
Classic with Dan Forsman.
n In 1996, captured the 1996 Australian Ladies Open.
n In 1995, prior to joining the LPGA Tour competed in
three European Tour events and finished top-20 in each
of them.
AMATEUR
1986 Scottish Girls Champion and the 1988 and 1989
Scottish Under 21 Stroke Play Champion. Won the
Scottish Amateur in 1991, 1993 and 1994. Also won the
Ladies European Tour 2013
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