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Holly Clyburn (born 7 February 1991) is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the Ladies European Tour. She was a member of the victorious 2012 Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team and won her first professional tournament at the Deloitte Ladies Open in 2013, her rookie year on tour.
| Holly Clyburn | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 7 February 1991 Grimsby, England |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Sporting nationality |  England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2012 |
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| ALPG Tour | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | DNP |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T50: 2017 |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT : 2014 |
| Women's British Open | T26 : 2012 |
| Evian Championship | T27 : 2013 |
Clyburn was twice a member of the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team, selected in both 2010 and 2012.[1] At the 2012 event, she won three of her five matches,[2] playing in all sessions and contributing three points to a first victory for GB&I since 1996.[3] She also qualified for the 2012 Women's British Open for the first time[4] finishing tied for 26th, the second highest placed amateur.[5] Clyburn turned professional in October 2012.[6]
In December 2012, Clyburn tied 25th at the Lalla Aicha Tour School[7] to earn her tour card for the 2013 Ladies European Tour. In her rookie year of 2013, she won her first tournament, the Deloitte Ladies Open in Amsterdam,[8] and finished 7th on the LET Order of Merit.[9] The latter was helped by two additional top 10 finishes, tied 6th at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open and 3rd at the Ladies Scottish Open.[10] In addition Clyburn appeared at two majors, the Women's British Open where she tied for 36th and the Evian Championship, where she tied for 27th.[10] She was narrowly beaten to the title of LET Rookie of the Year by Charley Hull, when Hull placed higher in the final tournament of the season.[11]
In 2014, Clyburn secured more top ten finishes, including tied for 6th at the Lalla Meryem Cup, tied for 9th at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open,[12] and runner-up to Florentyna Parker at the Ladies Italian Open.[13] She appeared at major championships the Women's British Open and came through qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open[14] but missed the cut at both.[12][15]
In March 2015, Clyburn secured her second professional victory at the ALPG season ending event, the Bing Lee Fujitsu NSW Women's Open.[16] The win was her first on the ALPG Tour.
Ladies European Tour (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 May 2013 | Deloitte Ladies Open | 71-69-71=211 | −8 | 3 strokes | Charley Hull |
ALPG Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 Jan 2015 | Bing Lee Fujitsu NSW Women's Open | 69-66-70=205 | −11 | 1 stroke |  Rebecca Artis,  Fabienne In-Albon, Vikki Laing,  Christine Wolf |
| 2 | 8 Mar 2020 | Findex Yamba Pro-Am | 69 | −4 | 1 stroke |  Kaori Toki |
LET Access Series wins (1)
Amateur
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England ): 2009, 2010, 2011
- Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2010, 2012 (winners)
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing England): 2010
- Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011
- Astor Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2011 (winners)
Professional
- International Crown (representing England): 2016
- The Queens (representing Europe): 2017
- European Championships (representing Great Britain): 2018
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