Nicole Broch Estrup

Nicole Broch Estrup
Personal information
Born (1993-05-14) 14 May 1993 (age 31)
Hillerød, Denmark
Sporting nationality Denmark
Career
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour
LET Access Series
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Epson Tour1
Other3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT60: 2018
Women's PGA C'shipCUT: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
U.S. Women's OpenT38: 2016
Women's British OpenT17: 2016
Evian ChampionshipT11: 2015
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year		2015

Nicole Broch Estrup (née Larsen) (born 14 May 1993) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Broch Estrup started playing golf at the age of nine. She reached 11th on World Amateur Golf Ranking in 2012 before turning professional.[1]

She led from start to finish over four rounds to win the 2015 Helsingborg Open on the Ladies European Tour at Vasatorp Golf Club in Sweden. She finished third on the LET Order of Merit in 2015 and was named 2015 LET Player of the Year[2][3][4]

She represented Denmark at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and finished 36th.[5]

She gained an LPGA Tour card for 2017 via the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. She finished tied third at the 2017 Canadian Pacific Womens Open. In 2019, she reached an LPGA Tour career best finish as runner-up at the same tournament, the CP Women's Open. In 2021, she finished tied 35th in LPGA Q-Series to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2022 season.[5]

In 2022, she finished tied second, losing in a play-off, won by Klára Davidson Spilková, in the KPMG Women's Irish Open on the Ladies European Tour.[6]

Professional wins (5)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up
1 6 Sep 2015 Helsingborg Open 68-69-68-75=280 −8 1 stroke South Africa Ashleigh Simon

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2022 KPMG Women's Irish Open Czech Republic Klára Spilková
Finland Ursula Wikström 		Spilková won with birdie on first extra hole

Symetra Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up
1 16 Oct 2016 Symetra Tour Championship 64-68-67-67=266 −18 Playoff United States Ally McDonald

Symetra Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2016 Guardian Retirement Championship United States Brittany Altomare Lost on fifth extra hole
2 2016 Symetra Tour Championship United States Ally McDonald Won with birdie on first extra hole

LET Access Series (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 11 Aug 2013 HLR Golf Academy Open 72-70-68=210 −3 Playoff Switzerland Fabienne In-Albon
Spain Patricia Sanz Barrio
2 20 Sep 2013 Ladies Norwegian Challenge 73-66-73=212 −4 4 strokes South Africa Laurette Maritz

LET Access Serie playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2012 Samsø Ladies Open Sweden Antonella Cvitan Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2013 HLR Golf Academy Open Switzerland Fabienne In-Albon
Spain Patricia Sanz Barrio

Other wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up
1 7 Apr 2024 Australian Women's Classic 66 −6 Title shared with
Taiwan Tsai Pei-ying and
Australia Jess Whitting[a]

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T60 76 T63
U.S. Women's Open T38 CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
The Evian Championship T11 T18 CUT T62 NT CUT CUT
Women's British Open T24 T17 T62 CUT T67 T42 CUT T44 T37
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[7]

Notes

  1. ^ The LET and WPGA Tour of Australasia co-sanctioned tournament was terminated after only 18 holes due to heavy rain. As a result, the title was shared between three players and it was classed as unofficial, with no Order of Merit points or official money.

References

  1. ^ "Players, Nicole Broch Estrup, Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Nicole Broch Larsen clinches one-shot win at Helsingborg Open". Sky Sports. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  3. ^ Bethel, Elizabeth (7 September 2015). "Nicole Broch Larsen Wins Helsingborg Open and Joins Evian Championship Field". Progolfnow.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  4. ^ Brode, Todd (12 February 2016). "New Zealand Women's Open: Nicole Broch Larsen Leads, Lydia Ko Lurks". Progolfnow.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Players, Nicole Broch Estrup, Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Spelare, Nicole Broch Estrup, Samtliga tävlingsresultat, 2022 KPMG Womens Irish Open" [Players, Nicole Broch Estrup, Tournaments, 2022 KPMG Womens Irish Open]. Swedish Golf Fedefration and Golfdata AB. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  7. ^ "European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 10 January 2024.