Esther Henseleit (born 14 January 1999) is a German

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and member of the

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and

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Amateur career

Henseleit attended Freie Waldorfschule Oldenburg and played for Golfclub am Meer before switching to Hamburg Golf Club in 2013. She joined the German national team in 2014 and finished third at the 2016 International Amateur Championship. In 2017 she was selected for the

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and in 2018 she was runner-up at the

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, one stroke behind

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. She won the 2018 German National Amateur and the German Team Amateur Championship as well as the European Ladies' Club Trophy with Hamburg GC.

Professional career

Henseleit turned professional in January 2019 (with an EGA handicap of +7.1) after finishing third at Qualifying School for the

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. She won the Skaftö Open on the

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and qualified for the 2019 U.S. Women's Open at a sectional qualifying tournament. Henseleit finished second at four LET tournaments, the

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and the

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, one stroke behind

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. In December, with her maiden LET win at the

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, she secured both LET Order of Merit and LET Rookie of the Year, becoming only the third player after

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in 1985 and

in 2012 to manage this feat. In November 2019, Henseleit gained

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membership through Q-Series. In February 2022, she successfully defended her title at the

Amateur wins

*2014 German National Girls Championship *2018 German National Amateur, European Ladies' Club Trophy Source:

Professional wins (3)

Ladies European Tour wins (2)

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

LET Access Series (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *European Girls' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2014, 2015, 2017 *

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(representing Germany):

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

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(representing Germany):

(representing Europe): 2017 Source:

References

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