Caroline Inglis
{{short description|American professional golfer}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|3|2}}
| birth_place = Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
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| residence = Vancouver, Washington, U.S.
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| college = University of Oregon
| yearpro = 2016
| tour = LPGA Tour (joined 2017)
| extour = Symetra Tour
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| nabisco = T34: 2022
| lpga = T9: 2024
| wusopen = T69: 2024
| wbritopen = T22: 2020
| evian = CUT: 2023, 2024
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Caroline Inglis (born March 2, 1994) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player.{{cite web |title=Caroline Inglis Bio |url=https://www.lpga.com/players/caroline-inglis/98868/bio |publisher=LPGA Tour |access-date=July 5, 2024}}
Early life, college and amateur career
Inglis started playing golf at the age of 13 and won three straight individual state titles as an Oregon junior golfer. In 2011, she advanced to match play in the U.S. Girls' Junior, and reached the quarter-finals of the Oregon Amateur.
Inglis attended the University of Oregon form 2012 to 2016 and played with the Oregon Ducks women's golf team.{{cite magazine |last1=Nichols |first1=Beth Ann |title=Hometown special: Caroline Inglis caps Oregon career with NCAA appearance at Eugene CC |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2016/05/20/college-golf-ncaa-women-championship-oregon-caroline-inglis/ |access-date=July 5, 2024 |magazine=Golfweek |date=May 20, 2016}} In her penultimate year, she won the individual Pac-12 Conference Championship with a 7-under 206 (67-72-67), the second-lowest score in program history at the time.{{cite web |title=Women's Golf Roster: Caroline Inglis |url=https://goducks.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/caroline-inglis/4116 |publisher=University of Oregon Athletics |access-date=July 5, 2024}}
Professional career
Inglis turned professional in 2016 and finished tied 44th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn status for the 2017 LPGA Tour. She recorded her first top-10 finish at the 2018 Hugel-JTBC LA Open, before sitting out the 2019 LPGA Tour season due to a back injury, which required surgery.
Inglis returned from injury to finish tied 22nd at the 2020 Women's British Open at Royal Troon. She claimed a two-shot win over Andrea Lee in the 2021 Rose Ladies Series event at Scotscraig Golf Club, also securing a spot at the Women's Scottish Open.{{cite news |last=Jackson |first=Keith |title=Women's golf round-up: Victories for Team Buhai, Alison Lee and Caroline Inglis |url=https://www.skysports.com/golf/news/12176/12376122/womens-golf-round-up-victories-for-team-buhai-alison-lee-and-caroline-inglis |access-date=July 5, 2024 |work=Sky Sports |date=August 7, 2021}}
Inglis was in contention at the 2024 Women's PGA Championship, where she ultimately finished tied for 9th.{{cite news |last=Hanson |first=Scott |title=Washington resident Caroline Inglis vaults into contention at Women's PGA Championship |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/other-sports/washington-resident-caroline-inglis-vaults-into-contention-at-womens-pga-championship/ |access-date=July 5, 2024 |newspaper=The Seattle Times |date=June 22, 2024}}
Amateur wins
- 2015 Pac-12 Championship, Trans Amateur Championship
Professional wins (1)
=Other wins (1)=
- 2021 Rose Ladies Series at Scotscraig
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order.
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! Tournament!!2016!! 2017!! 2018!! 2019!! 2020!! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 |
| align=left|Chevron Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T48 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T64 |CUT |T30 |CUT |T70 |CUT |
| align=left|U.S. Women's Open
|CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T69 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
| align=left|Women's PGA Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |T30 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:yellow;"|T9 |CUT |
| align=left|The Evian Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |WD |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT | |
| align=left|Women's British Open
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T52 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T22 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T49 | |
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied
=Summary=
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!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made | ||||||||
| align=left|Chevron Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| align=left|U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| align=left|Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| align=left|The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| align=left|Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 10 |
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- Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2024 Chevron Championship – 2024 Women's PGA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (once)
References
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External links
- {{LPGA player|caroline-inglis/98868}}
- {{WWGR|7019}}
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Category:American female golfers
Category:Oregon Ducks women's golfers
Category:Golfers from Washington (state)
Category:Golfers from Eugene, Oregon