Maximilian Kieffer

Born in Bergisch Gladbach and began playing golf at the age of five
Played most of his golf at Hubbelrath Golf Club in Dusseldorf, the same club as Martin Kaymer
Represented the German National team from 2005-2010 and played college golf briefly at the University of Florida before turning professional in 2010
In 2012, won his first tournament on the Challenge Tour at the Gujarat Kensville Challenge in India
In 2013, lost a sudden-death playoff at the Open de Espana, defeated by Raphael Jacquelin at the ninth extra hole, the longest playoff in European Tour history at the time
During round three of the 2015 Irish Open, broke the Royal County Down course record set in 1939 by shooting 6-under 65
Represented Germany twice in the World Cup of Golf (2013 with Marcel Siem and 2018 with Martin Kaymer)
Hit three balls in the water on the fifth extra hole of a sudden-death playoff at the 2021 Austrian Golf Open to lose to American John Catlin; the following week, carded a final-round 62 to finish runner-up again at Gran Canaria Lopesan Open