PROFESSIONAL

• In 2012, her third season on the LET, Caroline established herself as one of the circuit’s top players, finishing 2^nd on the ISPS Handa Order of Merit behind Carlota Ciganda with season’s earnings €241,831.15.

Caroline earned her breakthrough win at the South African Women’s Open at Selborne Park Golf Club. She posted 6 further top 10 finishes including four 2^nd places:  2^nd at the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open, T2nd at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, 2^nd at the Tenerife Open (lost a play-off to Stacey Keating) and 2^nd at the China Suzhou Taihu Open. Also finished T3^rd at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters and T6th at the Deloitte Ladies Open.

• In 2011, recorded seven top-10 finishes including a career-best tie for 2^nd at the Lalla Meryem Cup at Golf du Soleil in Agadir, Morocco. Also tied for 4^th at the UniCredit Ladies German Open and tied for 5^th at the Ricoh Women's British Open at Carnoustie Links, where she led the tournament after the second and third rounds and was paired with world number one and eventual winner Yani Tseng in the last round. 8^th at the Deloitte Dutch Ladies Open and tied for 8^th at the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open; tied for 9^th at the Raiffeisenbank Prague Masters and tied for 10^th at the DeutscheBank Ladies Swiss Open. Was injured late in the season but still managed to finish 7^th on the Money List with season’s earnings of 167,187.46 euro from 16 events.
• In 2010, her rookie year on the LET, Caroline recorded four top-10 finishes, including a career best tie for third at the Open de France Feminin. She finished 6^th at the S4C Wales Championship, with a career low 64 (-8) in the final round at Conwy. She tied for 6^th at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open and tied for 9^th at the Deutsche Bank Swiss Open. She finished 26^th on the Henderson Money List with season’s earnings of €81,180.25 from 16 tournaments.

AMATEUR

Masson won the Ladies European Tour’s Final Qualifying School at La Manga Club in Murcia, Spain, in December. Anna Nordqvist won this event the previous year so it’s possibly a sign of great things to come. A member of the German National Team which competed at the 2006 World Amateur Team Championship, Masson enjoyed a successful amateur career, winning the 2008 Spanish Ladies Open Amateur Championship at the Club de Golf la Reserva and seven German national championships. As a junior, she represented Europe on the Junior Solheim Cup Team in 2005 and 2007. She turned professional in December 2009 with a handicap of +4.8.

PERSONAL

Masson is the daughter of Stefan and Gabriele Masson. Her father is a tennis coach in Germany and she has one brother, Alex. She started playing golf aged six and attended Oklahoma State University for a short time. Away from golf she enjoys playing sports, music, movies and seeing friends. Represents GC Hubbelrath. Website: caroline-masson.com.

TOUR VICTORIES

(1)2012 South African Women’s Open