2013 LET Tour Guide (pdf) - Ladies European Tour

Carly Booth
Country
Scotland
Born 21 June 1992
Turned Professional December 2009
Joined Tour January 2010
LET victories (last)
2 (2012 Deutsche Bank Ladies
Swiss Open)
Career Earnings (Euro) 190,214.23
LET Tournaments Played 51
Top Ten Finishes 2
Lowest Round
67 (4 times)
PROFESSIONAL
n In 2012, after starting the year successfully with a playoff
victory at the Dinard Ladies Open on the Access
Series, Carly had her breakthrough season with two
victories at the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies
Scottish Open presented by EventScotland and the
Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, which she won with
an eagle on the fourth extra hole in a three-way play-off.
She recorded two additional top-10 finishes: T7th at both
the Ladies Irish Open and Allianz Ladies Slovak Open.
She played a total of 19 events and finished the season
ranked 5th on ISPS Handa Order of Merit and 7th on the
Solheim Cup Points list.
n In 2011, Carly played in 15 tournaments and made
seven cuts with a season-best tie for 19th at the
Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open. After finishing 109th on
the Money List, she returned to Final Qualifying School
at La Manga Club and just lost-out in the play-off for the
top 30 spots, ending 31st and earning membership of
the LET in category 9b.
n In 2010, her rookie season, turned 18 in June and
juggled professional golf with A-level school work.
n Posted a season-best tie for 23rd at the Aberdeen
Ladies Scottish Open.
n Finished 98th on the Henderson Money List with
season’s earnings of €16,743.11 from 19 events.
AMATEUR
Carly Booth was the youngest ladies' club champion
in Britain at the age of 11 at Dunblane New. At 12, she
played with Sandy Lyle in the British Masters Pro-Am.
She was rated the No1 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. At 14 she appeared in her first professional event,
the 2007 Scottish Open, and she finished as the leading
amateur in a tie for 13th place. She was also the leading
amateur at the 2008 Ladies English Open, where she tied
for 29th. She finished 14th at LET Final Stage Qualifying
School for 2010 and became the youngest-ever Scot to
qualify for the LET at the age of 17.
PERSONAL
Booth is a competent gymnast and can perform
somersaults and back flips! As a youngster, Booth
was able to practise 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 medalist
wrestling champion and a former minder of the Beatles.
Twitter: @CarlyBooth92
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Carly-
Booth/285130804920994
LET VICTORIES
(2) 2012 Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish
Open presented by EventScotland and 2012 Deutsche
Bank Ladies Swiss Open
OTHER VICTORIES
(1) 2012 Dinard Ladies Open (LETAS)
TOUR RECORD:
(Year, earnings/points, ranking)
2010 €16,743.11 98 2012 €164,020.44 5
2011 €14,592.68 109
37 Ladies European Tour 2013