Celine Borge
{{short description|Norwegian professional golfer (born 1998)}}
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| tour = Ladies European Tour (joined 2018)
LPGA Tour (joined 2023)
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| lpga = T39: 2023
| wusopen = 58th: 2025
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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.{{cite web |title=Celine Borge Bio |url=https://www.lpga.com/players/celine-borge/99194/bio |publisher=LPGA Tour |access-date=27 March 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.{{cite web |title=Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship |url=https://www.wagr.com/events/irish-girls-u18-open-stroke-play-championship-32224 |publisher=WAGR |access-date=27 March 2023}}
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.{{cite web |title=Order of Merit |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/costa-del-sol-order-of-merit/ |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=27 March 2023}}
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.{{cite web |title=Celine Borge Bio |url=https://www.epsontour.com/players/celine-borge/99194/bio |publisher=Epson Tour |access-date=27 March 2023}}
She won the 2020 Norwegian National Golf Championship and was awarded the Kongepokal.{{cite web |title=Norgesmesterskapene |url=https://www.golfforbundet.no/spiller/turneringer/norgesmesterskapene/ |publisher=Norwegian Golf Federation |language=no |accessdate=27 March 2023}} 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.{{cite web |title=Celine Borge Earns First Epson Tour Win at Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic |url=https://tuscaloosathread.com/celine-borge-earns-first-epson-tour-win-at-tuscaloosa-toyota-classic/ |website=Tuscaloosa Thread |date=3 October 2022 |access-date=27 March 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Simonsen |first1=Caroline |title=Første kvinne siden "Tutta": – Må ikke være redd |url=https://www.tv2.no/sport/forste-kvinne-siden-tutta-ma-ikke-vaere-redd/15212639/ |publisher=TV2 |access-date=27 March 2023 |date=24 October 2022 |language=no}}
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.{{cite web |last1=Brandsnes |first1=Håkon |title=Norsk sensasjon på LPGA-touren – kjemper om seieren i debuten |date=25 March 2023 |url=https://www.vg.no/sport/i/BWzzeG/norsk-sensasjon-paa-lpga-touren-i-delt-ledelse-i-debuten |publisher=Verdens Gang |access-date=27 March 2023 |language=no}}{{cite web |title=Celine Borge med sterk 14.-plass i LPGA-debuten |date=27 March 2023 |url=https://www.nrk.no/sport/golf_-celine-borge-med-sterk-14.-plass-i-lpga-debuten-1.16353486 |publisher=NRK |access-date=27 March 2023 |language=no}}
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.{{cite magazine |last=Nichols |first=Beth Ann |title=This LPGA rookie is co-leading the KPMG Women's PGA at Baltusrol, and she's on her 11th caddie of the season |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2023/06/22/lpga-2023-kmpg-womens-pga-championship-11-caddies-celine-borge/ |access-date=26 June 2023 |magazine=Golfweek |date=22 June 2023}}
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
Professional wins (2)
=Epson Tour wins (1)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning !Margin of !Runner-up | |||||
| align=center|1 | align=right|1 Oct 2022 | Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic | align=right|201 (−15) | 1 stroke | {{flagicon|KOR}} Jang Hyo-joon |
=Other wins (1)=
Results in LPGA majors
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
! Tournament!! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 |
| align=left|Chevron Championship
|CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
| align=left|U.S. Women's Open
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |58 |
| align=left|Women's PGA Championship
|T39 |T46 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
| align=left|The Evian Championship
|style="background:yellow;"|T3 |CUT | |
| align=left|Women's British Open
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{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Team appearances
Amateur
- Duke of York Young Champions Trophy: (representing Norway): 2015, 2016
- World Junior Girls Championship: (representing Norway): 2016
- European Girls' Team Championship: (representing Norway): 2015, 2016
- European Ladies' Team Championship: (representing Norway): 2017
References
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External links
- {{LPGA player|celine-borge/99194}}
- {{LadiesEuroTour player|910106}}
- {{WWGR|6437}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/celine-borge_1878425 Celine Borge] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{Team Norway|golf/celine-borge}}
- {{Instagram}}
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Category:Norwegian female golfers
Category:Ladies European Tour golfers
Category:Olympic golfers for Norway
Category:Golfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics