S'pore golfer Shannon Tan claims second Ladies European Tour title with German Masters victory
SINGAPORE – Singaporean golfer Shannon Tan captured her second Ladies European Tour (LET) title after winning the Amundi German Masters by a single stroke on June 29.
At the Green Eagle Golf Courses' North Course in Winsen (Luhe), Germany, the 21-year-old carded a three-over 76 on the final day of the €300,000 (S$443,370) tournament for a nine-under 283 total.
After opening rounds of 70 and 69, Tan fired a 68 on moving day to take the outright lead, with her closest competitor Hannah Screen from England, three shots behind.
Tan held a comfortable lead, extending it to five shots after eight consecutive pars, while Screen slipped out of contention with four bogeys and a quadruple bogey.
However, a difficult stretch in windy conditions made things far from straightforward. Back-to-back bogeys on holes No. 9 and 10 saw her lead cut to two, as Germany's Helen Briem closed the gap with a birdie on the 11th.
Tan three-putted the par-five ninth hole and was forced to take a drop on the par-four 10th after her tee shot found the hazard. She recovered well, with her penalty drop shot finding the green, but was unable to save par after needing two putts.
She responded with a birdie on the 11th to regain some breathing room, but another bogey on the 13th allowed both Briem and New Zealand's Amelia Garvey to move within two shots, setting up a tense finish.
A bogey on the 17th trimmed her lead to just one stroke, but she held on to secure her second professional victory.
It is another encouraging showing from the world No. 117, who has now secured top-10 finishes in her last four tournaments.
She finished runner-up at the Jabra Ladies Open in late May, falling just two strokes short of Czech Republic's Sara Kouskova, before placing joint-sixth at the Tenerife Women's Open a fortnight later.
Two weeks ago, she was among a group of five players who came in 10th at the Hulencourt Women's Open.
This is Tan's first victory of the 2025 season and her second since she turned professional last year. Her maiden win came on her LET debut at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open.
While it has taken a few events to secure her second title, she has been in strong form this year. She opened the season with a third-place finish at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco and has missed the cut just once in 11 LET events so far.
She also recorded a best performance by a Singaporean at the HSBC Women's World Championship in March, when she came in tied-34th in the field of 64 at Sentosa Golf Club's Tanjong Course.
Her second professional title comes on the back of an impressive rookie season, in which she was sixth on the LET's Order of Merit in 2024.
She also became the first Singaporean golfer to compete at the Olympics in August, placing 40th.
A few weeks later, she became just the second Singaporean to make the cut at a Major when she achieved the feat at the Women's British Open at St Andrews.
Kimberly Kwek joined The Straits Times in 2019 as a sports journalist and has since covered a wide array of sports, including golf and sailing.
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