Helen Briem (born 12 August 2005) is a German amateur golfer. She has won the 2021 European Young Masters, 2022 European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande, 2023 R&A Girls Amateur Championship, and 2024 Portuguese Ladies Amateur. She was medalist at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy, the Women's World Amateur Team Championships. Representing Europe, she has won the Junior Solheim Cup, Junior Vagliano Trophy, Vagliano Trophy, Patsy Hankins Trophy and Junior Ryder Cup.[1]
Career
Briem is from Nürtingen near Stuttgart and represents Stuttgarter Golf-Club Solitude.[2] She is a member of the German National Team and in 2021 she won the European Young Masters in Finland both individually and with the team. Also in 2021, she won the national stroke-play and match-play titles in Germany, and was selected by captain Annika Sörenstam for the European team at the Junior Solheim Cup.[1]
In 2022, she won the European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande and the Italian International Ladies Amateur Championship, and made her Augusta National Women's Amateur debut.[3]
She shared best individual score at the 2022 Women's World Amateur Team Championships, the Espirito Santo Trophy at Le Golf National in France, with Rose Zhang and Meja Örtengren, and collected a bronze medal with the German team.[4]
Briem has recorded two runner-up finishes in three starts in professional events on the LET Access Series, at the 2021 Santander Golf Tour Barcelona, one stroke behind Charlotte Liautier, and at the 2022 Lavaux Ladies Open in Switzerland, four strokes behind Sára Kousková. She made three consecutive birdies and an eagle between holes three and six, which resulted in a score of 67 and put her in a share of the lead during the round.[5]
In 2024, she birdied the final four holes on her way to a final round 64 to force a playoff at the Dormy Open Helsingborg, a Ladies European Tour event, won by Perrine Delacour on the first extra hole.
Amateur wins
- 2021 German Match Play, European Young Masters, Golfsportmanufaktur Schäfflertanz International Open, German National Amateur
- 2022 European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande, Italian International Ladies Amateur Championship
- 2023 Girls Amateur Championship
- 2024 Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship
Source:[6]
Professional wins (1)
LET Access Series wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Jun 2024 | Montauban Ladies Open (as an amateur) |
70-70-69=209 | −7 | 1 stroke |  Tiffany Arafi
|
Playoff record
Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | Dormy Open Helsingborg |  Perrine Delacour
|
Delacour won with birdie on first extra hole |
Team appearances
Amateur
- Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2021 (winners), 2023 (winners)
- European Young Masters (representing Germany): 2021 (winners)
- Junior Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2021 (winners)
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2022
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Germany): 2022, 2023
- World Junior Girls Championship (representing Germany): 2022
- Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2023 (winners)
- Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Europe): 2023 (winners)
- Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2023 (winners)
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2023
Source:[6]
References
- ^ a b "Helen Briem". Deutscher Golf Verband. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "Helen Briem beim größten Damen Amateur Turnier" (in German). Stuttgarter Golf-Club Solitude e.V. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "Helen Briem". Augusta National Women's Amateur. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "WATC 2022 France". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ "Back-to-Back Victory for Kouskova in Switzerland". LET Access Series. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ a b "Helen Briem". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
This page was last edited on 9 June 2024, at 15:31