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#HoganHopefuls: Matt NeSmith

By March 9, 20162 Comments


NeSmithM_2015-08-24_11_ASMatt 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.

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