Matthias Schwab

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Matthias Schwab
Personal information
Born (1994-12-09) 9 December 1994 (age 29)
Schladming, Austria
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight161 lb (73 kg)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Career
College Vanderbilt University
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Challenge Tour
Highest ranking 78 (26 January 2020) [1]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2020
U.S. Open CUT: 2020
The Open Championship CUT: 2021

Matthias Schwab (born 9 December 1994) is an Austrian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. As a 17 year old, he finished runner-up at the 2012 Amateur Championship. On the 2019 European Tour, he finished 17th on the Race to Dubai rankings after 10 top-10 finishes, including two second place finishes.

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Amateur career

Schwab had a successful amateur career. He reached the final of the 2012 Amateur Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club, losing to Alan Dunbar by 1 hole. He attended Vanderbilt University from 2013 to 2017. While at Vanderbilt he was joint third in the individual competition in both the 2016 and 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships.

Professional career

Schwab turned professional in June 2017 and played on the Challenge Tour for the rest of the year, finishing 33rd in the Order of Merit. In November 2017 Schwab became one of 33 players to earn 2018 European Tour cards through Q School. [2] [3]

Schwab played on the European Tour during 2018. He tied for fourth place in the Hero Indian Open in March and ended his rookie year 72nd on the Race to Dubai with seven top-10 finishes. On the 2019 European Tour, he finished second at the Porsche European Open, tied fourth at the Italian Open and lost in a playoff at the Turkish Airlines Open event to end 17th in the 2019 Race to Dubai rankings and moved to 80th on the Official World Golf Ranking. On 3 November 2019, at the WGC-HSBC Champions at the Sheshan International GC, Shanghai, China, he finished tied fourth, four strokes behind winner Rory McIlroy.

Schwab competed in the Men's individual event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing tied-27th overall. [4]

Personal life

Schwab's father Andreas represented Austria in the bobsleigh event at the 1976 Winter Olympics. [5]

Amateur wins

Source: [6]

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2019 Turkish Airlines Open Flag of England.svg Tyrrell Hatton, Flag of France.svg Benjamin Hébert,
Flag of the United States.svg Kurt Kitayama, Flag of France.svg Victor Perez,
Flag of South Africa.svg Erik van Rooyen 		Hatton won with par on fourth extra hole
Kitayama eliminated by birdie on third hole
Hébert, Perez and van Rooyen eliminated by birdie on first hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament20202021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship NTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2023
The Players Championship T54

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20192020
Championship T42
Match Play NT1
Invitational
Champions T4NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [6]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 4 2020 Ending 26 Jan 2020" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Horsfield gallops onto the European Tour". PGA European Tour. 16 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Final Qualifying Stage – Leaderboard". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 - Golf - Round 4 Results". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Matthias Schwab Net Worth: How Rich Is The Golfer Actually?". Full Celebs. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Matthias Schwab". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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