
Maximilian Kieffer
GER
- 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