German Boys & Girls Open

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]

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 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

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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

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Girls

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Year Champion(s) Country Score Runner(s)-up Ref
2024 Antonia Steiner
Johanna Janisch
  Germany
  Austria
Par [a] [6]
2023 Rocio Tejedo   Spain −10   Helen Briem [7]
2022 Nastasia Nadaud   France −15   Denisa Vodičková [8]
2021 Meja Örtengren   Sweden −8   Lilas Pinthier
  Sofia Barroso Sá
[9]
2020 Cancelled due to pandemic
2019 Emilie Paltrinieri   Italy −11   Lydia Volkmer
  Benedetta Moresco
[10]
2018 Ingrid Lindblad   Sweden −14   Alessia Nobilio [11]
2017 Linn Grant   Sweden −12   Emma Spitz [12]
2016 Aline Krauter
Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen
  Germany
  Denmark
−8 [a] [13]
2015 Leonie Harm   Germany −11   Esther Henseleit [14]
2014 Virginia Elena Carta   Italy −10   Cynthia Diaz
  Emily Kristine Pedersen
[15]
2013 Emily Kristine Pedersen   Denmark −14   Karolin Lampert [16]
2012 Karolin Lampert   Germany −12   Perrine Delacour [17]
2011 Karolin Lampert   Germany −1   Marlies Krenn [18]
2010 Klára Spilková   Czech Republic −6   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

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

References

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  2. ^ "Qualification process for The 2020 Junior Ryder Cup announced". Ryder Cup. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Junior Solheim Cup Announces Qualification Schedule". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. ^ "GBGO - the end of an era". Golf Club St. Leon-Rot Betriebs- gesellschaft GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
  5. ^ "2021 Tournament Announcement" (PDF). German Golf Association. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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  30. ^ "2012 German Boys Open". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  31. ^ "2011 German Boys Open". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  32. ^ "2010 German Boys Open". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  33. ^ "2009 German Boys Open". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  34. ^ "2008 German Boys Open". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  35. ^ "Past Champions". German Boys & Girls Open. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
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