# Christel Boeljon

Christel Wilhelmina Boeljon (born 30 July 1987) is a professional golfer from the Netherlands, currently playing on the Ladies European Tour and the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

## Amateur career

Boeljon was born in Beverwijk. One day she joined her parents for a visit to the Golfclub Spaarnwoude, and two years later she gave up field hockey and concentrated on golf. In 2005, she continued her studies in the United States and accepted a golf scholarship to Purdue University in Indiana. In her first 25 tournaments she played 24 rounds under par.

### Highlights

* 2002: won Mevrouw Swanebeker, won Dutch Junior Masters
* 2003: won National Match Play U-21
* 2004: runner-up National Stroke Play U-21, runner-up Stern Open
* 2005: won National Stroke Play U-21, semi-finalist in British Ladies Amateur
* 2006: won Dutch International Junior Open at Toxandria
* 2007: best Dutch player at the Dutch Ladies Open
* 2008: 8th at the Ladies Dutch Open at Eindhoven, won National Stroke Play

## Professional career

Boeljon turned professional in 2009, when she returned from Purdue. She went to the Ladies European Tour's qualifying school in 2008, won the first stage and finished 4th at the final stage in 2009. She began well, she made the cut at the ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia and finished 41st. In April, she won the European Ladies Golf Cup together with Marjet van der Graaff. In June she again won the National Stroke Play. She made the cut at the 2009 Women's British Open and finished 57th.
In 2011, she played her first major in the United States, the Kraft Nabisco Championship and finished 15th. A few weeks later she won the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open in Belek, then finished 2nd at the Ladies Slovak Open, which was good enough to become the leader of the Ladies European Tour money list.

## Professional wins (4)
### Ladies European Tour (4)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (€) |
| 1 | 8 May 2011 | Turkish Airlines Ladies Open | 73-71-70-73=287 | –5 | 3 strokes | Florentyna Parker Becky Brewerton | 37,500 |
| 2 | 5 Feb 2012 | Gold Coast RACV Australian Ladies Masters | 66-65-68-68=267 | –21 | 1 stroke | Diana Luna Kim Ha-neul So Yeon Ryu | 63,631 |
| 3 | 13 May 2012 | Turkish Airlines Ladies Open | 70-73-69-73=285 | –7 | 3 strokes | Ursula Wikström | 37,500 |
| 4 | 21 Jun 2015 | Deloitte Ladies Open | 69-69-71=209 | –10 | 4 strokes | Ursula Wikström Emily Kristine Pedersen | 37,500 |

## Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| ! Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
| ANA Inspiration | | | T15 | T56 | T41 | T55 | | CUT |
| Women's PGA Championship | | | T57 | T23 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| U.S. Women's Open | | | | CUT | CUT | CUT | | |
| Women's British Open | T57 | CUT | T54 | CUT | T47 | CUT | | |
| The Evian Championship ^ | | | | | CUT | CUT | | |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied

### Summary

| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
| ANA Inspiration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 9 |
* Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2011 Kraft Nabisco – 2012 LPGA)
* Longest streak of top-10s – 0

## 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 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | CUT | n/a | | 77.50 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T55 | n/a | | 73.67 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T11 | n/a | | 71.00 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T10 | n/a | | 70.33 | |
| 2009 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T5 | 48,893 | 35 | 72.45 | 37 |
| 2010 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | T2 | 121,959 | 12 | 72.33 | 35 |
| 2011 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 161,172 | 8 | 70.92 | 13 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 104,884 | 13 | 72.00 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 38,731 | | 72.96 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T4 | 14,650 | – | 73.83 | |
* as of 2014 season

## LPGA Tour career summary

| Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
| 2011 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | T9 | 170,553 | 52 | 72.31 | 14 |
| 2012 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T23 | 89,817 | 81 | 73.47 | 91 |
| 2013 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T7 | 163,260 | 67 | 72.38 | 63 |
| 2014 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T7 | 120,064 | 84 | 72.64 | 98 |
| 2015 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 157,280 | 78 | 73.73 | 130 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T6 | 61,606 | 114 | 73.31 | 137 |
* official through the 2016 season

## World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
| Year | World ranking |
| 2007 | 648 |
| 2008 | 703 |
| 2009 | 274 |
| 2010 | 118 |
| 2011 | 63 |
| 2012 | 82 |
| 2013 | 143 |
| 2014 | 192 |
| 2015 | 94 |
| 2016 | 221 |

## Team appearances

Amateur
* European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Netherlands): 2005, 2007, 2008
* Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Netherlands): 2006, 2008
Professional
* European Ladies Golf Cup: 2009 (winner)
* Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2011 (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 | 3 | 1-2-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 1.0 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1-2-0 | 1-0-0 def. B. Lincicome 2 up | 0-1-0 lost w/ K. Stupples 3&2 | 0-1-0 lost w/ S. Gal 2&1 | 1.0 | 33.3 |