Leonie Harm

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Leonie Harm
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Harm in August 2018
Personal information
Born (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 27)
Stuttgart, Germany
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Career
College University of Houston
Turned professional2020
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2020)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open T49: 2021
Women's British Open T7: 2021
Evian Championship CUT: 2021
Achievements and awards
American Athletic Conference
Player of the Year		2018, 2019

Leonie Harm (born 1 October 1997) is a German professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She was runner-up at the 2021 Investec South African Women's Open, the 2022 Amundi German Masters and the 2025 Hills Ladies Open. In 2018, Harm won the 115th British Ladies Amateur, the first German to capture the title. [1]

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Early life and education

Harm was born in Stuttgart, Germany and attended a biochemical program at the University of Houston for her post-secondary education. At Houston, she played for the Houston Cougars golf team from 2015 to 2019, where she was American Athletic Conference Player of the Year her final two seasons. [2] [3]

Amateur career

As an amateur golfer, Harm competed at the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship and European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2017. [4] The following year, Harm was the first golfer from Germany to win the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. [5] With her 2018 British Amateur win, she won exemptions to the 2018 Women's British Open, 2018 Evian Championship and the 2019 U.S. Women's Open majors held by the LPGA Tour. In amateur events, Harm also received an exemption to the 2019 Augusta National Women's Amateur with her British Amateur win. [6]

During the 2018 LPGA Tour major events, Harm missed the cut in the British Open and did not play in the Evian Championship. [7] [8] The following year, Harm was cut during the 2019 Augusta Amateur and the 2019 U.S. Women's Open. [9] [10] In team events, Harm competed at the 2016, 2017 and 2018 European Ladies' Team Championship. Apart from European team events, Harm was also a participant at the 2015 Junior Solheim Cup and the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy. [4] [3]

Professional career

Harm turned professional in early 2020 and joined the Ladies European Tour. [11] [4] In her rookie season, she was runner-up at the Investec South African Women's Open, finished 3rd at the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open, and tied for 7th in the 2021 Women's British Open at Carnoustie, only 3 strokes behind winner Anna Nordqvist. [1]

In 2022, she was runner-up at the Amundi German Masters, a stroke behind Maja Stark, and tied for 3rd at the Jabra Ladies Open. She finished 20th on the LET Order of Merit in 2021 and 16th in 2022. [12]

In 2025, she shared the lead heading into the final round of the Hills Ladies Open and ultimately finished runner-up, two strokes behind Meja Örtengren. [13]

Personal life

In 2013, Harm was in a coma and sustained multiple injuries after being hit by a drunk driver. [14]

Amateur wins

Source: [4]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament20182019202020212022
Chevron Championship
Women's PGA Championship
U.S. Women's Open CUTT49
The Evian Championship NTCUT
Women's British Open CUTT7T41
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances

Source: [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leonie Harm". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Leonie Harm". University of Houston Athletics. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  3. 1 2 Hauser, Melanie (2 April 2019). "UH golfer Leonie Harm riding high heading to Augusta National". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Leonie Harm". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Germany's Leonie Harm goes from near-fatal accident to Ladies' British Amateur champion". Golf World. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Harm goes from near death to Ladies Amateur champion". Golf Channel. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Ricoh Women's British Open 2018 Leaderboard". Golf Channel. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "2018 Evian Championship Leader Board". Golf Digest. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Leonie Harm". Augusta National Women's Amateur. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "U.S. Women's Open: May 30 – June 2, 2019". United States Golf Association. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "Nothing Standing In Harm' Way". LPGA. 13 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "LET Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Amateur Ortengren Clinches Maiden LET Title at the Hills Open". Ladies Eurooean Tour. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  14. ↑ Duarte, Joseph (19 May 2016). "Freshman recovers from near fatal accident to make UH golf history". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
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