Matthew Zions

Matthew Zions
Personal information
Born	27 December 1978 (1978-12-27) (age 32) Gosford, Australia
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg; 13.4 st)
Nationality	Australia
Residence	Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Career
College	University of Colorado
Turned professional	2003
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Challenge Tour	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 2007
PGA Championship	DNP

Matthew Zions (born 27 December 1978) is an Australian professional golfer.^[1]

Zions was born in Gosford, Australia. He grew up on the New South Wales mid-north coast. He played out of the Kempsey Golf Club. He moved to the United States and played college golf at the University of Colorado. He turned professional in 2003.

Zions played on the European Tour (earning his tour card through Q-School) in 2007, the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Challenge Tour in 2008, and the Challenge Tour in 2009 and 2010.^[2][3] In 2010, he re-earned his European Tour card by finishing 15th on the Challenge Tour Order of Merit.^[2]

Zions played in the 2007 Open Championship, missing the cut.^[4]

Zions won the 2011 Saint-Omer Open, which gives him an exemption until the end of the 2012 European Tour season.^[5]

Professional wins (1)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Jun 2011	Saint-Omer Open*	-8 (68–72–67–69=276)	7 strokes	Daniel Denison, Peter Gustafsson

*Co-sanction by the Challenge Tour

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Jun 2011	Saint-Omer Open*	-8 (68–72–67–69=276)	7 strokes	Daniel Denison, Peter Gustafsson

*Co-sanction by the European Tour

Results in major championships

Tournament	2007
The Masters	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

See also

• 2010 Challenge Tour graduates

References

1. ^ Matthew Zions - European Tour - Biography
2. ^ ^{a b} Matthew Zions - European Tour - Career Record Details
3. ^ Zions - PGA Tour of Australasia - Profile
4. ^ 136th Open Championship - Results
5. ^ Saint-Omer Open - With This Win - Matthew Zions

External links

• Matthew Zions at the European Tour official site
• Matthew Zions at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site

Persondata
Name	Zions, Matthew
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	27 December 1978
Place of birth	Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death