Esther Henseleit
| Esther Henseleit | |
|---|---|
| Nation: |
 Germany
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| Nickname: | Esthi / Eschti |
| Club: | Hamburg Golf Club Falkenstein |
| Career data | |
| Professional since: | 2019 |
| Current tour: |
LET (since 2019) LPGA Tour (since 2020) |
| Tournament wins: | 2 |
| Awards: | LET Order of Merit (2019) LET Rookie of the Year (2019) |
Esther Henseleit (born January 14, 1999 in Varel ) is a German professional golfer .
Amateur career
As a girl, Henseleit played golf at the Golfclub am Meer in Bad Zwischenahn ; Already at the age of nine she had a handicap of 21. In 2010 she became Lower Saxony state champion, in 2013 she switched to the Hamburg Golf Club . At the age of 13 she became German champion in her age group for the first time. She has been a member of the German national team since 2014, won the bronze medal at the international women's amateur championship in 2016, and was nominated for the Junior Solheim Cup in 2017 . In 2018, Esther Henseleit won the German Individual Championships as well as the German Team Championships and the European Ladies' Club Trophy with the Hamburg Golf Club team.
Professional career
Henseleit ended her amateur career in January 2019 with a handicap of +7.1, which is unique in Europe ; After qualifying as third in the Qualifying School in 2018 , she started playing on the Ladies European Tour in 2019 . She won the Skaftö Open the LET Access Series and the Magical Kenya Ladies Open the LET; In addition, in 2019 she achieved four second places and a total of ten top 10 placements. In May 2019, Henseleit also qualified for the US Women's Open .
Henseleit's victory at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open secured her both the LET Order of Merit and the award as Rookie of the Year ; she was only the third player in the history of the LET after Laura Davies and Carlota Ciganda to achieve this. The Order of Merit secured her the right to play on the LET for the next seven years (“ exemption category ” 2a); Henseleit also qualified in November 2019 with a 30th place in the Qualifying School (" Q school ") for the LPGA Tour, on which she has been playing since the beginning of 2020.
After completing her first year as a professional at LET, Henseleit was also voted Hamburg's Sportswoman of the Year 2019.
Tournaments
| competition | trip | date | placement |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | |||
| Australian Ladies Classic Bonville | LET / ALPG | February 24, 2019 | 9T |
| ActewAGL Canberra Classic | LET / ALPG | 3rd March 2019 | 8T |
| Worrell's New South Wales Women's Open | LET / ALPG | March 10, 2019 | 26T |
| Investec South African Women's Open | LET | 16th March 2019 | 3T |
| Lalla Meryem Cup | LET | April 28, 2019 | 4T |
| Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic | LET | 3rd May 2019 | 2T |
| La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational | LET | 19th May 2019 | 2 |
| Jabra Ladies Open | LET / LETAS | 23 May 2019 | 12T |
| US Women's Open | LPGA | 2nd June 2019 | 30T |
| Skaftö Open | LETAS | June 15, 2019 | 1 |
| Ladies European Thailand Championship | LET | June 23, 2019 | 2 |
| The Evian Championship | LET / LPGA | 28th July 2019 | CUT |
| AIG Women's British Open | LET / LPGA | 4th August 2019 | CUT |
| Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open | LET / LPGA | 11th August 2019 | CUT |
| Tipsport Czech Ladies Open | LET / LETAS | 23 August 2019 | 20T |
| Lacoste Ladies Open de France | LET | 22nd September 2019 | 12T |
| Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open | LET | 29th September 2019 | 2 |
| Andalucía Costa del Sol Open de España Femenino | LET | 1st December 2019 | 32T |
| Magical Kenya Ladies Open | LET | December 8, 2019 | 1 |
| ISPS Handa Vic Open | ALPG / LPGA | February 9, 2020 | CUT |
| ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open | ALPG / LPGA | February 16, 2020 | 70T |
| Australian Ladies Classic Bonville | ALPG / LET | February 20, 2020 | 11T |
| Women's NSW Open | ALPG / LET | February 27, 2020 | 12T |
| ASI Ladies Scottish Open | LET | August 13, 2020 | CUT (119T) |
| AIG Women's Open | LET | 20th August 2020 | CUT (91T) |
| The Saudi Ladies International | LET | TBC | |
DNP = did not participate (Engl. Did not play )
WD = abandoned (Engl. Withdrawn )
CUT = Cut failed
"T" divided placement (Engl. Tie )
Green background for wins
Yellow background for top 10
Personal
Henseleit attended the Free Waldorf School in Oldenburg .
Web links
- Rankings
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Info & pictures from Esther Henseleit. Sommerfeld AG, accessed on July 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Isabel von Wilcke: Interview with Esther Henseleit: "I give myself the time". Golf Magazin, March 4, 2019, accessed July 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Esther Henseleit. In: Ladies European Tour. Retrieved August 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Hans-Heinrich Reichelt: Esther Henseleit: Reach for the stars. Reichelts Runde, accessed on July 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Who? Esther! In: hamburg.de. Retrieved August 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Sebastian Burow: Portrait and Interview: Esther Henseleit about postponed dreams in the Corona period. golf.de, June 2, 2020, accessed on July 19, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e Esther Henseleit. In: golf.de. Retrieved August 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Henseleit storms to title at Skafto Open. In: LET Access Series. Retrieved August 2, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Esther Henseleit wins Magical Kenya Ladies Open to claim Ladies European Tour Order of Merit. December 8, 2019, accessed December 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Esther Henseleit | Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year 2019. Ladies European Tour, December 15, 2019, accessed December 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Thomas Kirmaier: Esther Henseleit is Hamburg's Sportswoman of the Year 2019. golf.de, December 17, 2019, accessed on July 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Esther Henseleit successfully starts the new season on the Atlantic. In: NWZ Online. February 3, 2015, accessed November 22, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Henseleit, Esther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German golfer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1999 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Varel |