Matthias Schwab

Matthias Schwab (born 9 December 1994) is an Austrian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

Matthias Schwab
Personal information
Born (1994-12-09) 9 December 1994
Schladming, Austria
Nationality Austria
Career
CollegeVanderbilt University
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)European Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Highest ranking78 (26 January 2020)[1]
(as of 31 January 2021)
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2020
U.S. OpenCUT: 2020
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Amateur career

Schwab has a successful amateur career. He reached the final of the 2012 Amateur Championship, losing to Alan Dunbar by 1 hole. He attended Vanderbilt University from 2013 to 2017. While at Vanderbilt he was joint third in the individual competition in both the 2016 and 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships.

Professional career

Schwab turned professional in June 2017 and played on the Challenge Tour for the rest of the year, finishing 33rd in the Order of Merit. In November 2017 Schwab became one of 33 players to earn 2018 European Tour cards through Q School.[2][3]

Schwab played on the European Tour during 2018. In March, he tied for fourth place in the Hero Indian Open and ended his rookie year, 72nd on the Race to Dubai with seven top-10 finishes. On the 2019 European Tour, he finished second at the Porsche European Open, tied fourth at the Italian Open and lost in a playoff at the Turkish Airlines Open event to end 17th in the 2019 Race to Dubai rankings and moved to 80th on the Official World Golf Ranking. On 3 November 2019, at the WGC-HSBC Champions at the Sheshan International GC, Shanghai, China, he finished tied fourth, four strokes behind winner Rory McIlroy.

Amateur wins

  • 2010 Austrian Amateur, Italian Under 16 Championship
  • 2012 Slovenian International Amateur
  • 2015 Mason Rudolph Championship, Swiss International Championship

Source:[4]

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2019 Turkish Airlines Open Tyrrell Hatton, Benjamin Hébert,
Kurt Kitayama, Victor Perez,
Erik van Rooyen
Hatton won with par on fourth extra hole
Kitayama eliminated by birdie on third hole
Hébert, Perez and van Rooyen eliminated by birdie on first hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament 2020
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship NT

NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20192020
Championship T42
Match Play NT1
Invitational
Champions T4 NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[4]

See also

References

  1. "Week 4 2020 Ending 26 Jan 2020" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. "Horsfield gallops onto the European Tour". PGA European Tour. 16 November 2017.
  3. "Final Qualifying Stage – Leaderboard". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  4. "Matthias Schwab". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 25 September 2018.


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