Florian Fritsch

Florian Fritsch (born 29 October 1985) is a German professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour

Florian Fritsch
Personal information
Full nameFlorian Fritsch
Born (1985-10-29) 29 October 1985
Munich, Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
Nationality Germany
ResidenceWiesloch, Germany
Career
CollegeUniversity of South Carolina
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins6

Fritsch was born in Munich, Germany, and attended the University of South Carolina in the United States, graduating in 2008. He turned professional in early 2009, and almost became the third golfer, after countryman Martin Kaymer, and Italian Edoardo Molinari, ever to win on their Challenge Tour début, when he lost to Lee S. James in a playoff for the Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne.

2010 he quit from professional golf because of a fear of flying that developed through the years after a flight where he experienced huge clear-air turbulences.[1] After a few months he took up his professional career again. He only played in tournaments he could reach by car or by train. Nevertheless he reached the final qualifying stage of the European Tour and earned his card for the 2011 season.

After finishing 125th on the 2015 Race to Dubai and missing the full-card for the 2016 season, in 2016 he finished 101st thanks to his T7 placements in the Omega European Masters, at the Porsche European Open and at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. He secured his full-card for 2017 playing just 12 tournaments, due to his flying fears and his low-ranking spot in 2016.

Professional wins (5)

EPD Tour wins (4)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 7 May 2009 Gut Winterbrock Classic −11 (72-65-68=205) Playoff Max Kramer
2 19 May 2010 Heidelberg Lobenfeld Classic −9 (69-67-68=204) 6 strokes Stephan Gross Jr, Max Kramer
3 9 May 2013 GreenEagle Classic −3 (70-76-70=216) 3 strokes Dennis Küpper, Berni Reiter
4 7 Jun 2013 Land Fleesensee Classic −17 (68-66-65=199) 1 stroke Fernand Osther

Nordic Golf League wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 16 Feb 2017 Mediter Real Estate Masters − PGA Catalunya −17 (69-60-66=195) 7 strokes Kristoffer Reitan (a)

Other wins (1)
  • 2013 German PGA Championship

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–3)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2009 Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne Lee S. James Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2014 Belgian Challenge Open William Harrold Lost to par on first extra hole
3 2014 EMC Golf Challenge Open Ricardo Gouveia Lost to birdie on third extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

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See also

References
  1. Player blog: Florian Fritsch, European Tour, 19 October 2016
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