Matt McCarty (golfer)

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Matt McCarty
Personal information
Born (1997-12-11) December 11, 1997 (age 26)
Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg; 11.8 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
ResidenceScottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Career
College Santa Clara University
Turned professional2021
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking 75 (September 8, 2024) [1]
(as of September 22, 2024)
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour3
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2022
The Open Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Korn Ferry Tour
points list winner 		2024

Matt McCarty (born December 11, 1997) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He joined in 2024 from the Korn Ferry Tour after becoming the 13th person to earn a three-win promotion. [2]

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Amateur career

McCarty attended Santa Clara University between 2016 and 2021, majoring first in finance and then in marketing in graduate school. He earned three All-West Coast Conference honors three times and reached the quarterfinals at the 2019 U.S. Amateur Four-Ball together with teammate Derek Ackerman, after the due finished at 13-under-par 128 in stroke play, best in the field. [3]

Professional career

McCarty turned professional in 2021 and played on the Forme Tour, where his best finish was a T5. He won the Wyoming State Open. [4]

In 2022, McCarty joined the Korn Ferry Tour, where he had a T5 in 2022 and a T3 in 2023, before securing three victories in a six-week span in 2024 to earn his PGA Tour card. [5] [6] McCarty locked up the number one spot on the 2024 Korn Ferry Tour with one event left, earning him exemptions into the 2025 Players Championship and 2025 U.S. Open.

Amateur wins

Source: [7]

Professional wins (4)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (3)

Legend
Finals events (1)
Other Korn Ferry Tour (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Jul 21, 2024 Price Cutter Charity Championship −25 (65-67-65-66=263)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Gainey
2Aug 11, 2024 Pinnacle Bank Championship −14 (69-67-67-67=270)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Danny Walker
3Aug 25, 2024 Albertsons Boise Open −21 (63-68-65-67=263)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg William Mouw, Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Roy

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament2022
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 36 2024 Ending 8 Sep 2024" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Matt McCarty – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Men's Golf Roster: Matt McCarty". Santa Clara University Athletics. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Past Wyoming Open Champions". Wyoming State Open Golf Tournament. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  5. ↑ Collingwood, Ryan (July 21, 2024). "Price Cutter Charity Championship: Matt McCarty's win earns him PGA Tour card". Springfield Daily Citizen. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  6. ↑ Stanley, Adam (September 12, 2024). "After Tour promotion, Matt McCarty returns to Korn Ferry Tour to preserve No. 1 spot". Korn Ferry Tour. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Matt McCarty". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
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