German Boys & Girls Open

German Boys & Girls Open
Tournament information
LocationNortheim, Germany
Course(s)Golf Club Hardenberg
Par72
Organised byGerman Golf Association
Format54-hole stroke play
Month playedJune
Current champion
Sweden Neo Berg (Boys)
Germany Antonia Steiner (Girls)
Austria Johanna Janisch (Girls)

The German Boys & Girls Open, formally the German International Amateur Championship – Boys and Girls, is an annual international amateur golf tournament in Germany for boys and girls under the age of 18.[1]

The tournament, founded in 2004, is organized by the German Golf Association. It is a qualifying event for the European team in the Junior Ryder Cup[2] and the Junior Solheim Cup[3] and has been rated up to level "A" in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

In 2024, after 19 years, the tournament moved from Golf Club St. Leon-Rot near Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg to Golf Club Hardenberg near Northeim in Lower Saxony.[4]

Format

The tournament is stroke play over 54 holes, 18 holes on each day of the tournament, with no cut. The field is limited to 100 boys and 100 girls, of any nationality, who compete concurrently but separately.[5]

Winners

Girls

Year Champion(s) Country Score Runner(s)-up Ref
2024 Antonia Steiner
Johanna Janisch		  Germany
 Austria		 Par — [a] [6]
2023 Rocio Tejedo  Spain −10 Germany Helen Briem [7]
2022 Nastasia Nadaud  France −15 Czech Republic Denisa Vodičková [8]
2021 Meja Örtengren  Sweden −8 France Lilas Pinthier
Portugal Sofia Barroso Sá		 [9]
2020 Cancelled due to pandemic
2019 Emilie Paltrinieri  Italy −11 Germany Lydia Volkmer
Italy Benedetta Moresco		 [10]
2018 Ingrid Lindblad  Sweden −14 Italy Alessia Nobilio [11]
2017 Linn Grant  Sweden −12 Austria Emma Spitz [12]
2016 Aline Krauter
Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen		  Germany
 Denmark		 −8 — [a] [13]
2015 Leonie Harm  Germany −11 Germany Esther Henseleit [14]
2014 Virginia Elena Carta  Italy −10 Colombia Cynthia Diaz
Denmark Emily Kristine Pedersen		 [15]
2013 Emily Kristine Pedersen  Denmark −14 Germany Karolin Lampert [16]
2012 Karolin Lampert  Germany −12 France Perrine Delacour [17]
2011 Karolin Lampert  Germany −1 Austria Marlies Krenn [18]
2010 Klára Spilková  Czech Republic −6 Denmark Nicole Broch Larsen [19]
2009 Klára Spilková  Czech Republic −11
2008 Marieke Nivard  Netherlands −5
2007 Laura Alexandra Stempfle  Germany −8
2006 Caroline Masson  Germany −2
2005 Caroline Masson  Germany +4
2004 Carolin Löhr  Germany +10
  1. ^ a b Title shared, tournament had to be terminated after two rounds due to adverse weather conditions.

Boys

Year Champion Country Score Runner(s)-up Ref
2024 Neo Berg  Sweden −7 England Bolton Ben
Italy Bruno Frontero
2023 Tim Wiedemeyer  Germany −13 Germany Peer Wernicke [20]
2022 Tim Wiedemeyer  Germany −20 Germany Carl Siemens
Sweden Nils Svanberg		 [21]
2021 Filip Jakubcík  Czech Republic −12 Italy Pietro Guido Fenoglio [22]
2020 Cancelled due to pandemic
2019 Luke O'Neill  Ireland −11 Germany Philipp Katich [23]
2018 Charles Larcelet  France −9 Hong Kong Chi Hin Lou Tan
Germany Fredrik Strandberg		 [24]
2017 Falko Hanisch  Germany −9 Czech Republic Jiří Zuska [25]
2016 Mike Toorop  Netherlands −8 Finland Matias Honkala [26]
2015 Thomas Rosenmüller  Germany −10 England William Enefer [27]
2014 Nicklas Mattner  Germany −11 Denmark John Axelsen
Norway Kristoffer Reitan		 [28]
2013 Dominic Foos  Germany −19 Portugal Goncalo Costa [29]
2012 Dominic Foos  Germany −14 Czech Republic Vítek Novák [30]
2011 Alexander Matlari  Germany −3 Portugal Goncalo Pinto
Germany Max Rottluff		 [31]
2010 Moritz Lampert  Germany −12 Germany Christian Braeunig
Germany Jonas Robert Kugel		 [32]
2009 Martin Keskari  Germany −6 Finland Teemu Bakker
France Gary Stal		 [33]
2008 Max Krämer  Germany −7 Germany Maximilian Roehrig [34]
2007 Nicolai Aagaard  Denmark −7
2006 Are "Ace" Friestad  Norway −10
2005 Allen John  Germany −1
2004 Wouter de Vries  Netherlands Par

Source:[35]

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