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Caroline Masson

German professional golfer (born 1989)

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caption	Masson at the 2013 Women's British Open
nickname	Caro
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birth_place	Gladbeck, West Germany
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height	5 ft 8 in
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residence	Gladbeck, Germany
college	Oklahoma State University
(one year)
yearpro	2009
retired
tour	LET (joined 2010)
LPGA Tour (joined 2013)
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prowins	2
lpgawins	1
letwins	1
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futwins
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majorwins
nabisco	T6: 2016
lpga	T12: 2013
wusopen	T28: 2014
wbritopen	T3: 2017
evian	T33: 2018
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(one year) LPGA Tour (joined 2013)

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

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.

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.

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runners-up
1	4 Sep 2016	Manulife LPGA Classic	−16 (68-69-68-67=272)	1 stroke	FRA Karine Icher
KOR Lee Mi-hyang
AUS Minjee Lee

Ladies European Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runners-up
1	15 Jul 2012	South African Women's Open	–1 (69-75-71=215)	1 stroke	ENG Danielle Montgomery
RSA Lee-Anne Pace

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
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

Tournament	2021	2022	2024	2025
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

Summary

Tournament	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	0	0	2	5	13	12
U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	0	11	6
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	0	2	12	5
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	10	5
Women's British Open	1	2	3	5	13	5

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

Ladies European Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments
played	Cuts
made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best
finish	Earnings
(€)	Money
list rank	Scoring
average	Scoring
rank
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	–

World ranking

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

Year	World
ranking	Source
2010	215
2011	97
2012	48
2013	60
2014	54
2015	77
2016	56
2017	58
2018	41
2019	37
2020	51
2021	52
2022	80
2023	254
2024	364
2025	371

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)

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total
matches	Total
W–L–H	Singles
W–L–H	Foursomes
W–L–H	Fourballs
W–L–H	Points
won	Points
%
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 L. Thompson 4&3	0–0–1 halved with C. Matthew	2–0–0 won w/ C. Hedwall 2&1
won w/ C. Hedwall 2&1	2.5	62.5
2015	3	0–2–1	0–1–0 lost to G. Piller 1 dn		0–1–1 halved w/ S. Gal
lost w/ C. Hedwall 1 dn	0.5	16.7
2017	4	1–3–0	1–0–0 def. M.Wie 4&2	0–2–0 lost w/ C. 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 J. 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

References

"caroline-masson.com".
"Peter Henke Consults with Golf Pro Caroline Masson". Peter Henke Sport & Marketing.
(29 July 2011). "Women's British Open – Second-round notes and interviews". LPGA.
(23 December 2009). "Ladies Q School at La Manga Golf Club".
(21 December 2009). "Ladies European Tour - Final 2010 Qualifying School - La Manga (South Course)".
"Ladies European Tour - Caroline Masson - 2010 results".
"Ladies European Tour - 2010 Women's British Open – final results".
(30 July 2011). "Women's British Open – Third-round notes and interviews". LPGA.
(15 July 2012). "Masson magic wins South African Women's Open". Ladies European Tour.
(June 2019). "Ladies European Tour – Caroline Masson (amateur) - 2008 results".
(28 December 2010). "Women's World Golf Rankings".
(27 December 2011). "Women's World Golf Rankings".
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(26 December 2022). "Women's World Golf Rankings".
(25 December 2023). "Women's World Golf Rankings".
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