Céline Herbin-Marshall (born 30 October 1982) is a French professional golfer. She has won twice on the Ladies European Tour.
Early life and education Herbin started playing golf in 1997, at the age of 15, after she relocated to Mignaloux-Beauvoir with her family. She competed internationally while pursuing a degree in Biochemical Engineering at Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse. During her junior year, she was an exchange student at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. A star performer on the Bucknell Bison women's golf team, she set several school records and won the 2004 Georgetown Invitational. She returned to France to pursue a master's degree in marketing at HEC Paris.
Professional career After graduation, Herbin turned professional in 2009 and relocated to Pedreña in Cantabria, Spain. Struggling to join the LET, she played on the local Barnesto Tour in 2009 and 2010, and in the LET Access Series in 2011, where she finished fourth at the Azores Ladies Open. In July 2011 Seve Ballesteros' brother Vicente became her coach at Real Golf de Pedrena, and she secured a full card for the 2012 Ladies European Tour by finishing tied 7th at Q-School that fall.
Herbin competed on the LET full time 2012–2014. She finished fourth at the Open de España Femenino in 2013 and fifth in 2014, before winning her first title, the 2015 Open de France Dames in a playoff with Emily Kristine Pedersen. After the win she rose to a career high of 165th in the Women's World Golf Rankings.
In 2015, she also joined the Symetra Tour, where her best finish was a tie for 4th at the Island Resort Championship. In 2016, she joined the LPGA Tour, while continuing to play in selected LET events.
She lost a playoff at the 2017 Omega Dubai Ladies Masters. In 2019, she secured her second LET title at La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational, and in 2020 she was runner-up at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France, a stroke behind Julia Engström. She finished tied 14th at the 2021 U.S. Women's Open and shortly afterwards finished 8th at the Volunteers of America Classic, her career best LPGA Tour finish.
Herbin played on the runner-up team at the 2022 Aramco Team Series – New York, and she was runner-up at the 2023 Jabra Ladies Open at Evian Resort Golf Club behind Linn Grant. A few weeks later she finished 3rd in the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open. She lives and trains at La Sella Golf, host to the La Sella Open, in Alicante, Spain.
Personal life Herbin is married to caddie Gary Marshall from Edinburgh, Scotland. The pair got engaged in March 2024.
Amateur wins 2004 Georgetown Invitational
Professional wins Ladies European Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner-up127 Sep 2015Open de France Dames66-68-65-70=269−11Playoff Emily Kristine Pedersen (a)219 May 2019La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational70-70-73-69=282 −61 stroke Esther Henseleit
Ladies European Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12015Open de France Dames Emily Kristine PedersenWon with a par on the third extra hole22017Omega Dubai Ladies Masters In-Kyung Kim, Angel YinYin won with birdie on second extra hole
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order before 2022. Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023Chevron ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenCUTT14Women's PGA ChampionshipT46CUTCUTCUTThe Evian ChampionshipT69T62NTT68CUTWomen's British OpenT61CUTT51CUTCUTCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament "T" = tied
Team appearances Professional European Championships (representing France): 2018
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