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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Sport
Steve Douglas

German golfer who nearly died after being hit by a drunk driver wins her first professional title

Leonie Harm won the German Masters on Sunday - (AP)

Thirteen years after nearly losing her life when she was hit by a drunk driver, German golfer Leonie Harm has secured her inaugural professional title on the Ladies European Tour, triumphing on home soil.

Harm clinched the German Masters on Sunday, sinking birdies on her final two holes to achieve a long-awaited breakthrough that once seemed impossible following the devastating incident in 2013.

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