Christoph Joseph Günther (born 22 July 1975) is a German professional

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er who has played on the

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and the EPD Tour. Günther was born in

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. He mainly played on the EPD Tour since turning professional in 1995. He won 10 times on the EPD Tour between 2001 and 2012. Günther won his first tournament on the Challenge Tour in 2009 at the

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. He entered the final round five strokes behind the leader but shot a fantastic final round of 62 (-10) to win by a stroke. The win put him into a good position to finish high enough on the Challenge Tour's 2009 money list to earn a

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card for 2010.

Professional wins (20)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

EPD Tour wins (10)

Other wins (9)

*1999 Brose Coburg Open (Germany) *2001 German PGA Championship *2003 German PGA Championship *2005 Bad Homburger Open (Germany) *2006 German PGA Team Championship (with

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) *2007 German PGA Team Championship (with Marcel Haremza) *2010 German PGA Team Championship (with Marcel Haremza) *2021 PGA Pro Day Rethmar Golf Links, PGA Pro Day Golfclub München-Riedhof

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunther, Christoph German male golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Göttingen 1975 births Living people