Matthew NeSmith (born September 29, 1993) is an American professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career In 1993, NeSmith was born in North Augusta, South Carolina. He won the 2011 Junior Heritage and the 2015 Players Amateur.
Professional career On the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour, NeSmith won the Albertsons Boise Open to secure his PGA Tour card.
After the first round, NeSmith held the lead at the 2021 Phoenix Open. NeSmith ended the tournament tied in seventh.
In March 2022, NeSmith recorded his best PGA Tour finish, with a T3 at the Valspar Championship, one shot outside of the playoff between Sam Burns, and Davis Riley.
In July 2024, NeSmith was in second place after the 3M Open third round but finished T9.
Amateur wins 2011 Polo Junior Classic, Jones Cup Junior Invitational 2012 Azalea Invitational, FJ Invitational, Rolex Tournament of Champions 2015 Hootie @ Bulls Bay Intercollegiate, SEC Championship, Players Amateur 2016 The Cleveland Golf Palmetto Invite, General Hackler Championship
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Professional wins (1) Korn Ferry Tour wins (1) Legend Finals events (1) Other Korn Ferry Tour (0) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up1Aug 25, 2019Albertsons Boise Open−19 (70-64-67-64=265)1 stroke Brandon Hagy, Viktor Hovland
Playoff record PGA Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12024ISCO Championship Zac Blair, Pierceson Coody, Harry Hall, Rico HoeyHall won with birdie on third extra holeBlair and Hoey eliminated by par on first hole
Results in major championships Results not in chronological order in 2020. Tournament2015201620172018Masters TournamentU.S. OpenCUTThe Open ChampionshipPGA Championship Tournament20192020202120222023Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipT23U.S. OpenT37The Open ChampionshipNT
CUT = missed the halfway cut NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Results in The Players Championship Tournament2021202220232024The Players ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT26 CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
See also 2019 Korn Ferry Tour Finals graduates
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