As a youngster, Booth was able to practice on the course made exclusively for her and her brother, professional golfer Wallace, by her father Wally at the family farm near Comrie.

[citation needed] Booth enjoyed an amateur career richly laced with records and accolades, being described as a Scottish golfing prodigy.

[2] Aged 12, she played with Sandy Lyle in the British Masters Pro-Am[3] and at 14 she appeared in her first professional event, the Ladies Scottish Open, and finished 13th.

In 2008, she became the youngest player to represent Great Britain & Ireland in the 76-year history of the Curtis Cup, facing the Americans in the 35th staging of that match at St Andrews.

Booth made her professional debut on the Ladies European Tour at the 2011 Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco.