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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. She won the silver medal at the

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in Paris.

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 Junior Solheim Cup and in 2018 she was runner-up at the

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, one stroke behind Celia Barquín. 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 2019 Ladies European Tour. She won the Skaftö Open on the LET Access Series and qualified for the 2019 U.S. Women's Open at a sectional qualifying tournament. Henseleit finished second at four LET tournaments, the Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic, La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational, Ladies European Thailand Championship and the Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open, 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)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2024 Chevron – 2025 U.S. Women's Open, current) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (two times)

LPGA Tour career summary

^ Official as of 2024 season
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

Team appearances

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

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(representing Germany):

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

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(representing Germany):

* Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2017 Source: Professional *

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(representing Europe):

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Solheim Cup record

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Henseleit, Esther German female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Olympic golfers for Germany Golfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Sportspeople from Hamburg 1999 births Living people 21st-century German sportswomen