Meet Carly Booth
FA PLAYER PROFILE
Great things have been expected of Carly Booth since becoming the youngest ladies’ club champion in Britain at the age of 11 at Dunblane New. At 12, she played with Sandy Lyle in the British Masters Pro-Am and at 14 she appeared in her first professional event, the Ladies Scottish Open, and finished 13th.
Carly Booth
LET & LPGA Professional Golfer
She was rated the No. 1 junior in Europe after winning the European Junior Masters in 2007, the same year she lifted the Scottish Under-18 and Under-21 titles.
In 2008, she became the youngest player to represent Great Britain & Ireland in the 76-year history of the Curtis Cup, facing the Americans in the 35th staging of that match at St Andrews. She also played at the Junior Ryder Cup in 2006 and 2008 and won the Daily Telegraph Finals in 2007 and 2008.
At the end of 2009 aged 17, Carly she became the youngest ever Scot to qualify for the LET.
As a youngster, Carly was able to practice on the course made exclusively for her and her brother, professional golfer Wallace Booth, by her father Wally at the family farm near Comrie. Sporting achievement runs in the family, Wally was a British wrestling champion and Carly’s second brother Paul was a medal winner at the 2010 Special Olympics.
2010 was Carly’s last year at school yet her first year as a professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour, she did well to achieve 3 A levels whilst playing on Tour. It was a busy year, and she retained her playing rights for 2011 to play full time on the LET. Carly found her stride mid 2011 to finish the season consistently making cuts and focusing on top 10 finishes.
2012 was a great year for Carly she took her first professional title at the Dinard Ladies Open, part of the LET Access Series, followed directly by her first win on the main Ladies European Tour at the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open. She quickly followed this victory with another at the Deutschebank Ladies Swiss Open and finished 5th on the Order of Merit.
Carly has qualified for two majors, the Women’s British Open and the US Women’s Open. She also kicked off the 2013 season with a photo shoot for ESPN The Body, which was very well received and has considerably grown her profile in the USA. Carly is a fierce opponent, who loves the winners circle and recently returned to it by securing victory in the 2019 Tipsport Czech Ladies Open, her first tour victory for 7 years.
Recognizable Achievements
- Tipsport Czech Ladies Open Winner 2019
- Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open Winner 2012
- Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open Winner 2012
- Dinard Ladies Open Winner 2012
- Junior Ryder Cup 2006 & 2008
- Curtis Cup 2008
- Scottish Girls U18 Champion 2007 & 2008
- Scottish U21 Winner 2007
- Daily Telegraph Finals Winner 2007 & 2008
- European Young Masters Winner 2007