Helen Tamy Kreuzer

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Helen Tamy Kreuzer
Personal information
Born (1998-08-16) 16 August 1998 (age 25)
Bensheim, Germany
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Residence Frankfurt, Germany
Career
College Lynn University
Turned professional2021
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2022)
Sunshine Ladies Tour
LET Access Series
Professional wins1

Helen Tamy Kreuzer (born 16 August 1998) is a German professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. In 2024, she won the Fidelity ADT Ladies Challenge on the Sunshine Ladies Tour. As an amateur she won the 2021 NCAA Division II Championship. [1]

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Early life, education, and amateur career

Kreuzer was born in Bensheim, Germany, and began playing golf at the age of four. She won the Hesse State Championship in 2019 and the German National Amateur in 2020. [2]

Kreuzer was educated at Goethe-Gymnasium, Frankfurt before enrolling at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida, where she played with the Lynn Fighting Knights women's golf team between spring 2017 and 2021. In her final year, she was an WGCA First Team All-American and won the Sunshine State Conference Championship and the NCAA Division II Championship. [3]

Kreuzer appeared for Germany at the European Ladies' Team Championship twice. Along with Alexandra Försterling, Aline Krauter and Paula Schulz-Hanssen she was runner-up at the 2020 European Ladies' Team Championship, after Germany fell 2–1 in the final to a Swedish team with Linn Grant, Ingrid Lindblad, Maja Stark and Beatrice Wallin. Kratuer captured the German point, beating Lindblad 3 & 2. [4]

Professional career

Kreuzer turned professional in late 2021 and joined the 2022 Ladies European Tour. In her rookie season, her best finish came at the KPMG Women's Irish Open, where she shot a final round of 65 (–7) to finish tied 11th. She also captained a team at the Aramco Team Series – Jeddah, where she finished in 3rd place with teammates Lina Boqvist and Virginia Elena Carta. [5]

In March 2024, Kreuzer won the Fidelity ADT Ladies Challenge on the Sunshine Ladies Tour in South Africa. [6] She holed a 3-meter birdie putt on the first playoff hole, the par-five 18th, to clinch her maiden professional title. [7]

Amateur wins

Source: [2]

Professional wins (1)

Sunshine Ladies Tour (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
18 Mar 2024 Fidelity ADT Ladies Challenge 70-68-66=204−12Playoff Flag of Norway.svg Tina Mazarino

Sunshine Ladies Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2024 Fidelity ADT Ladies Challenge Flag of Norway.svg Tina Mazarino Won with birdie on first extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [2]

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References

  1. "Helen Tamy Kreuzer Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "Helen Tamy Kreuzer". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  3. "Women's Golf Roster: Helen Kreuzer". Lynn University Athletics. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. "Three in Row for Sweden". EGA. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  5. "Chiara Noja and Team Garcia Triumph in Playoffs at Aramco Team Series – Jeddah". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  6. "2024 Fidelity ADT Ladies Challenge". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  7. Kirmaier, Thomas (8 March 2024). "Kreuzer feiert ersten Profi-Sieg in Südafrika". Deutscher Golf Verband (in German). Retrieved 6 July 2024.