Singapore’s Shannon Tan returns to the scene of her second Ladies European Tour (LET) title this week in Germany.
The Olympian won the Amundi German Masters on the North Course at Green Eagle Golf Courses in 2025 defeating home star Helen Briem by one stroke.
Having recorded three top-10 finishes prior to this week in 2025, the victory boosted Tan as she scooped another LET title in October and went on to win the LET Order of Merit at the end of the season.
“I definitely have good memories,” said Tan. “I played 18 holes yesterday, so I think it hit me when I walked up to 18 green yesterday in the practice round. It’s a year ago pretty much.
“I had the same walk up the green and I hit the same putt for fun. Overall, I just have good memories from Germany itself. It was my first time in Germany last year.
“Walking up to hole 17, me and my caddie joked about how long I went on 17 and they’ve moved the tee box to the other side this year. That was one sign of how pumped up I was last year; you’ve got the adrenaline going and I hit it a bit longer. It was definitely a bit stressful towards the last few holes but somehow, I got it done.”
The 2026 Amundi German Masters is being held between May 14-17 with a field of 132 players teeing it up in a 72-hole stroke play competition, and there will be a cut at the 36-hole mark.
One big difference between the 2025 and 2026 editions will be the weather, as the climate is a little colder so far this year.
Even though that will make the already challenging golf course longer, the three-time LET winner also believes players can be more aggressive with the pins because it is softer than last year.
She continued: “Overall, it will definitely be different from last year just because of how much colder it is this year and how soft it is as well. It’ll still pretty much be the same game plan as last year, I just know it’s going to be slightly longer.
“One thing with it being soft is you can just go at pins, which is quite different from last year, when you couldn’t really go at everything. This year, the good thing about it being soft is that you can just go for it and be aggressive to an extent.
“Overall, you’ve also got longer clubs in but know that they would react differently to what it would have reacted last year. I think that’s the main thing. I was just hitting a few chips around the greens, and I thought I can definitely fly this there, so it’s getting used to that.”
Tan, who won both the LET Order of Merit and Players’ Player of Year titles in 2025, has only made four starts on the LET in 2026 with one top-10 finish and two top-20 results to her name.
However, due to being crowned the LET’s number one last year, Tan has more opportunities in major championships this season and recorded her best-ever major finish with T38 at the Chevron Championship in April.
“I’ve not actually played many events,” she explained. “I’ve had a lot of stop-start, but it’s just because my schedule is a bit different this year. I’ve only played six events and four events on the LET, so it’s not much, and it’s already mid-May.
“I knew that this year would be a different year to what 2025 would have been because last year my full focus was just LET events and this year, I’ve got to split that focus up and not look as much at the Order of Merit.
“I’ll put my focus into trying to do well into majors and just focus on and accept that. It’s also just trying to gain experience and learn when you play those big events as well.
“Honestly, I would admit I thought I would’ve struggled a bit with the length at Chevron because it was playing really long. It’s an American course, so a lot of people just bomb it as far as they can and figure out when they get there. I don’t do that, so I had to stick to my game plan and hit it straight enough.
“I want to stop focusing on what everyone else is doing with their drive and just focus on myself. I was pleased with the four days, it’s my best major finish. There are definitely things to learn from it, gaining a few yards here and there but at the same time, I’m trying not to rush it and also trying not to lose that dispersion.”
Tan will begin her title defence at 8.04 am (local time) from the 10th tee in Germany alongside Austria’s Emma Spitz and Germany’s Esther Henseleit.
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