Charlotte Heath
{{short description|English amateur golfer}}
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| residence = Bailiff Bridge, West Yorkshire, England
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| college = Florida State University
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| tour = LET Access Series
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Charlotte Heath (born 25 November 2001) is an English professional golfer. She won the Smyth Salver as the low amateur at the 2023 Women's British Open.
Amateur career
Heath reached the semi-finals of the 2018 Girls Amateur Championship and won the 2020 Australian Women's Amateur against Indonesia's Mela Putri with a 7&6 score.{{cite news |last=Gilmour |first=Rod |title=Determined Charlotte Heath maximising chances of reaching Junior Golf finals in Catalunya |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/junior-golf/charlotte-heath-junior-golf-championship/ |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=21 June 2018 |access-date=4 November 2023}}{{cite web |title=Unstoppable Heath claims Australian Women's Amateur |url=https://www.golf.org.au/unstoppable-heath-claims-aus-am/ |publisher=Golf Australia |first=Kirsty |last=Wrice |date=19 January 2020 |access-date=4 November 2023}}
She graduated from Brighouse High School in 2020 and enrolled at Florida State University where she played with the Florida State Seminoles women's golf team until 2024. She played on the Arnold Palmer Cup team in 2022 and 2023.{{cite web |title=Roster: Charlotte Heath |url=https://seminoles.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/charlotte-heath/6493 |publisher=Florida State Seminoles |access-date=4 November 2023}}
Heath played in the 2021 and 2022 Curtis Cup and won the 2021 and 2022 European Ladies' Team Championship with England. She finished 4th at the 2021 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship and lost a playoff to Savannah De Bock at the 2022 European Ladies Amateur.{{cite web |title=De Bock trailblazes her way to European Ladies' Amateur title |url=https://www.amateurgolf.com/golf-tournament-news/29037/De-Bock-trailblazes-her-way-to-European-Ladies--Amateur-title |publisher=European Golf Association |via=Amateur Golf |date=23 July 2022 |access-date=4 November 2023}}
She tied for 7th at the 2023 NCAA Championship four strokes behind Rose Zhang, and won the Smyth Salver as the low amateur at the 2023 Women's British Open, having qualified as the leading British player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, where her career-best rank was 7th.{{cite magazine |title=England's Charlotte Heath Claims Smyth Salver At AIG Women's Open |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/englands-charlotte-heath-claims-smyth-salver-at-aig-womens-open |magazine=Golf Monthly |first=James |last=Nursey |date=13 August 2023 |access-date=4 November 2023}}
Professional career
Heath turned professional in June 2024 and made her professional debut at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship on the Epson Tour, having secured status at Q-School the previous fall.{{cite web |url=https://www.epsontour.com/news/2024/lindblad-avery-and-castle-among-the-15-players-making-their-rookie-debuts |title=Lindblad, Avery, and Castle Among the 15 Players Making Their Rookie Debuts |publisher=Epson Tour |first=Luke |last=Otto |date=5 June 2024}}
In 2025, she joined the LET Access Series, where she lost a playoff at the Madaëf Golfs Ladies Open in Morocco.
Amateur wins
- 2018 Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters, Birkdale Putter
- 2020 Australian Women's Amateur
- 2022 Landfall Tradition
Playoff record
LET Access Series playoff record (0–1)
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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result |
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|align=center|1 |align=center|2025 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Thalia Martin |Lost to par on fourth extra hole |
Results in LPGA majors
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! Tournament !! 2023 |
| align=left|Chevron Championship
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| align=left|Women's PGA Championship
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| align=left|U.S. Women's Open
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| align=left|The Evian Championship
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| align=left|Women's British Open
|T61LA |
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances
- Girls Home Internationals (representing England): 2018 (winners), 2019 (winners)
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing England): 2019
- Women's Home Internationals (representing England): 2021 (winners)
- Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2021, 2022
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England): 2021 (winners), 2022 (winners), 2023
- Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International Team): 2022 (winners), 2023
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing England): 2022, 2023
- Vagliano Trophy: (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2023
References
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External links
- {{LadiesEuroTour player|301343}}
- {{WWGR|9138}}
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Category:English female golfers
Category:Florida State Seminoles women's golfers
Category:Sportspeople from Huddersfield