Emma Broze (born 20 August 1995) is a French
professional golfer
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who plays on the U.S.-based
Epson Tour
The Epson Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour, and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed Futures Tour and between 2012 and 2021 as the Symetra Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour ...
where she won the 2021
Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic
The Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic was an event on the Symetra Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It a part of the Symetra Tour's schedule from 2015 to 2021. It aws held at Brook-Lea Country Club, designed by Donald Ross, outside Rochest ...
. As an amateur, she won the
2014 European Ladies' Team Championship.
Amateur career
Broze was born in
Feurs
Feurs (; ) is a commune in the department of Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
History
Antiquity
The city was founded by the Romans. The name ''Feurs'' is a contraction of ''Forum Segusiavorum'', in reference to the forum of the Gallo-Ro ...
and grew up in
Nervieux in the department of
Loire
The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône.
It rises in the so ...
, France.
She had a successful amateur career and won the 2011 Championnat de France Minimes Filles, and in 2013 she won the German International Ladies Amateur Championship, the Trophee des Regions, and the Championnat de France Cadets. She was also runner-up at the Coupe de France Dames. Broze qualified for the 2016
Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at Dundonald Links in Scotland.
[
Broze joined the French National Team in 2010 and represented her country in over 50 events.][ She captured silver at the 2013 ]European Girls' Team Championship The European Girls' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women up to 18 organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1991. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 1999 and has bee ...
at Linköping Golf Club
Linköping Golf Club is a golf club located 3 km west of central Linköping in Östergötland County, Sweden. It has hosted the Scandinavian Enterprise Open on the European Tour.
History
The club was admitted to the Swedish Golf Federation in 19 ...
, beaten by Sweden in the final. She was a member of the French squad that won the 2014 European Ladies' Team Championship in Slovenia, beating Matilda Castren
Matilda Maria Castren (born 18 January 1995) is a Finnish professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2021 she won the LPGA Mediheal Championship to become the first player from Finland to win on the LPGA Tour.
Career
Castrén won the 2011 ...
1 up in the final for France to win by 4.5–2.5 over Finland. Broze scored 3–0 in singles play during the event.[ At the 2018 European Ladies' Team Championship in Austria, Broze lost her single in the final to ]Linn Grant
Linn Maria Grant (born 20 June 1999) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She won the 2023 Dana Open on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the 2017 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Cham ...
, 3 and 1, and France lost the final to Sweden by 5–2.
She represented France together with Agathe Laisné and Pauline Roussin-Bouchard
Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (born 5 July 2000) is a French professional golfer. She was number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 34 weeks in 2020.
Amateur career
Roussin represented the French National Team from age 14 and won the 2015 Eur ...
at the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy in Ireland, the 28th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship.
Broze attended Oklahoma State University
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and played with the Oklahoma State Cowgirls golf team between 2014 and 2018, finishing 12th in the NCAA Championship
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her senior year. She was named All-Big 12 Conference selection her freshman and junior years.
Professional career
Broze turned professional in 2020 and played on the Women's All Pro Tour before joining the Symetra Tour
The Epson Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour, and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed Futures Tour and between 2012 and 2021 as the Symetra Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour ...
in 2021. In her rookie season, she won the Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic
The Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic was an event on the Symetra Tour, the LPGA's developmental tour. It a part of the Symetra Tour's schedule from 2015 to 2021. It aws held at Brook-Lea Country Club, designed by Donald Ross, outside Rochest ...
and made eight cuts in 12 events.[
]
Amateur wins
*2011 Championnat de France Minimes Filles
*2013 German International Ladies Amateur Championship, Trophee des Regions, Championnat de France Cadets
Source:
Professional wins (1)
Epson Tour wins (1)
^ Reduced to 36 holes due to rain
Team appearances
Amateur
* European Young Masters (representing France): 2011
*European Girls' Team Championship The European Girls' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women up to 18 organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1991. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 1999 and has bee ...
(representing France): 2013
*European Ladies' Team Championship
The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959.
It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pl ...
(representing France): 2014
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(winners), 2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, 2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
*Espirito Santo Trophy
The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation.
The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...
(representing France): 2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
References
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French female golfers
Oklahoma State Cowgirls golfers
French expatriate golfers in the United States
Sportspeople from Loire (department)
1995 births
Living people
21st-century French sportswomen