Matthew Southgate

Matthew Southgate
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Matthew Arthur T Southgate
Born (1988-10-03) 3 October 1988
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st)
Nationality  England
Residence Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Career
Turned professional 2010
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T12: 2016
PGA Championship DNP

Matthew Arthur T. Southgate (born 3 October 1988) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

Career

Southgate's biggest success as an amateur was winning the 2010 St Andrews Links Trophy. His last round of 67 on the Old Course gave him victory by 5 shots.

After turning professional, Southgate played on the Challenge Tour in 2011, finishing second to Édouard Dubois in the Scottish Hydro Challenge. From 2012 to 2015 he had little success but finished 6th in the 6-round 2015 European Tour Qualifying School final stage at PGA Catalunya Resort to gain his European Tour card for 2016.

His big breakthrough came in the 2016 Irish Open where he finished fourth behind Rory McIlroy, earning him 200,000 euros. He then got into the Open Championship by winning the final qualifying at Royal Cinque Ports and finished tied for 11th in the Open de France.

Personal

Southgate had testicular cancer in 2015. The cancer was diagnosed after he had played in the Aegean Airlines Challenge Tour in early July. He returned to competitive golf in September, in time to compete in the first stage of the European Tour qualifying.

Amateur wins

Source:[1]

Results in major championships

Tournament 2014 2015 2016
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP T12
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Matthew Southgate". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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