Matt NeSmith
South Carolina
Senior
North Augusta, S.C.
Ten Hogan Highlights
- Ranks among the top 12 in both the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking (8th) and the World Amateur Golf Ranking (11th).
- Won the 2015 Players Amateur, joining former Ben Hogan Award winners Rickie Fowler and Bill Haas as champions.
- Reached the Round of 32 in match play at the 2015 U.S. Amateur after a top-10 showing in stroke play.
- Was the medalist at his sectional qualifier to earn a spot in the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay.
- Grabbed a runner-up finish at the 2016 Jones Cup Invitational.
- Tied for fourth at last summer’s Southern Amateur.
- Finished in the top 20 at the Australian Master of the Amateurs.
- Has finished among the top seven in four of his six college tournaments this year.
- Registered his first victory of the season at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Invitational.
- Currently has the lowest career stroke average in South Carolina history and is the first Gamecock ever named to The Ben Hogan Award watch list.
