Photo: Tristan Jones\/LET<\/p>\n
Sweden\u2019s Maja Stark sealed a fourth title on the Ladies European Tour (LET) winning the Amundi German Masters by one stroke.\u00a0After beginning the final round in second place, the 22-year-old didn\u2019t get off to the best of starts at Golf & Country Club Seddiner See with a bogey on the first.<\/strong><\/p>\n But Stark soon made up for it with birdies on two and eight, before dropping another shot on the ninth to make the turn in even-par.\u00a0It was down the final stretch where the Swede impressed sinking a birdie on the 17th<\/sup> before leaving her second shot on 18 just millimetres short for a tap-in birdie to triumph with a total of 15-under-par.<\/p>\n \u201cI was so nervous on 18 because I thought I had no chance of winning it after I messed up on 16 and I thought what am I doing? I won\u2019t have anything to do with this and then I finally made a putt on 17,\u201d said Stark.<\/p>\n \u201cI could barely feel my hands on the 18th<\/sup> tee box, but I thought just go and I had a good drive and there was nothing to lose really. It has been a frustrating round for sure, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever hit a putt like this and I\u2019m happy it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n Stark carded rounds of 68 (-4), 68 (-4) and 67 (-5) on the first three days to put herself in contention and had local caddie Leon alongside her for the final round.<\/p>\n She added: \u201cMy caddie was really good! He is 15 years old. He has a 0.6 handicap, he is from here and he was perfect. He didn\u2019t nothing wrong all day, I\u2019m super impressed.\u201d<\/p>\n Germany\u2019s Leonie Harm and Sweden\u2019s Jessica Karlsson finished in a tie for second place one shot behind the winner on 14-under-par.<\/p>\n Karlsson, who had led from the front, had a great start to her final day rolling in birdies on the first, fourth and eighth holes to put herself in pole position.<\/p>\n Bogeys on 10 and 12 brought the Swede back to the pack, but she extended her lead with a birdie on the 13th<\/sup> before two bogeys in her final two holes meant she finished in second place \u2013 her best-ever result on the LET.<\/a><\/p>\n While Harm finished as the leading German carding a bogey-free final round of 68 (-4) to equal her best-ever result on Tour.<\/p>\n \u201cMaja is a fantastic player, so when she is on it, I guess we all just have to watch and learn,\u201d said Harm. \u201cI\u2019m proud of my own round too because in the warm-up that wasn\u2019t quite guaranteed. I wasn\u2019t hitting great shots warming up and I spoke to my caddie and said today is going to be a grind.<\/p>\n \u201cThen suddenly, I was sticking them close and making very few mistakes into the greens which meant I kept my scorecard pretty clean, and I could take advantage of the chances I had.<\/p>\n \u201cI was just trying to play my personal best shot for shot and enjoy the moment of playing well in front of German crowds which was really cool. It\u2019s great that we get inspired by our home crowds supporting us and that\u2019s great for women\u2019s golf.\u201d<\/p>\n Four players finished in a share of fourth place on 13-under-par with German duo Polly Mack \u2013 whole holed her second shot on 18 \u2013 and Olivia Cowan alongside Sweden\u2019s\u00a0Olivia Cowan and Scotland\u2019s Laura Beveridge.<\/p>\n Two-time LET winner Esther Henseleit ended the tournament in T8 on 12-under-par with Morocco\u2019s Ines Laklalech, after the duo produced rounds of 67 and 68 respectively, and Czechia\u2019s Klara Spilkova rounded out the top 10 on nine-under-par.<\/p>\n