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Elisabeth Esterl

professional golfer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ86011 ↗
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Elisabeth Esterl (born 29 August 1976) is a German professional golfer.

Career

In 1976, Esterl was born in Dingolfing.

In 1997, Esterl turned professional. She joined the Ladies European Tour (LET) soon afterwards. She has won two LET tournaments: the 2003 Tenerife Ladies Open and the 2004 KLM Ladies Open. Her best year was 2003, when she finished second on the LET Order of Merit and played for Europe in the Solheim Cup.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1976, 1997, 2003, 2004—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1976-08-29. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Elisabeth, Esterl and professional providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Elisabeth Esterl” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.