Caroline Masson

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Caroline Masson (born 14 May 1989) is a German professional golfer, currently playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

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Amateur and college career Born and raised in Gladbeck in North Rhine-Westphalia, Masson had a decorated amateur golf career. She competed for Germany in the 2006 Espirito Santo Trophy (World Amateur Team Championship) and won the German Stroke Play Championship. She also represented Europe in the 2005 and 2007 Junior Solheim Cup. In 2008, she advanced to match play at the British Ladies Amateur, won the German Match Play Championship and the German Ladies International and was selected to represent Germany at the 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy.

After graduating from secondary school in Gladbeck in 2008, Masson accepted a golf scholarship to Oklahoma State University and played one year for the Cowgirls in 2008–09 before turning pro in December 2009.

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Professional career In late 2009, Masson entered the four-round LET Final Qualifying School as an amateur at La Manga Club, Spain. After earning medalist honors on 21 December, she turned professional immediately and joined the LET on 1 January 2010.

Masson made 14 of 16 cuts on the LET in 2010, but missed the cut by ten strokes in her first major, the 2010 Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale. In her second major, the 2011 Women's British Open at Carnoustie, she led after the second and third rounds. Paired with defending and eventual champion Yani Tseng in the final round, Masson carded a 78 (+6) to finish tied for fifth, seven shots back.

Masson won her first LET event at the 2012 South African Women's Open, winning by one stroke over Lee-Anne Pace and Danielle Montgomery.

Masson finished T-11 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn her LPGA Tour card for 2013.

On 4 September 2016 Masson captured her first LPGA Tour victory by winning the Manulife LPGA Classic.

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Professional wins (2)

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LPGA Tour (1)

1	4 Sep 2016	Manulife LPGA Classic	−16 (68-69-68-67=272)	1 stroke	Karine Icher Lee Mi-hyang Minjee Lee

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Ladies European Tour (1)

Danielle Montgomery Lee-Anne Pace

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Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Chevron Championship			T49	T13	T11	T57	T6	T56	T9	T52	T32
U.S. Women's Open				T54	T28	CUT	54	CUT	T34	T30	CUT
Women's PGA Championship				T12	T17	WD	CUT	CUT	T57	T43	CUT
The Evian Championship ^				T37	CUT	CUT	CUT	72	T33	T55	NT
Women's British Open	CUT	T5	CUT	CUT	WD	CUT	T25	T3	CUT	T11	T7

Chevron Championship	T63	T17		T40	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	T51		CUT
Women's PGA Championship	T56	CUT		CUT	CUT
The Evian Championship	CUT	T43		CUT
Women's British Open	CUT	CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

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Summary

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• Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2018 Evian – 2020 ANA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (five times)

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Ladies European Tour career summary

2008	2	2	0	0	0	0	30	n/a	n/a	72.00	n/a
2010	16	14	0	0	1	4	3	81,180	26	72.25	T31
2011	16	15	0	1	0	7	T2	167,187	5	71.17	15
2012	16	12	1	3	0	5	1	171,438	2	72.22
2013	7	4	0	0	1	1	3	52,311		71.95
2014	4	3	0	0	2	2	3	62,733	–	70.86	–

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World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

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Team appearances Amateur

• European Girls' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2005, 2006 (winners), 2007
• Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2005, 2007 (winners)
• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Germany): 2006, 2008
• European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2008, 2009

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2013 (winners), 2015, 2017, 2019 (winners)

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Solheim Cup record

Career	14	3–8–3	1–3–0	0–3–1	2–2–2	4.5	32.1
2013	4	2–1–1	0–1–0 lost to Lexi Thompson 4&3	0–0–1 halved with Catriona Matthew	2–0–0 won w/ Caroline Hedwall 2&1 won w/ C. Hedwall 2&1	2.5	62.5
2015	3	0–2–1	0–1–0 lost to Gerina Piller 1 dn		0–1–1 halved w/ Sandra Gal lost w/ Caroline Hedwall 1 dn	0.5	16.7
2017	4	1–3–0	1–0–0 def. Michelle Wie 4&2	0–2–0 lost w/ Carlota Ciganda 1 dn lost w/ J. Ewart Shadoff 5&3	0–1–0 lost w/ F. Parker 3&2	1	25.0
2019	3	0–2–1	0–1–0 lost to Jessica Korda 3&2	0–1–0 lost w/ J. Ewart Shadoff 6&4	0–0–1 halved w/ J. Ewart Shadoff	0.5	16.7

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External links

• Biography on Peter Henke Web site

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