German Boys & Girls Open
Golf tournament
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The German Boys & Girls Open, formally the German International Amateur Championship – Boys and Girls, is an annual international amateur golf tournament in Germany for boys and girls under the age of 18.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bad Saarow, Brandenburg |
| Course | Golf Club Bad Saarow |
| Par | 72 |
| Organised by | German Golf Association |
| Format | 54-hole stroke play |
| Month played | May |
| Current champion | |
 Filip Grave (Boys) Charlotte Naughton (Girls) | |
The tournament, founded in 2004, is organized by the German Golf Association. It is a qualifying event for the European team in the Junior Ryder Cup[2] and the Junior Solheim Cup[3] and has been rated up to level "A" in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
In 2024, after 19 years, the tournament moved from Golf Club St. Leon-Rot near Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg to Golf Club Hardenberg near Northeim in Lower Saxony.[4]
Format
The tournament is stroke play over 54 holes, 18 holes on each day of the tournament, with no cut. The field is limited to 100 boys and 100 girls, of any nationality, who compete concurrently but separately.[5]
Venues
| Venue | Location | First | Last | Times |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golf Club St. Leon-Rot | Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg | 2004 | 2023 | 19 |
| Golf Club Hardenberg | Northeim, Lower Saxony | 2024 | 2024 | 1 |
| Golf Club Bad Saarow (Faldo Course) | Bad Saarow, Brandenburg | 2025 | 2025 | 1 |
Winners
Girls
- Title shared, tournament had to be terminated after two rounds due to adverse weather conditions.
Boys
| Year | Champion | Country | Score | Runner(s)-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Filip Grave | Sweden | −5 |  Lev Grinberg Denny Kloeth | |
| 2024 | Neo Berg | Sweden | −7 | Bolton Ben Bruno Frontero | |
| 2023 | Tim Wiedemeyer (2) |  Germany | −13 | Peer Wernicke | [20] |
| 2022 | Tim Wiedemeyer | Germany | −20 | Carl Siemens Nils Svanberg | [21] |
| 2021 | Filip Jakubčík |  Czech Republic | −12 | Pietro Guido Fenoglio | [22] |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to pandemic | ||||
| 2019 | Luke O'Neill |  Ireland | −11 | Philipp Katich | [23] |
| 2018 | Charles Larcelet |  France | −9 |  Chi Hin Lou Tan Fredrik Strandberg | [24] |
| 2017 | Falko Hanisch | Germany | −9 | Jiří Zuska | [25] |
| 2016 | Mike Toorop | Netherlands | −8 |  Matias Honkala | [26] |
| 2015 | Thomas Rosenmüller | Germany | −10 | William Enefer | [27] |
| 2014 | Nicklas Mattner | Germany | −11 |  John Axelsen Kristoffer Reitan | [28] |
| 2013 | Dominic Foos (2) | Germany | −19 |  Goncalo Costa | [29] |
| 2012 | Dominic Foos | Germany | −14 | Vítek Novák | [30] |
| 2011 | Alexander Matlari | Germany | −3 | Goncalo Pinto Max Rottluff | [31] |
| 2010 | Moritz Lampert | Germany | −12 | Christian Braeunig Jonas Robert Kugel | [32] |
| 2009 | Martin Keskari | Germany | −6 | Teemu Bakker Gary Stal | [33] |
| 2008 | Max Krämer | Germany | −7 | Maximilian Roehrig | [34] |
| 2007 | Nicolai Aagaard | Denmark | −7 | ||
| 2006 | Are "Ace" Friestad | Norway | −10 | ||
| 2005 | Allen John | Germany | −1 | ||
| 2004 | Wouter de Vries | Netherlands | Par | ||
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