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.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up14 Sep 2016Manulife LPGA Classic−16 (68-69-68-67=272)1 stroke Karine Icher Lee Mi-hyang Minjee Lee
Ladies European Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up1 15 Jul 2012 South African Women's Open –1 (69-75-71=215) 1 stroke Danielle Montgomery 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 2020Chevron ChampionshipT49T13T11T57T6T56T9T52T32U.S. Women's OpenT54T28CUT54CUTT34T30CUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT12T17WDCUTCUTT57T43CUTThe Evian Championship ^ T37CUTCUTCUT72T33T55NTWomen's British OpenCUTT5CUTCUTWDCUTT25T3CUTT11T7 Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025Chevron ChampionshipT63T17T40CUTU.S. Women's OpenCUTT51CUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT56CUTCUTCUTThe Evian ChampionshipCUTT43CUTWomen's British Open CUTCUT ^ 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 Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 2 5 13 12U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 5The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5Women's British Open 0 0 1 2 3 5 13 5Totals 0 0 1 2 5 12 59 33 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(€) Moneylist rank Scoring average Scoringrank200822000030n/an/a72.00n/a201016140014381,1802672.25T31201116150107T2167,187571.17152012161213051171,438272.222013740011352,31171.952014430022362,733–70.86–
World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year Worldranking 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 Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career143–8–3 1–3–0 0–3–1 2–2–2 4.532.1201342–1–1 0–1–0 lost to L. Thompson 4&3 0–0–1 halved with C. Matthew2–0–0 won w/ C. Hedwall 2&1won w/ C. Hedwall 2&12.562.5201530–2–10–1–0 lost to G. Piller 1 dn0–1–1 halved w/ S. Gallost w/ C. Hedwall 1 dn0.516.7201741–3–01–0–0 def. M.Wie 4&20–2–0 lost w/ C. Ciganda 1 dnlost w/ J. Ewart Shadoff 5&30–1–0 lost w/ F. Parker 3&2125.0201930–2–10–1–0 lost to J. Korda 3&20–1–0 lost w/ J. Ewart Shadoff 6&40–0–1 halved w/ J. Ewart Shadoff0.516.7
References
External links
Biography on Peter Henke Web site