Max Rottluff

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Finishers 76-100 on Regular Season points list and additional Qualifying Tournament finishers (thru 2020)

PGA TOUR Canada Victories (2)

2016 Season

• SIGA Dakota Dunes Open

2017 Season

• Bayview Place Cardtronics Open presented by Times Colonist

Additional Victories (2)

• 2016 SIGA Dakota Dunes Open
• 2017 Bayview Place Cardtronics Open presented by Times Colonist

PLAYOFF RECORD

PGA TOUR CANADA (0-1)

• 2017 Lost to Patrick Newcomb, Syncrude Oil Country Championship presented by AECON

National Teams

• 2016, 2017 Aruba Cup

Personal

• Coffee enthusiast, likes to practice latte-art and barista skills in free time. Befriended a famous barista from his hometown of Dusseldorf, Germany, in the fall of 2018: Dritan Alsela. Learned how to be a barista with him, latte-art, etc...
• Father was a professional hockey player in Germany and sister plays collegiate golf at the College of Charleston.
• Lists winning German Team Championship in 2011 as most thrilling moment in golf.
• Favorite course he's played is Whisper Rock.
• Favorite athletes to watch are Tiger Woods and Martin Kaymer.
• Dream foursome would include Tiger Woods, Mark Wahlberg and Martin Kaymer.

Special Interests

Career Highlights

2020 Season

• Evans Scholars Invitational: Carded a final-round 65 to rise to a T4 finish at 14-under 274 at the Evans Scholars Invitational.

2019 Season

Finished the season at No. 98 on the Regular Season points list. Recorded four top-25s in 22 starts, including a season-best T6 at the KC Golf Classic.

• KC Golf Classic: Carded rounds of 68-68 on the weekend to finish T6 at 8-under 280 at the KC Golf Classic.

2018 Season

Finished the season at No. 64 on the Regular Season money list. Recorded three top-10 finishes in 26 starts, highlighted by a T4 at the KC Golf Classic. Finished at No. 89 in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.

• KC Golf Classic: Carded four sub-70 rounds at the KC Golf Classic to finish T4, the first top-5 finish of his Korn Ferry Tour career.
• BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation: Carded 66-62-67-69 for a T6 finish at the BMW Charity Pro-Am.
• North Mississippi Classic: Ended the North Mississippi Classic at T10, picking up the first top-10 finish of his Korn Ferry Tour career.

2017 Season

Finished seventh on the Order of Merit thanks to one win and one runner-up finish, earning an exemption into the Final Stage of Korn Ferry Tour Q-School.

• Aruba Cup: Competed on a victorious Mackenzie Tour team at the Aruba Cup.
• Syncrude Oil Country Championship presented by AECON: Finished runner-up in a playoff to Patrick Newcomb at the Syncrude Oil Country Championship, losing to Newcomb's birdie on the fourth extra hole. After a third round 6-under-par 64 put him within striking distance of the lead, he followed suit with a matching 64 in the final round, posting the clubhouse lead at 16-under par before Newcomb caught him and eventually prevailed in a playoff.
• Bayview Place Cardtronics Open presented by Times Colonist: Earned his second career victory at the Bayview Place Cardtronics Open. After holing an improbable pitch shot on the 18th hole to shoot a 7-under 63 in round three, he trailed leader T.J. Vogel by two shots after 54 holes. Took control of the tournament with three straight birdies on holes 10-12 and took a three-stroke advantage by draining a 30-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole, eventually hanging on to win by one over Vogel. His win made him the first player to win in back-to-back seasons on the Mackenzie Tour.

Amateur Highlights

• First-Team All-American in 2015 at Arizona State University.
• Recorded wins at the Alister Mackenzie Invite and Arizona Intercollegiate to go with nine top-10s in 14 tournaments in 2014-15 and held a 69.81 scoring average for the third-best average in program history.
• Won 2012 Turkish Amateur Championship.