Maximilian Kieffer (born 25 June 1990) is a German

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who plays on the

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Career

Kieffer was born in

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. He played most of his golf at Hubbelrath Golf Club in Düsseldorf, the same club as Martin Kaymer. He represented the German National team from 2005-2010 and represented Europe in the Junior Ryder Cup in 2006. He played college golf briefly in the United States at the

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. He turned professional in 2010. Kieffer joined the

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in 2011 and won his first tournament in 2012 at the Gujarat Kensville Challenge in

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. In April 2013, Kieffer lost in a sudden-death playoff at the Open de España. In the joint longest playoff in European Tour history, Kieffer was beaten by a Raphaël Jacquelin birdie on the ninth playoff hole. In May 2015, during the third round of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, Kieffer broke the Royal County Down course record set in 1939 by shooting 6-under-par 65. In April 2021, Kieffer lost in a sudden-death playoff again at the Austrian Golf Open. He was defeated by John Catlin on the fifth extra hole when he hit three balls into the water. The following week, Kieffer carded a final-round 62 to finish runner-up again at the Gran Canaria Lopesan Open. In August 2022, Kieffer claimed his first European Tour victory at the D+D Real Czech Masters. He won by one shot ahead of Gavin Green.

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (1)

''*Note: The 2022 D+D Real Czech Masters was shortened to 54 holes due to weather.'' European Tour playoff record (0–2)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf Tour of India Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the halfway cut
''Note: Kieffer only played in the U.S. Open.''

Team appearances

Amateur * Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2006 (tie, Cup retained) * European Boys' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2007, 2008 *

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(representing the Continent of Europe): 2007, 2008 * European Amateur Team Championship (representing Germany):

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Eisenhower Trophy The Eisenhower Trophy (World Men's Amateur Team Championships) is the biennial World Amateur Team Championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. Since the tournament was first played in 1958 Eisenhower Trophy, 1958, it is nam ...

(representing Germany):

* St Andrews Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2010 (winners) Professional *

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(representing Germany):

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

References

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Florida Gator profile
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