European Tour Destination hosts major junior event

The 2013 Allianz German Boys and Girls Open, one of six leading European amateur tournaments to be selected as an official qualifying event for places in the European team at the 2013 PING Junior Solheim Cup, was won at Golf Club St. Leon-Rot by Dominic Foos and Emily Pedersen.

Foos is a member at GC St. Leon-Rot, Germany, which forms part of The European Tour Properties portfolio, and the 15 year old used his home advantage to impressive effect with rounds of 66-69-62 for an aggregate winning total of 197.

In the girls’ event, Dane Pedersen prevailed by five shots from 18 year old GC St. Leon-Rot member Karolin Lampert, the defending champion who shot rounds of 73-68-66.

The tournament is on the qualification rota alongside five other top events in Spain, France, Sweden and England as Europe’s leading amateur girl golfers bid for the six automatic places in the European team to face the Americans at the 2013 PING Junior Solheim Cup, to be staged at The Inverness Golf Club in Denver, Colorado, on August 13 and 14.

The German Girls’ Open was the third qualifying event for places in the team, and it also served as a dress rehearsal for The 2015 Solheim Cup and the PING Junior Solheim Cup matches, which are both to be played at GC St Leon-Rot – the first time Germany has staged either tournament.