Nicolas Meitinger
{{short description|German professional golfer}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name = Nicolas Meitinger
| image = Nicolas Meitinger.JPG
| image_size = 200px
| fullname =
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|2|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Cologne, Germany
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{Height|m=1.80|precision=0}}
| weight =
| nationality = {{DEU}}
| residence = Cologne, Germany
| spouse =
| partner =
| children =
| college =
| yearpro = 2005
| retired =
| tour = Challenge Tour
| extour = Pro Golf Tour
| prowins = 12
| pgawins =
| eurowins =
| champwins =
| japwins =
| asiawins =
| sunwins =
| auswins =
| chalwins = 1
| otherwins = 11
| majorwins =
| masters =
| usopen =
| open =
| pga =
| wghofid =
| wghofyear =
| award1 = EPD Tour
Order of Merit winner
| year1 = 2005
| awardssection =
}}
Nicolas Meitinger (born 10 February 1984) is a German professional golfer.
Career
Meitinger was born in Cologne, Germany.[http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/players/playerid=33065/bio/index.html Nicolas Meitinger European Tour profile] He turned professional in 2005 and initially played on the EPD Tour, where he had six wins. After finishing third on the EPD Tour Order of Merit in 2008,[http://www.pga.de/epd-season2008.html EPD Tour - Order of Merit 2008] and subsequently reaching the final stage of the European Tour's Qualifying School, he earned a place on the second-tier Challenge Tour for the first time. In his first season on the tour he recorded two top-10 finishes and ended 70th on the money list, a position he improved on by a single place in 2010. In 2011 he won for the first time on the Challenge Tour.[http://www.europeantour.com/challengetour/season=2011/tournamentid=2011758/news/newsid=136461.html#mighty+meitinger+follows+kaymers+footsteps Mighty Meitinger follows in Kaymers' footsteps] He had further wins on the Pro Golf Tour in 2014 and 2015.
Professional wins (12)
=Challenge Tour wins (1)=
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of |
align=center|1
|align=right|8 May 2011 |−15 (71-63-67-68=269) |Playoff |{{flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Kieffer |
Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result |
style="background:#D0F0C0;"
|align=center|1 |2011 |{{flagicon|DEU}} Maximilian Kieffer |Won with birdie on second extra hole |
=Pro Golf Tour wins (10)=
class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of |
align=center|1
|align=right|11 May 2005 |Gleidingen Classic |−6 (71-71-68=210) |5 strokes |{{flagicon|FIN}} Janne Mommo, {{flagicon|GER}} Christian Reimbold, |
align=center|2
|align=right|5 Jul 2005 |Central European Open |−12 (66-68-67=201) |4 strokes |{{flagicon|GER}} Richard Porter |
align=center|3
|align=right|27 Jul 2005 |Höslwang Classic |−8 (72-68-68=208) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|GER}} John Bleys, {{flagicon|FRA}} Anthony Grenier |
align=center|4
|align=right|10 Aug 2005 |Sybrook Classic |−7 (74-69-66=209) |3 strokes |{{flagicon|GER}} Manuel Kempe, {{flagicon|GER}} Jochen Lupprian |
align=center|5
|align=right|10 Jul 2008 |OTP Private Bank Central European Golf Classic |−17 (67-64-68=199) |6 strokes |{{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Froreich |
align=center|6
|align=right|16 Jul 2008 |Bohemia Franzensbad Classic |−12 (72-67-68=207) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|ENG}} James Ruth |
align=center|7
|align=right|6 Feb 2010 |Montgomerie Classic |−5 (70-69-72=211) |8 strokes |{{flagicon|BEL}} Thomas de Kesel, {{flagicon|GER}} Bernd Ritthammer |
align=center|8
|align=right|11 Feb 2010 |Lykia Links Classic |−9 (74-69-64=207) |4 strokes |{{flagicon|GER}} Maximilian Glauert, {{flagicon|IRL}} Stephen Grant, |
align=center|9
|align=right|26 Jan 2014 |Sueno Pines Classic |−6 (70-68=138)* |4 strokes |{{flagicon|GER}} Anton Kirstein |
align=center|10
|align=right|15 Apr 2015 |Open Casa Green Golf |−9 (66-75-66=207) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|FRA}} David Antonelli, {{flagicon|GER}} Julian Kunzenbacher, |
=Other wins (1)=
- 2008 German PGA Championship
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{EuroTour player|33065}}
- {{OWGR|9214}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meitinger, Nicolas}}
Category:European Tour golfers