Florian Fritsch

Florian Fritsch
Personal information
Born (1985-10-29) 29 October 1985 (age 39)
Munich, Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
Sporting nationality Germany
ResidenceWiesloch, Germany
Career
CollegeUniversity of South Carolina
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Former tour(s)Pro Golf Tour
Professional wins9
Achievements and awards
Pro Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner		2013

Florian Fritsch (born 29 October 1985) is a German professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour.

Career

Fritsch was born in Munich, Germany, and attended the University of South Carolina in the United States, graduating in 2008. He turned professional in early 2009, and almost became the third golfer, after countryman Martin Kaymer, and Italian Edoardo Molinari, ever to win on their Challenge Tour début, when he lost to Lee S. James in a playoff for the Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne.

In 2010, he quit professional golf because of a fear of flying that developed through the years after a flight where he experienced huge clear-air turbulences.[1] After a few months he took up his professional career again. He only played in tournaments he could reach by car or by train. Nevertheless he reached the final qualifying stage of the European Tour and earned his card for the 2011 season.

After finishing 125th on the 2015 Race to Dubai and missing the full-card for the 2016 season, in 2016 he finished 101st thanks to his T7 placements in the Omega European Masters, at the Porsche European Open and at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. He secured his full-card for 2017 playing just 12 tournaments, due to his flying fears and his low-ranking spot in 2016.

Professional wins (9)

Pro Golf Tour wins (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 7 May 2009 Gut Winterbrock Classic −11 (72-65-68=205) Playoff Germany Max Kramer
2 19 May 2010 Heidelberg Lobenfeld Classic −9 (69-67-68=204) 6 strokes Germany Stephan Gross, Germany Max Kramer
3 9 May 2013 GreenEagle Classic −3 (70-76-70=216) 3 strokes Germany Dennis Küpper, Austria Berni Reiter
4 7 Jun 2013 Land Fleesensee Classic −17 (68-66-65=199) 1 stroke Netherlands Fernand Osther
5 24 Jul 2013 Lotos Polish Open −9 (69-70-68=207) Playoff Germany Anton Kirstein
6 3 Sep 2013 Preis des Hardenberg GolfResort −5 (69-72-70=211) 2 strokes Belgium Christopher Mivis, Germany Marcel Schneider

Nordic Golf League wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 16 Feb 2017 Mediter Real Estate Masters −17 (69-60-66=195) 7 strokes Norway Kristoffer Reitan (a)

Hi5 Pro Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 10 Feb 2011 El Valle Open −11 (69-71-62=202) 1 stroke Northern Ireland Jonathan Caldwell, Spain Miguel Ángel Martín

Other wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 1 Aug 2013 HDI Gerling German PGA Championship −15 (64-70-72-67=273) 2 strokes Germany Marcel Schneider

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2009 Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne England Lee S. James Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2014 Belgian Challenge Open England William Harrold Lost to par on first extra hole
3 2014 EMC Golf Challenge Open Portugal Ricardo Gouveia Lost to birdie on third extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. ^ Player blog: Florian Fritsch, European Tour, 19 October 2016
  2. ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. ^ "European Youths Team Championship". European Golf Association.