Matthew Wolff

Matthew Wolff
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Brandyn Wolff
Born	(1999-04-14) April 14, 1999 Simi Valley, California
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Jupiter, Florida
Career
College	Oklahoma State University
Turned professional	2019
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2020
U.S. Open	2nd: 2020
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	T4: 2020
Achievements and awards
Haskins Award	2019

Matthew Brandyn Wolff (born April 14, 1999) is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He was an NCAA All-American at Oklahoma State University, and won the 2019 NCAA Division I individual championship. Wolff picked up his first win on the PGA Tour at the 2019 3M Open.

Early life and amateur career

Wolff was born on April 14, 1999 in Simi Valley, California to Bill and Shari Wolff. He grew up in a Jewish family. Wolff was raised in Agoura Hills, California, started playing junior golf at the Lake Lindero Country Club's Lindero Kids Summer Sports Camp and attended Westlake High School. He finished runner-up at the 2017 U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Championship. After initially committing to play college golf for the University of Southern California, Wolff withdrew his commitment to attend Oklahoma State. In his first year, he earned four runners-up, first-team All-American honors, and the Phil Mickelson Award as the nation's top freshman. He also made the putt to clinch the 2018 NCAA Division I Championship for Oklahoma State. While attending Oklahoma State University, Wolff was also a part of the Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity.

Wolff began his sophomore season with back-to-back stroke play titles at the Carmel Cup and the OFCC Fighting Illini Invitational, which he followed up by sharing medalist honors at the Royal Oaks Intercollegiate. The three consecutive wins brought Wolff to the top of the college rankings. He made his PGA Tour debut at the 2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open after receiving a sponsor's exemption.

In addition to his results, Wolff's unorthodox golf swing has drawn attention. To get more rotation, he employs a left leg kick that he picked up from playing baseball, and uses the ground to create power.

Professional career

Wolff turned professional in June 2019 and made his professional debut at the Travelers Championship.

On July 7, 2019, Wolff earned his first PGA Tour victory at the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, where he returned a six-under par 65 in the final round to edge out Collin Morikawa and Bryson DeChambeau by one stroke at 21-under par overall. The tournament went to the final green, as DeChambeau, playing one group ahead of Morikawa and Wolff, made an eagle on the par-5 18th hole to leapfrog them both and take a 1-stroke lead. Wolff then hit his approach onto the edge of the green, 26 feet from the hole; he made the putt for eagle to retake the lead, and when Morikawa failed to make his putt to tie, the victory belonged to Wolff. The victory gave Wolff a two-year PGA Tour exemption, in addition to $1.152 million in prize money. Wolff was the first player since Billy Hurley III in 2016 to win after receiving a sponsor exemption. He was also only the third player to win an NCAA title and PGA Tour event in the same calendar year, joining Tiger Woods and Ben Crenshaw.

In August 2020, Wolff finished in a tie for fourth place at the PGA Championship, his first major championship appearance, after a final-round 65 (five-under par). Six weeks later, in September, he led the U.S. Open at Winged Foot by two strokes heading into the final day after returning a third-round score of 65 (five-under par), the joint lowest round of the tournament. A final round of 75 (five-over par) saw him finish as runner-up, six strokes behind winner Bryson DeChambeau. His second top-five finish from his first two major championships earned him $1,350,000.

Amateur wins

• 2018 The Carmel Cup, OFCC Fighting Illini Invite, Royal Oaks Intercollegiate
• 2019 The Amer Ari Invitational, Valspar Collegiate, NCAA Division I individual championship

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Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Jul 7, 2019	3M Open	69-67-62-65=263	−21	1 stroke	Bryson DeChambeau, Collin Morikawa

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2020	Shriners Hospitals for Children Open	Austin Cook, Martin Laird	Laird won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament	2020	2021
Masters Tournament	CUT	DQ
PGA Championship	T4
U.S. Open	2	T15
The Open Championship	NT

  Top 10

  Did not play

DQ = disqualified
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2019	2020	2021
Championship			WD
Match Play		NT1	T28
Invitational	T24	T49	T17
Champions		NT1	NT1

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
WD = Withdrew

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Palmer Cup: 2018 (winners)

External links

• Matthew Wolff at the PGA Tour official site
• Matthew Wolff at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
• Profile on Oklahoma State's official athletic site