Maximilian Steinlechner

Maximilian Steinlechner is an Austrian professional golfer and Challenge Tour player. He won the Mediclinic Invitational on the 2024–25 Sunshine Tour.

Early life and amateur career

Steinlechner was born in Innsbruck and became the number one ranked amateur in Austria after he won the Austrian Boys Stroke Play Championship three consecutive years between 2015 and 2017. In 2017, he also won both the Austrian Stroke Play Championship and the Austrian International Amateur. He tied for 3rd at the 2019 European Amateur behind Matthias Schmid and Euan Walker.
He was a member of the National Team and played for Austria at the European Boys' Team Championship, the European Amateur Team Championship and the Eisenhower Trophy, and represented the Continent of Europe at the 2022 St Andrews Trophy.
Steinlechner attended North Carolina State University between 2019 and 2023. He played golf with the NC State Wolfpack men's golf team and was named Honorable Mention All-American, and to the All-Region and All-ACC teams.

Steinlechner turned professional in June 2023 and joined the Challenge Tour, where his best finish in his rookie campaign was a tie for fifth at the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge.
In 2024, he tied for 3rd at the Euram Bank Open, and also made a few starts on the Alps Tour, where he was runner-up at the Alps de Las Castillas and won the Gösser Open.
In January 2025, he birdied the final hole to win the Mediclinic Invitational on the Sunshine Tour, one stroke ahead of Daniel van Tonder.

2015 Austrian Boys Stroke Play Championship
2016 Austrian Boys Stroke Play Championship
2017 Austrian Boys Stroke Play Championship, Austrian Stroke Play Championship, Austrian International Amateur

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Challenge Tour playoff record

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Amateur

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