Australian golfer Andre Stolz competing on the PGA Tour.
Andre Pierre Stolz was born in Brisbane, Queensland, on 10 May 1970 and grew up in Canberra. He began focusing seriously on golf at about 14 or 15 after initially playing several sports. At 18, he became a trainee professional at Sydney’s Lakes Course and completed a three-year apprenticeship before turning professional in 1992. Stolz developed as a right-handed professional known for his competitive tournament game and ability to win across several tours. His early career was established on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won the 2000 Tour Championship and later captured the 2002 Victorian Open and Queensland PGA Championship. He also won the 2003 Token Homemate Cup on the Japan Golf Tour. His first major international breakthrough came on the Nationwide Tour in 2003, when he won the LaSalle Bank Open and earned promotion to the PGA TOUR for 2004. Stolz then produced the defining result of his career by winning the 2004 Michelin Championship in Las Vegas by one stroke. The victory gave him a two-year PGA TOUR exemption. His progress was interrupted by a serious left-wrist injury suffered in late 2004 or early 2005. After surgery and continuing pain, he stepped away from competitive golf in his mid-30s. During the lay-off he ran the Bateau Bay driving range, taught golf, played club cricket and coached junior cricket. He returned to tournament golf around 2008 after rediscovering a pain-free swing, helped by support from Peter Senior and a substantial technical rebuild. His second phase included further Australian and Asian Tour success, including the 2009 Victorian PGA Championship, the 2011 Indonesian PGA Championship and Thailand Open, and the 2013 South Pacific Open in Nouméa. He also reached a career-high world ranking of 53 in 2003 and competed in the 2013 Australian Open alongside his son Zac, forming the first father-son pairing in that event since Gary and Wayne Player in 1979. A later wrist recurrence, together with other reported physical problems, again forced him away from full-time tournament golf. After another return, Stolz became a prominent senior competitor, winning Australian PGA Legends Tour events and Order of Merit titles. His most recent publicly documented professional context is senior golf, including PGA TOUR Champions administration listings in 2026. The supplied provider status is Inactive; this profile does not infer an active competition roster from that listing.
Stolz’s first major international breakthrough was winning the 2003 LaSalle Bank Open on the Nationwide Tour. The victory helped him finish high enough on the money list to earn PGA TOUR status for 2004. His highest-profile breakthrough followed in 2004 when he won the Michelin Championship in Las Vegas, his only PGA TOUR victory.
Reported career highlights include one PGA TOUR win, one Japan Golf Tour win, one Nationwide Tour win and multiple PGA Tour of Australasia victories. The PGA TOUR lists two career wins in its current player profile, reflecting its broader player-record presentation; the detailed tour history in reputable reporting identifies the 2004 Michelin Championship as his PGA TOUR victory. Stolz reached a reported career-best world ranking of 53 in 2003 and was reported as the 2011 Asian/OneAsia Tour Order of Merit leader.
Winning the 2004 Michelin Championship in Las Vegas after rounds of 67, 67, 65 and 67; returning from a multi-year retirement to finish tied sixth in the Australian Open; winning the 2013 South Pacific Open after rebuilding his swing; and competing in the 2013 Australian Open with his son Zac as the first father-son pairing in the event since 1979.