Leonie Harm birdied her last two holes on the final day of the 2026 Amundi German Masters to secure her maiden Ladies European Tour (LET) on home soil.
The German began the week with a course record of 65 (-8) around the North Course at Green Eagle Golf Courses just south of Hamburg.
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She battled to a 75 (+2) on day two and produced an even-par third round before firing a 69 (-4) on the final day to win with a score of 10-under-par.
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“I’m really happy I got it over the line this time after coming close in 2022 and just out here with all the German fans,” said Harm. “So many people came out to support and that just means a lot.
“It was a great tournament, greatly run and we’ve had a bunch of Germans in the mix, so that was a reason for a lot of people to come out which is just amazing for women’s golf overall and women’s golf in Germany.”
Harm began the day in a share of fourth place and dropped her only shot of the day on the sixth hole but made her first birdie of the day on the eighth.
She rolled in another birdie on the 10th hole and then the 14th to keep herself in contention much to the delight of the home crowd.
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Harm sank her birdie putt on 17 to go level with South Africa’s Casandra Alexander, who held the clubhouse lead, before she rolled in a magnificent birdie on the last to win by one stroke.
She continued: “It was not an easy putt [on 18], that was a downhill slide left-to-right quite a bit. I was thankful Sofie [Kibsgaard] had the same putt off the same line. I had to move my marker, and she hit a great putt, but a tiny bit short which hinted where to go. I’m really glad I got speed and brake matched up to actually drain it.
“I didn’t realise what was going on. I actually thought Alexandra [Försterling] was still in it in terms of having a good finish. I wanted to give it a chance but make sure I didn’t three-putt which on these greens is easy to do. I was very present in the moment and didn’t focus too much on anything that was going on around me.”
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Harm has a remarkable story having survived a car crash, overcome bereavement, worked in vaccine development and nearly quit professional golf at the end of 2024.
She added: “Resilience is a good thing, and I have shown this at times, but I believe right now I’m in a good spot mentally and for it to then be paired with success in golf is such a great feeling because I didn’t have to be miserable. I could’ve been happy this whole time and it would have worked with a lot of the times where you get impatient and to be more forgiving to yourself.
“A good takeaway there is to be your own best friend eventually and hopefully then be successful in working with yourself rather than against it which I’ve done for probably most of my life.”
South Africa’s Alexander ended the week in solo second place after a final round of 67 (-6) which included seven birdies and one bogey.
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“If I shot better then -4, Doug owed me a free coffee, so he’s getting that for me now,” said Alexander. “We got on a roll, I would say we left some out there. There were some lipped out putts and I was just hitting it really good, hitting it close to have makeable putts and then had a few wobbles on the way in.
“I always like coming to Germany. It was just if it worked with my schedule and I hadn’t played this golf course before and everyone said you have to come. I decided to play it and happy I did.
“I wanted to try and get a low round, I didn’t think I’d be in this position. The last couple of weeks I’ve been in the final groups and haven’t got over the line. Final groups always have nerves and I was quite happy to tee off a little earlier this morning and have a stress-free Sunday.”
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Three players finished in a share of third place with Canada’s Anna Huang and German duo Chiara Noja and Alexandra Försterling all on seven-under-par.
Denmark’s Sofie Kibsgaard was sixth one stroke further back with New Zealand’s Maddison Hinson-Tolchard, France’s Agathe Sauzon and Germany’s Esther Henseleit in T7 and three players in a share of 10th place.
