Celine Borge

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]

Celine Borge
Personal information
Born (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998
Tønsberg, Norway
Sporting nationality Norway
Career
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour (joined 2018)
LPGA Tour (joined 2023)
Former tour(s)Epson Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipCUT: 2023
Women's PGA C'shipT39: 2023
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipT3: 2023

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
  • 2014 Norgescupfinale
  • 2015 Norgescupfinale
  • 2016 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship, Norgescup 2, Titleist Tour 4, Titleist Tour 7

Source:[11]

Professional wins (2)

Epson Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning
score		 Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
11 Oct 2022Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic201 (−15)1 strokeSouth Korea Jang Hyo-joon

Other wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[11]

References
  1. "Celine Borge Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. "Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship". WAGR. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  3. "Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  4. "Celine Borge Bio". Epson Tour. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  5. "Norgesmesterskapene" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Golf Federation. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  6. "Celine Borge Earns First Epson Tour Win at Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic". Tuscaloosa Thread. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  7. Simonsen, Caroline (24 October 2022). "Første kvinne siden «Tutta»: – Må ikke være redd" (in Norwegian). TV2. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  8. Brandsnes, Håkon. "Norsk sensasjon på LPGA-touren – kjemper om seieren i debuten" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  9. "Celine Borge med sterk 14.-plass i LPGA-debuten" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  10. Nichols, Beth Ann (22 June 2023). "This LPGA rookie is co-leading the KPMG Women's PGA at Baltusrol, and she's on her 11th caddie of the season". Golfweek. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  11. "Celia Borge Player Profile". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
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