Ladies European Tour: Leonie Harm wins German Masters

Leonie Harm had less than a 1% chance of survival after being hit by a car in 2013.

Thirteen years later and her first Ladies European Tour title with a one-shot victory at the German Masters.

It caps a remarkable backstory for the 28-year-old.

Herm was out jogging while she was Collision with a car traveling at 70km/h (44mph)., outsider

Paramedics at the scene gave him little chance of survival.

He was placed in a coma but returned to the golf course just seven weeks later, despite suffering a severe brain injury and multiple broken bones.

A year later and she won the national women’s amateur title, winning several amateur titles before moving to the United States to study biochemical and biophysical sciences at the University of Houston.

His passion for working in that field was personal The mother was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014 and died two years later., outsider

In 2018, Harm became the first German to win the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship – the oldest women’s golf tournament in the world.

His first major appearance followed and he turned professional in 2020.

But then came the Covid pandemic and while putting sports on hold, Harm worked as an intern at a company developing a vaccine candidate against the coronavirus.

Despite finishing runner-up on the Tour in both the 2021 and 2022 seasons, he struggled with his game and Considered to leave in 2024., outsider

On Sunday, she finally broke her professional title drought at her home tournament at the Green Eagle Golf Course, just south of Hamburg, by defeating South African Cassandra Alexander.

The damage improved on his second-place finish at the tournament in 2022 as he finished the first round at 10-under par, recording a course record eight-under-par 65.

“I’m really happy that I got it this time after 2022 comes around and here with all the German fans,” he said.

Harm added: “Resilience is a good thing, and I’ve shown it at times, but I believe I’m in a good place mentally now and then to be associated with success in golf is a great feeling because I haven’t had to be disappointed.

“I could have been happy the whole time and it worked a lot where you become impatient and more forgiving of yourself.

“A good takeaway is to ultimately be your own best friend and hopefully then succeed by working with yourself instead of against it which is what I’ve probably done most of my life.”