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Matthew Zions Personal information Born 27 December 1978
Gosford, AustraliaHeight 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]
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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
External links
- Matthew Zions at the European Tour official site
- Matthew Zions at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
Categories:- Australian male golfers
- Colorado Buffaloes men's golfers
- European Tour golfers
- PGA Tour of Australasia golfers
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Oceanian golf biography stubs
- Australian sportspeople stubs
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