Esther Henseleit (born 14 January 1999) is a German professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Amateur career Henseleit attended Freie Waldorfschule Oldenburg and played for Golfclub am Meer before switching to Hamburg Golf Club in 2013. She joined the German national team in 2014 and finished third at the 2016 International Amateur Championship. In 2017 she was selected for the Junior Solheim Cup and in 2018 she was runner-up at the European Ladies Amateur Championship, one stroke behind Celia Barquín. She won the 2018 German National Amateur and the German Team Amateur Championship as well as the European Ladies' Club Trophy with Hamburg GC.
Professional career Henseleit turned professional in January 2019 (with an EGA handicap of +7.1) after finishing third at Qualifying School for the 2019 Ladies European Tour. She won the Skaftö Open on the LET Access Series and qualified for the 2019 U.S. Women's Open at a sectional qualifying tournament.
Henseleit finished second at four LET tournaments, the Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic, La Reserva de Sotogrande Invitational, Ladies European Thailand Championship and the Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open, one stroke behind Carlota Ciganda. In December, with her maiden LET win at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open, she secured both LET Order of Merit and LET Rookie of the Year, becoming only the third player after Laura Davies in 1985 and Carlota Ciganda in 2012 to manage this feat.
In November 2019, Henseleit gained 2020 LPGA Tour membership through Q-Series.
In February 2022, she successfully defended her title at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open.
Amateur wins 2014 German National Girls Championship 2018 German National Amateur, European Ladies' Club Trophy
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Professional wins (3) Ladies European Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up18 Dec 2019Magical Kenya Ladies Open69-70-71-64=274−141 stroke Aditi Ashok213 Feb 2022Magical Kenya Ladies Open74-73-69-70=286−21 stroke Marta Sanz Barrio
Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–2) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12023ISPS Handa World Invitational Alexa Pano Gabriella CowleyPano won with birdie on third extra holeHenseleit eliminated by birdie on first hole 22026AIG Women's Open Shiho Kuwaki Lost to par on second extra hole
LET Access Series (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up115 Jun 2019Skaftö Open64-68-64=196−111 stroke Lynn Carlsson Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipT51CUTCUT7T18CUTU.S. Women's OpenT30CUTT51T22T49Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT15CUTT30T14T12T15The Evian ChampionshipCUTNTT60T27T14T7T49CUTWomen's British OpenCUTCUTCUTT54CUTT37T232
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 3U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 4Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 5The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 5Women's British Open 0 1 0 1 1 2 8 4Totals 0 1 0 1 3 11 33 21 Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (2024 Chevron – 2025 British Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times, current)
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Moneylist rank Scoring average Scoringrank2020930000T5117,70513473.571242021191400044435,0294870.4827202225120011T3224,0538871.8194202323160112T2614,3624570.954420242419010421,079,2093071.1545202521190112T21,189,1863370.7236Totals^121830 3 3 13 2 3,559,544 141 ^ Official as of 2025 season *Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
Team appearances Amateur European Girls' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2014, 2015, 2017 European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2016, 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Germany): 2016, 2018 Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2017
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Professional Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2024, 2026 (winners)
Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career63–2–1 0–1–1 3–1–0 0–0–0 3.558.3202431–1–10–0–1 tied w/ An. Lee1–1–0 lost w/ C. Hull 3&2won w/ C. Hull 1 up0–0–0 1.550.0202632–1–00–1–0 lost to Al. Lee 1 dn2–0–0 won w/ L. Maguire 2 upwon w/ L. Maguire 1 up0–0–0 266.7
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