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

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Career

Fritsch was born in

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, Germany, and attended the University of South Carolina in the

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, graduating in 2008. He turned professional in early 2009, and almost became the third golfer, after countryman

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, and Italian

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, ever to win on their

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début, when he lost to Lee S. James in a playoff for the

Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne The Open de Bretagne is an annual golf tournament held in Brittany, France and founded in 2004. Having been a stop on the satellite Alps Tour for its first three years, in 2007 it became part of the second tier Challenge Tour The Challenge T ...

. In 2010, he quit professional golf because of a fear of flying that developed through the years after a flight where he experienced huge clear-air turbulences. 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

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

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, at the

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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 (9)

Pro Golf Tour wins (6)

Nordic Golf League wins (1)

Hi5 Pro Tour wins (1)

Other wins (1)

Playoff record

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–3)

Team appearances

Amateur *

European Boys' Team Championship The European Boys' Team Championship (Jean-Louis Dupont Trophy) is a European amateur team golf championship for men up to 18 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1980 and it has been played annually since. ...

(representing Germany): 2003 *

European Youths' Team Championship The European Youths' Team Championship was a European amateur team golf championship for men under 22 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1961. It was played every year until 1982, then every second year. It ...

(representing Germany): 2004, 2006 *

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, it is named after Dwight D. Eise ...

(representing Germany): 2004, 2006 *

European Amateur Team Championship The European Amateur Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for men organised by the European Golf Association which was introduced in 1959. The championship was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been ...

(representing Germany): 2005, 2007,

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References

External links

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Florian Fritsch
at the University of South Carolina Gamecocks official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Fritsch, Florian German male golfers South Carolina Gamecocks men's golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Munich Sportspeople from Heidelberg 1985 births Living people