Marcel Schneider (golfer)

Marcel Schneider (born 6 February 1990) is a German professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the Challenge Tour. He has won three times on the Challenge Tour, the 2018 Swiss Challenge and the 2021 Kaskáda Golf Challenge and Open de Portugal.

Marcel Schneider
Personal information
Born (1990-02-06) 6 February 1990
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Sporting nationality Germany
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Pro Golf Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour3
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2022
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2021
Achievements and awards
Pro Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner		2014

Amateur career

Schneider had a successful year in 2012. At the start of the year, he won the Australian Amateur beating Daniel Nisbet at the 37th hole in the final. During the year he played in the Bonallack Trophy and the St Andrews Trophy and he was part of the German team that took a joint bronze medal in the Eisenhower Trophy in Turkey.[1] He turned professional at the end of 2012.

Professional career

Schneider played on the Pro Golf Tour in 2013 and 2014. 2014 was a successful year with two victories and he led the Order of Merit. That gave him entry to the Second Stage of the European Tour Qualifying School. He then finished 73rd in the final stage, to earn a place on the Challenge Tour.[2]

From 2015 to 2020 Schneider mostly played on the Challenge Tour. In 2015 he was joint runner-up in the Gant Open in Finland. In 2018 he won the Swiss Challenge and was runner-up in the Rolex Trophy. In 2020 he was runner-up in the Austrian Open and lost in a playoff for the Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil. He finished second in the 2020 Challenge Tour Order of Merit to gain limited playing opportunities on the 2021 European Tour.[3] In July 2021, playing in his first Challenge Tour event of the season, he had his second success on the tour, winning the Kaskáda Golf Challenge by one stroke. The win also gave him an entry into the 2021 Open Championship, his first major championship.[4]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

Challenge Tour wins (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 3 Jun 2018 Swiss Challenge −22 (63-64-68-67=262) 6 strokes Norway Kristian Krogh Johannessen
2 4 Jul 2021 Kaskáda Golf Challenge −16 (65-65-71-67=284) 1 stroke New Zealand Josh Geary, Australia Dimitrios Papadatos,
Italy Lorenzo Scalise
3 26 Sep 2021 Open de Portugal −19 (68-66-65-70=269) 1 stroke France Frédéric Lacroix

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2020 Italian Challenge Open Eneos Motor Oil England Matt Ford, Germany Hurly Long Long won with birdie on second extra hole
Schneider eliminated by par on first hole
2 2021 Hopps Open de Provence Austria Lukas Nemecz, England Alfie Plant Plant won with birdie on first extra hole

Pro Golf Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 12 Feb 2014 Open Mogador −7 (68-71-70=209) 5 strokes Germany Max Kramer
2 10 Apr 2014 Open Madaef −6 (71-71-68=210) 2 strokes Netherlands Floris de Vries

Results in major championships
Tournament 20212022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
  1. "World Amateur Team Championship 2012". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. "Final Qualifying Stage – PGA Catalunya Resort". European Tour.
  3. "Czech mate as Lieser scoops Grand Final and Rankings double". PGA European Tour. 22 November 2020.
  4. "Schneider seals Kaskáda victory and Open exemption". PGA European Tour. 4 July 2021.
  5. "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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