– “The first goal is just to play really good golf. Second goal: Stay healthy, fit and no injuries. If I can do that, my end goal will take care of itself and that is top 15 in order of merit.” Matt Wallace
About Matt Wallace
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.
In April 2021, Wallace recorded his joint-best finish on the PGA Tour with a solo-third finish at the Valero Texas Open. He was tied for the lead with Jordan Spieth after 54 holes.[4] He went on to finish 111th in the FedEx Cup standings.
Wallace started his 2021–22 PGA Tour season with a share of 14th place at the Shriners Children’s Open and fourth place at the Zozo Championship in October 2021 and retained his PGA Tour status for a fourth year, ending the season in 120th place in the FedEx Cup standings.
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