Matt Wallace (golfer)

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Matt Wallace
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Personal information
Full nameMatthew Wallace
Born (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 (age 34)
Hillingdon, London, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
ResidenceLondon, England
Career
College Jacksonville State University
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
Professional wins12
Highest ranking 23 (14 July 2019) [1]
(as of 8 September 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
European Tour5
Asian Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T34: 2021
PGA Championship T3: 2019
U.S. Open T12: 2019
The Open Championship T40: 2021
Achievements and awards
Alps Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2016

Matthew Wallace (born 12 April 1990) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour.

Contents

Collegiate career

After growing up in Pinner [2] England and going to Aldenham School, Wallace attended Jacksonville State University, in Northeast Alabama, as a freshman in the 2010–11 season before turning professional. His year in Jacksonville was a successful one that saw him win twice, including the 2011 OVC Championship. He was the OVC Freshman of the Year and held the record for lowest round in school history with a 10-under 62 in the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate. [3]

Professional career

In 2016 Wallace won six tournaments on the Alps Tour and won the Order of Merit. This enabled him to join the Challenge Tour in 2017. He started 2017 by finishing tied for third place in the Barclays Kenya Open and in May he won the Open de Portugal, a dual-ranking event with the main European Tour. [4] The win gave him promotion to the European Tour.

2018: Breakout season

Wallace won his second European Tour event in March 2018, Hero Indian Open, beating Andrew Johnston in a playoff, making a birdie at the first extra hole. The win lifted him into the world top 100 for the first time. [5] In June Wallace won again at the BMW International Open. He started the final round two strokes behind the leaders, but carded a bogey-free round of 65 to take the title by one stroke. [6] He followed that up with a victory at Made in Denmark in September 2018, collecting birdies at five of the last six holes before coming out on top in a four-man playoff. [7] He finished in a share of fifth at the Nedbank Golf Challenge before tying for second at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai to move into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.

2019 to present

In 2019, Wallace finished tied for 3rd place at the PGA Championship and 12th at the US Open. On the PGA Tour, he finished sixth at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, and on the European Tour, he was runner-up at both the Dubai Desert Classic and the British Masters, and third at the BMW International Open and the KLM Open.

In his first full season on the PGA Tour in 2019–20, Wallace had best results of a tied fourth at Memorial Tournament and tied 12th at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

In April 2021, Wallace recorded his joint-best finish on the PGA Tour with a solo-third finish at the Valero Texas Open, after being tied for the lead with Jordan Spieth entering the final round. [8] He finished the 2020–21 season in 111th place on the FedEx Cup standings.

Wallace started his 2021–22 PGA Tour season with a share of 14th place at the Shriners Children's Open and fourth place at the Zozo Championship in October 2021; a further top-ten finish at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in July 2022 helped him to 120th place in the end of season FedEx Cup standings to retain his card for 2022–23. Back on the European Tour in August 2022, Wallace finished runner-up at the 2022 Omega European Masters, losing in a playoff to Thriston Lawrence. [9]

In January 2023, Wallace was selected to play in the inaugural Hero Cup, representing the Great Britain and Ireland team, facing Continental Europe, contributing 2.5 points from a possible four, including a singles victory over Thomas Detry, in his team's defeat. [10] On the PGA Tour, in March, he finished tied for seventh in the Valspar Championship; the following week he claimed his first PGA Tour win, at the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic. [11] Returning to Europe in August, Wallace finished second at the D+D Real Czech Masters and followed that up with top-10 finishes at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. He qualified for the DP World Tour Championship and shot a round of 60 on the Saturday, including nine consecutive birdies on the back nine, [12] ending the week in joint second place.

Professional wins (12)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
126 Mar 2023 Corales Puntacana Championship −19 (67-66-70-66=269)1 stroke Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Højgaard

European Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
114 May 2017 Open de Portugal 1−21 (63-66-73-69=271)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Julian Suri
211 Mar 2018 Hero Indian Open 2−11 (69-70-70-68=277)Playoff Flag of England.svg Andrew Johnston
324 Jun 2018 BMW International Open −10 (73-69-71-65=278)1 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Martin Kaymer, Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Korhonen,
Flag of Denmark.svg Thorbjørn Olesen
42 Sep 2018 Made in Denmark −19 (68-68-66-67=269)Playoff Flag of England.svg Steven Brown, Flag of England.svg Jonathan Thomson,
Flag of England.svg Lee Westwood
58 Sep 2024 Omega European Masters −11 (64-62-73-70=269)Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Alfredo García-Heredia

1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
2Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (3–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2018 Hero Indian Open Flag of England.svg Andrew Johnston Won with birdie on first extra hole
22018 Made in Denmark Flag of England.svg Steven Brown, Flag of England.svg Jonathan Thomson,
Flag of England.svg Lee Westwood 		Won with birdie on second extra hole
Thomson and Westwood eliminated by birdie on first hole
3 2022 Omega European Masters Flag of South Africa.svg Thriston Lawrence Lost to par on first extra hole
4 2024 Omega European Masters Flag of Spain.svg Alfredo García-Heredia Won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
114 May 2017 Open de Portugal 1−21 (63-66-73-69=271)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Julian Suri

1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

Alps Tour wins (6)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
123 Feb 2016 Dreamland Pyramids Open−8 (67-72-69=208)1 stroke Flag of Ireland.svg David Carey, Flag of France.svg Antoine Schwartz
21 May 2016 Tunisian Golf Open −12 (67-68-71-70=276)2 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Di Nitto
38 May 2016Gösser Open−20 (66-64-66=196)8 strokes Flag of Austria.svg Robin Goger
421 May 2016Vigevano Open−17 (65-62-66=193)3 strokes Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Julien Clement, Flag of France.svg Franck Daux
52 Jul 2016Open Frassanelle−17 (66-65-65=196)4 strokes Flag of France.svg Victor Perez
622 Oct 2016Alps Tour Grand Final−17 (63-70-66-68=267)1 stroke Flag of France.svg Richard Jouven

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUTCUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship T19
Tournament201920202021202220232024
Masters Tournament CUTT46T34
PGA Championship T3T77T55T65T43
U.S. Open T12T43CUT
The Open Championship T51NTT40CUTT41
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000032
PGA Championship 00111266
U.S. Open 00000152
The Open Championship 00000053
Totals0011131913

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament201920202021202220232024
The Players Championship T30CCUTCUTCUT
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place
CUT = missed the halfway cut
C = Cancelled after the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2018201920202021
Championship T33T58
Match Play T40NT1T28
Invitational T27T59
Champions T50T60NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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