Matt Wallace (golfer)

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

Matt Wallace
Personal information
Born (1990-04-12) 12 April 1990
Hillingdon, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality England
ResidenceSunningdale, England
Career
CollegeJacksonville State University
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
Professional wins10
Highest ranking23 (14 July 2019)[1]
(as of 31 January 2021)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour4
Asian Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT46: 2020
PGA ChampionshipT3: 2019
U.S. OpenT12: 2019
The Open ChampionshipT51: 2019
Achievements and awards
Alps Tour Order of Merit2016

Collegiate career

Wallace played for 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.[2]

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.[3] The win gave him promotion to the European Tour.

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. 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. 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. 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.

In May 2019, Wallace finished joint 3rd at the PGA Championship and, in the same year, came 12th at the US Open at Pebble Beach and sixth at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, as well as second at the Dubai Desert Classic and British Masters and third at the BMW International Open and KLM Open.

In his first full season on the PGA Tour in 2019–20, Wallace finished in a share of fourth at Memorial Tournament - the strongest field in PGA Tour history - and T12 at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.

Professional wins (10)

European Tour wins (4)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 14 May 2017 Open de Portugal1 −21 (63-66-73-69=271) 3 strokes Julian Suri
2 11 Mar 2018 Hero Indian Open2 −11 (69-70-70-68=277) Playoff Andrew Johnston
3 24 Jun 2018 BMW International Open −10 (73-69-71-65=278) 1 stroke Martin Kaymer, Mikko Korhonen,
Thorbjørn Olesen
4 2 Sep 2018 Made in Denmark −19 (68-68-66-67=269) Playoff Steven Brown, Jonathan Thomson,
Lee Westwood

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

European Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2018 Hero Indian Open Andrew Johnston Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2018 Made in Denmark Steven Brown, Jonathan Thomson,
Lee Westwood		 Won with birdie on second extra hole
Thomson and Westwood eliminated by birdie on first hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 14 May 2017 Open de Portugal1 −21 (63-66-73-69=271) 3 strokes Julian Suri

1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

Alps Tour wins (6)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 23 Feb 2016 Dreamland Pyramids Open −8 (67-72-69=208) 1 stroke David Carey, Antoine Schwartz
2 1 May 2016 Tunisian Golf Open −12 (67-68-71-70=276) 2 strokes Enrico Di Nitto
3 8 May 2016 Gösser Open −20 (66-64-66=196) 8 strokes Robin Goger
4 21 May 2016 Vigevano Open −17 (65-62-66=193) 3 strokes Julien Clement, Franck Daux
5 2 Jul 2016 Open Frassanelle −17 (66-65-65=196) 4 strokes Victor Perez
6 22 Oct 2016 Alps Tour Grand Final −17 (63-70-66-68=267) 1 stroke Richard Jouven

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 20172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship T19
Tournament 20192020
Masters Tournament CUT T46
PGA Championship T3 T77
U.S. Open T12 T43
The Open Championship T51 NT
  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

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 2019
The Players Championship T30

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament201820192020
Championship T33 T58
Match Play T40 NT1
Invitational T27 T59
Champions T50 T60 NT1

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

References
  1. "Week 28 2019 Ending 14 Jul 2019" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. "Pair of Former Gamecocks Set For The Masters". Jacksonville State University Athletics. 10 April 2019. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  3. "Matt Wallace: World number 242 wins Portugal Open for first European Tour title". BBC Sport. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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