Helen Briem (born 12 August 2005) is a German

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and

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player. She won three consecutive LET Access Series tournaments and rose to number 1 in the

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before turning professional in July 2024. She won her first LET title at the 2024 La Sella Open.

Amateur career

Briem was born in

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near

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and represents Stuttgarter Golf-Club Solitude. She had an exceptional amateur career. In 2021, she became a member of the German National Team and 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

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for the European team at the Junior Solheim Cup. 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. She shared best individual score at the

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Women's World Amateur Team Championships for the

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in France, with

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and Meja Örtengren, and collected a bronze medal with the German team. Briem 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

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, and at the 2022 Lavaux Ladies Open in Switzerland, four strokes behind

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. 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. In 2023, she won the Girls Amateur Championship with a record score of 12 & 10. In January 2024 she won the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship, and in late May she birdied the final four holes on her way to a final round 64 to force a playoff at the Dormy Open Helsingborg, a

event, won by Perrine Delacour on the first extra hole. In June 2024, Briem, still an amateur, won three professional tournaments in a row, in three consecutive weeks, on the LET Access Series. After she won the 2024 European Ladies' Team Championship with Germany in July, she rose to number one in the

Professional career

Briem turned professional in July 2024 at age 18. Less than three months later, she won her first tournament as a professional, the Rose Ladies Open at the Melbourne Club at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, England on the LET Access Series. Later the same month she won the La Sella Open, her first LET title.

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:

Professional wins (5)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

LET Access Series wins (4)

LET Access Series playoff record (1–0)

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 *

(representing Germany):

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* World Junior Girls Championship (representing Germany): 2022 *

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(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):

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(winners) Source:

References

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