Manulife LPGA Classic
Whistle Bear Golf Club
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
September 4, 2016
Hometown/Resides: Gladbeck, Germany/Orlando, Fla.
Birthdate: May 14, 1989 – currently 27 years, 3 months, 21 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T11 at the 2012 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional: 2013
VICTORIES
LPGA: First career LPGA victory and first of the season
Ladies European Tour: 2012 South African Women’s Open
ROLEX RANKINGS
- Caroline is projected to move from 87th to 44th in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings
MONEY
- CAREER: With the $240,000 first-place check, Caroline moves from 179th to 153rd on the LPGA Career Money List with $1,626,798
- SEASON: Caroline has earned $467,446 this season and is projected to move from 53rd to 20th on the LPGA Tour Official Money List
RACE TO CME GLOBE
- Earns 500 points toward the Race to the CME Globe standings and moves from 52nd to 20th in the Race to CME Globe with a total of 1,074 points
OF NOTE
- Caroline becomes the sixth Rolex First-Time Winner of 2016
- Represented Germany in the 2016 Rio Olympics and finished T21
- A two-time European Solheim Cup Team member (2013, 2015) with a 2-3-2 overall record
- Last time an LPGA winner was from Germany was in 2011 when Sandra Gal won the Kia Classic
TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC
Previous finishes at the Manulife LPGA Classic:
- 2015 - T19
- 2014 - T10
2016 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
- 22 events, 15 cuts made, $467,446, 1 victory, 2 additional top-10s