Matt Wallace (golfer)
Matthew Wallace is an English professional golfer currently playing on the European Tour.
Collegiate career
Wallace played for Jacksonville State University, in Northeast Alabama, as a freshman in the 2010–11 season before turning professional. His year in Jacksonville was a successful one that saw him win twice, including the 2011 OVC Championship. He was the OVC Freshman of the Year and held the record for lowest round in school history with a 10-under 62 in the F&M Bank APSU Intercollegiate.Professional career
In 2016 Wallace won six tournaments on the Alps Tour and won the Order of Merit. This enabled him to join the Challenge Tour in 2017. He started 2017 by finishing tied for third place in the Barclays Kenya Open and in May he won the Open de Portugal, a dual-ranking event with the main European Tour. The win gave him promotion to the European Tour.Wallace won his second European Tour event in March 2018, Hero Indian Open, beating Andrew Johnston in a playoff, making a birdie at the first extra hole. The win lifted him into the world top 100 for the first time. In June Wallace won again at the BMW International Open. He started the final round two strokes behind the leaders, but carded a bogey-free round of 65 to take the title by one stroke. He followed that up with a victory at Made in Denmark in September 2018, collecting birdies at five of the last six holes before coming out on top in a four-man play-off. He finished in a share of fifth at the Nedbank Golf Challenge before tying for second at the season-ending DP World Tour Championship, Dubai to move into the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.
In May 2019, Wallace finished joint 3rd at the PGA Championship.
Professional wins (10)
European Tour wins (4)
1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour2Co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour
European Tour playoff record
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 2018 | Hero Indian Open |  Andrew Johnston | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2018 | Made in Denmark | Steven Brown, Jonathan Thomson, Lee Westwood | Won with birdie on second extra hole Thomson and Westwood eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Challenge Tour wins (1)
1Dual-ranking event with the European TourAlps Tour wins (6)
Results in major championships
Results not in chronological order in 2020.CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Results in The Players Championship
"T" indicates a tie for a placeResults in World Golf Championships
1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemicQF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied