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.
Amateur career Rottluff became a member of the German National Team in late 2009. 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.
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). He was a first-team All-American and reached the top-20 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
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. 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.
In 2022, he joined the Challenge Tour where he won two titles in 2023, to graduate to the European Tour for the 2024 season.
Personal life Rotluff's father is a former professional ice-hockey player and his sister has played collegiate golf at the College of Charleston.
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
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Professional wins (4) Challenge Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up17 May 2023UAE Challenge−14 (68-73-63-70=274)1 stroke Ugo Coussaud23 Sep 2023Indoor Golf Group Challenge−21 (68-64-66-65=263)3 strokes Jeppe Kristian Andersen, Jesper Svensson
PGA Tour Canada wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up126 Jun 2016SIGA Dakota Dunes Open−23 (67-65-67-66=265)1 stroke Carter Jenkins211 Jun 2017Bayview Place Cardtronics Open−16 (70-64-63-67=264)1 stroke T. J. Vogel
Team appearances Amateur Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Continental Europe): 2011 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy (representing Germany): 2011 Eisenhower Trophy (representing Germany): 2012, 2014 European Amateur Team Championship (representing Germany): 2013, 2014, 2015 Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2015
Professional Aruba Cup (representing PGA Tour Canada): 2016, 2017 (winners)
See also 2023 Challenge Tour graduates
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