Matti Schmid

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Matti Schmid
Personal information
Full nameMatthias Schmid
Born (1997-11-18) 18 November 1997 (age 26)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Career
College University of Louisville
Turned professional2021
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2021
The Open Championship T59: 2021
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year 		2021

Matthias Schmid (born 18 November 1997) is a German professional golfer. He won the European Amateur in both 2019 and 2020 and was the leading amateur at the 2021 Open Championship.

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Amateur career

Schmid competed for the Louisville Cardinals from 2017 to 2021, winning the Old Town Club Collegiate in 2018. [1] [2]

Schmid won the European Amateur in both 2019 and 2020. The 2019 event was held at the Diamond Country Club in Austria. Schmid led after a third-round 63 and won by three strokes from Euan Walker. [3] He retained the title at Zurich Golf and Country Club in Switzerland in September 2020, again winning by three strokes, this time from fellow-German Nick Bachem. [4]

In the 2021 Open Championship, Schmid had a second-round 65 to equal the record for the lowest round by an amateur in the Open Championship; a record set by Tom Lewis in 2011, also at Royal St George's. Schmid had an opening-round 74, leaving him on 139 after two rounds, 1-under-par, making the cut by two strokes. [5] He had further rounds 71 and 72 for a total of 282, 2-over-par. He finished four strokes ahead of Lin Yuxin, the only other amateur to make cut, to win the silver medal as the leading amateur at the championship. [6]

Professional career

After the 2021 Open Championship, Schmid turned professional and was invited to the following week's tournament on the European Tour, the Cazoo Open at Celtic Manor Resort, Wales. In September, he finished runner-up in the Dutch Open, three shots behind Kristoffer Broberg. [7] In December 2021, Schmid was announced as the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year for the 2021 European Tour season. [8]

Schmid continued to compete on the European Tour in 2022. In March, he finished tied third at the Steyn City Championship in South Africa. [9] Other highlight performances included an eighth-place finish at the Barbasol Championship in Kentucky, and a ninth-placed finish at the Cazoo Open in Wales. [10] [11]

Amateur wins

Source: [12]

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament201920202021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTNTT59LA
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "2020-21 Men's Golf Roster". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "Schmid's Win Helps Cardinals Win Old Town Club Invitational". Louisville Cardinals. 25 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Matthias Schmid's wins European Amateur Championship". European Golf Association. 29 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Wlodkowski, Pete (25 September 2020). "European Amateur: Germany's Matthias Schmid defends title". Amateur Golf.
  5. ↑ Romine, Brentley (16 July 2021). "Matthias Schmid tied an amateur record Friday at The Open". Golf Channel. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Wright, Andy (18 July 2021). "Matthias Schmid Wins Silver Medal As Open's Low Amateur". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Brilliant Broberg wins 2021 Dutch Open". European Tour. 19 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Matti Schmid wins Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award". Gulf News. 7 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Steyn City Championship". owgr.com. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Barbasol Championship". owgr.com. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Cazoo Open supported by Gareth Bale". European Tour. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Matthias Schmid". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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