Max Rottluff

Max Rottluff
Personal information
Full nameMaximilian Rottluff
Born (1993-01-29) 29 January 1993 (age 31)
Düsseldorf, Germany
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight172 lb (78 kg)
Sporting nationality Germany
Career
CollegeArizona State University
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Challenge Tour
PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour2
Other2

Maximilian Rottluff (born 29 January 1993) is a German professional golfer and European Tour player. He graduated from the Challenge Tour where he won two events.[1]

Amateur career

Rottluff became a member of the German National Team in late 2009.[2] He lost the final of the 2010 Boys Amateur Championship, 4 and 3, to Adrián Otaegui. In 2011, he won the German Team Championship and represented Europe at the Jacques Léglise Trophy. Rottluff went on to represent Germany at the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy in a team with Marcel Schneider and Moritz Lampert. Their team finished in a tie for third behind the United States and Mexico alongside South Korea and France.[3]

Rottluff attended Arizona State University 2012–2016. Playing with the Arizona State Sun Devils men's golf team under coach Tim Mickelson he recorded a stroke average of 69.81 in 2014–15, behind only his teammate Jon Rahm (69.15).[4] He was a first-team All-American and reached the top-20 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[5]

Professional career

Rotluff turned professional in 2016 and joined the PGA Tour Canada, where he played for two years and won twice, including the 2016 SIGA Dakota Dunes Open for his first professional title.[6] He then played on the Korn Ferry Tour 2018–2021, where his best finish was a T4 at the 2018 KC Golf Classic and 2020 Evans Scholars Invitational.[7]

In 2022, he joined the Challenge Tour where he won two titles in 2023, to graduate to the European Tour for the 2024 season.[1]

Personal life

Rotluff's father is a former professional ice-hockey player and his sister has played collegiate golf at the College of Charleston.[7]

Amateur wins

  • 2009 Harder German Junior Masters
  • 2010 Scottish Youths Open, United States Junior Masters, Junior Orange Bowl International
  • 2012 Turkish Amateur Open
  • 2013 German International Amateur
  • 2014 Alister MacKenzie Invitational
  • 2015 Arizona Intercollegiate

Source:[8]

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 7 May 2023 UAE Challenge −14 (68-73-63-70=274) 1 stroke France Ugo Coussaud
2 3 Sep 2023 Indoor Golf Group Challenge −21 (68-64-66-65=263) 3 strokes Denmark Jeppe Kristian Andersen, Sweden Jesper Svensson

PGA Tour Canada wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 26 Jun 2016 SIGA Dakota Dunes Open −23 (67-65-67-66=265) 1 stroke United States Carter Jenkins
2 11 Jun 2017 Bayview Place Cardtronics Open −16 (70-64-63-67=264) 1 stroke United States T. J. Vogel

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "European Tour – Player Profile". European Tour. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Max Rottluff Bio". Sun Devil Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ^ "World Amateur Team Championship 2012". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Men's Golf Roster: Max Rottluff". Sun Devil Athletics. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  5. ^ Myers, Alex (14 January 2016). "Introducing Emily Collins and Max Rottluff, golf's newest power couple". Golf Digest. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  6. ^ Küchler, Bernhard (27 June 2016). "Nach Premierensieg: Max Rottluff startet in Weltrangliste durch". Golf Post (in German). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Max Rottluff". PGA Tour. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Max Rottluff". WAGR. Retrieved 17 June 2024.