Max Rottluff

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| fullname = Maximilian Rottluff

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|1|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Düsseldorf, Germany

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| weight = {{convert|172|lb|abbr=on}}

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| college = Arizona State University

| yearpro = 2016

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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.europeantour.com/players/max-rottluff-40652/ |title=European Tour – Player Profile |publisher=European Tour |accessdate=17 June 2024}}

Amateur career

Rottluff became a member of the German National Team in late 2009.{{cite web |title=Max Rottluff Bio |url=https://thesundevils.com/sports/2013/4/17/208248751 |publisher=Sun Devil Athletics |access-date=18 June 2024}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/leaderboards/team/team_players.cfm?tournament_id=3863 |title=World Amateur Team Championship 2012 |publisher=International Golf Federation |accessdate=17 June 2024}}

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).{{cite web |title=Men's Golf Roster: Max Rottluff |url=https://thesundevils.com/sports/mens-golf/roster/max-rottluff/1002 |publisher=Sun Devil Athletics |access-date=18 June 2024}} He was a first-team All-American and reached the top-20 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.{{cite magazine |last=Myers |first=Alex |title=Introducing Emily Collins and Max Rottluff, golf's newest power couple |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/introducing-emily-collins-and-max-rottluff-golfs-newest-power-couple |access-date=18 June 2024 |magazine=Golf Digest |date=14 January 2016}}

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.{{cite news |last=Küchler |first=Bernhard |title=Nach Premierensieg: Max Rottluff startet in Weltrangliste durch |url=https://www.golfpost.de/nach-premierensieg-max-rottluff-startet-in-weltrangliste-durch-owgr-bernd-ritthammer-martin-kaymer-alex-cejka-7777235150/ |access-date=18 June 2024 |work=Golf Post |date=27 June 2016 |language=de}} 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.{{cite web |title=Max Rottluff |url=https://www.pgatour.com/player/48052/max-rottluff/bio |publisher=PGA Tour |access-date=17 June 2024}}

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:{{cite web |title=Max Rottluff |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/maximilian-rottluff-2663 |publisher=WAGR |access-date=17 June 2024}}