Helen Briem

Helen Briem (born 12 August 2005) is a German amateur golfer. She has won the 2021 European Young Masters, 2022 European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande, 2023 R&A Girls Amateur Championship, and 2024 Portuguese Ladies Amateur. She was tied medalist at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy, the Women's World Amateur Team Championships. Representing Europe, she has been part of the winning teams at the Junior Solheim Cup, Junior Vagliano Trophy, Vagliano Trophy, Patsy Hankins Trophy, Junior Ryder Cup and the European Ladies' Team Championship. She rose to number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in July 2024.

Career
Briem is from Nürtingen near Stuttgart and represents Stuttgarter Golf-Club Solitude. She is a member of the German National Team and in 2021 she won the European Young Masters in Finland both individually and with the team. Also in 2021, she won the national stroke-play and match-play titles in Germany, and was selected by captain Annika Sörenstam for the European team at the Junior Solheim Cup.

In 2022, she won the European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande and the Italian International Ladies Amateur Championship, and made her Augusta National Women's Amateur debut.

She shared best individual score at the 2022 Women's World Amateur Team Championships, the Espirito Santo Trophy at Le Golf National in France, with Rose Zhang and Meja Örtengren, and collected a bronze medal with the German team.

Briem has recorded two runner-up finishes in three starts in professional events on the LET Access Series, at the 2021 Santander Golf Tour Barcelona, one stroke behind Charlotte Liautier, and at the 2022 Lavaux Ladies Open in Switzerland, four strokes behind Sára Kousková. She made three consecutive birdies and an eagle between holes three and six, which resulted in a score of 67 and put her in a share of the lead during the round.

In late May 2024, Briem birdied the final four holes on her way to a final round 64 to force a playoff at the Dormy Open Helsingborg, a Ladies European Tour event, won by Perrine Delacour on the first extra hole.

In June 2024, Briem, still an amateur, won three professional tournaments in a row, in three consecutive weeks, on the LET Access Series and moved to second on the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

Amateur wins

 * 2021 German Match Play, European Young Masters, Golfsportmanufaktur Schäfflertanz International Open, German National Amateur
 * 2022 European Nations Cup – Copa Sotogrande, Italian International Ladies Amateur Championship
 * 2023 Girls Amateur Championship
 * 2024 Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship

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Playoff record
Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Team appearances
Amateur
 * Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2021 (winners), 2023 (winners)
 * European Young Masters (representing Germany): 2021 (winners)
 * Junior Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2021 (winners)
 * European Girls' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2022
 * Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Germany): 2022, 2023
 * World Junior Girls Championship (representing Germany): 2022
 * Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2023 (winners)
 * Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Europe): 2023 (winners)
 * Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2023 (winners)
 * European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2023, 2024 (winners)

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