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Marcel Siem Bio - (C) GOLFstats Inc. 2020

Siem turned professional in 2000 and joined the European Tour in 2002. His first win on the European Tour came at the 2004 Dunhill Championship. Siem then had to wait eight years before picking up his second win in 2012 at the Alstom Open de France.

After steady seasons in 2010 and 2011, he started 2012 in fine form, finishing fourth in the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, tied for second in the Avantha Masters, and tied for seventh in the BMW PGA Championship before landing the biggest title of his career in the Alstom Open de France. Carded a final-round 67 at Le Golf National in Paris to hold off Francesco Molinari and win for the second time on The European Tour, following his 2004 victory in the Dunhill Championship. Added a third title in April 2013 with a wire-to-wire victory in the Trophee Hassan II. He won the World Cup for Germany in Barbados in 2006 when he teamed up with Bernhard Langer but lost his card the following season. He underlined his support of the Challenge Tour at the start of 2007 when he lent his name to the POSTBANK Challenge presented by Marcel Siem. That support reflected the rapid progress he made from the Approved Third Level EPD Tour through the Challenge Tour before a final step up to The European Tour and his first tournament win in South Africa in 2004, a journey that took three years. He owned his first club as a 2-year-old when he would play with a little putter but really started playing at the age of 6. His parents ran a golf club restaurant at Burge Overbach in Cologne. His father, Heinz, was a professional handball player before getting injured at age 23.

2014 Notes: Sealed the biggest win of his career in dramatic style at the BMW Masters, where he chipped in from the edge of the green to overcome Alexander Levy and Ross Fisher on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. That success propelled him from 53rd to fourth in The Race to Dubai, eventually settling for a career-high finish of seventh. For the year, he had three top-tens; the others were T-7th at the BMW PGA Championship and T-8th at the Turkish Airlines Open.

2015 Notes: Played in 19 European Tour events, making 10 cuts with one top-ten finish. Was 66th in the Race to Dubai, with earnings of euro524,877. He started the year with a 4th at the Nedbank Golf Challenge, his only top-15 finish for the year. Did have a T-18th at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-am. After finishing T-48th in the PGA Championship, he played in the Korn Ferry playoffs, but he didn't make it to the weekend in any four of his starts. He ended his year with a T-60th finish at the BMW Masters.

2016 Notes: Played in 25 European Tour events, making 13 cuts with two top-ten finishes. Was 82nd in the Race to Dubai with earnings of euro408,686. Was T-5th at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, five shots back of winner Rickie Fowler. At the Volvo China Open, shot 66 in the final round to finish T-3rd, four shots back of winner Haotong Li. Ended his season with a T-39th finish at the Nedbank Golf Challenge.

2017 Notes: Played in 27 European Tour events, making 13 cuts with four top-ten finishes. He was 101st in the Race to Dubai with earnings of euro398,736. Was T-8th at the Rocco Forte Open and Nordea Masters. Was 2nd in the Saltire Energy Paul Lawrie Match Play, losing the final match to Adrian Otaegul 2 & 1. Was T-10th at the Made in Denmark. He finished his year finishing T-64th at the Turkish Airlines Open.

2018 Notes: Played in 25 European Tour events making 8 cuts. He was 155th in the Race to Dubai, losing his European Tour card. His best finish was T-14th at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open.

2019 Notes: Played in 17 European Tour events, making 4 cuts. He was 192nd in the Race to Dubai. Best finish was T-6th at the Belgian Knockout.

2020 Notes: Played on both the European Tour (12 events) and 9 Challenge Tour events. His only top-ten of the year was in his last event of the year, T-6th at the South African Open.

2021 Notes: Played in 15 Challenge Tour events, making 13 cuts with three top-ten finishes. He was 15th in the Race to Mallorca, earning euro229,744. He was 4th at the Dormy Open, three shots back of the Felix Mory/bjorn Hellgren playoff. He was 5th at the Kaskada Golf Challenge, two shots back of the winner Marcel Schneider. The next week shot 67 in the final round to win the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge by a shot over Hugo Leon. Also played in 12 DP World Tour events, making 8 cuts with one top-ten finish, T-7th at the Omega European Masters.

2022 Notes: Played in 25 DP World Tour events, making 14 cuts and one top-ten finish. He was 132nd in the Race to Dubai, earning euro269,658. Best finish T-9th at the Ras al Khaimah Classic, he had to go back to the Qualifying School to regain his tour card for 2023.

2023 Notes: Played in 29 DP World Tour events, making 23 cuts and six top-ten finishes. He was 24th in the Race to Dubai, earning euro1,232,572. He was T-5th at the Investec South African Open. Won for the first time on the DP World Tour since 2014 with a one-shot victory over Yannik Paul. Siem shot 67-68 over the weekend in the win. Finished T-2nd at the Porsche European Open, two shots back of the winner, Tom McKibbin. Was T-10th at the Made in Himmerland. He shot a final round 61 to finish T-4th at the Open de Espana, six shots back of winner Matthieu Pavon. Was T-7th at the Andalucia Masters, five shots back of the winner Adrian Meronk. He ended his season with a T-45th finish at the DP World Tour Championship.

2024 Notes: He had hip surgery in February, and was able to return to golf in May at the Soudal Open. A month later he returned to the winners circle with a victory at the Italian Open. He did it by making a 22-footer on the 72nd holle to force a playoff with Tom McKibbin and on the first playoff hole made a 8-foot birdie putt to win.