With joy we look upon the performance of the male german players, veteran Bernhard Langer showed us just last week that he still has a victory on the PGA tour in him at age 49. Martin Kaymer is about to make his mark on the European Tour after a blistering 2006 season. But forget about the men for a second and have a look at this:

With a victory at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open and a second place at the BMW Ladies Italian Open, Bettina Hauert propelled herself to the top of the Ladies Order of Merit. Her career earnings are 199.805,26 € in total, 133.000,00 of which she made this year, so she plays her best season by far since becoming professional in 2004.
Learn more about Bettina in her player profile and on her website. Unfortunately, she had to withdraw from this weeks Northern Ireland Ladies Open, but we’ll keep an eye on her in the upcoming tournaments.