Matt Wallace has been a mainstay on the DP World Tour and PGA Tour since his breakthrough season in 2018 and has gone on to claim five wins in total across both Tours.
Get to know him a little better here with these 15 facts.
Matt Wallace Facts
1. Matt Wallace was born on 12th April 1990 in Hillingdon, England.
2. He is six feet, one inch tall.
3. His parents are PE teachers, and his Dad also played rugby professionally for the Wasps in the 1970s.
4. After finishing at Aldenham School in 2008, Wallace spent two years as a retail worker for Hollister and occasionally playing county golf, before his Dad told him he needed to decide on a career.
5. He spent a year in Alabama at Jacksonville State when he was twenty, but dropped out after being selected for England Golf’s elite squad.
6. Despite only spending a year in Jacksonville, Wallace secured two wins, was named the OVC Freshman of the Year and held the record for lowest round in school history with a 10-under 62.
7. After turning pro in 2016, Wallace won six times in eight months on the Alps Tour.
8. Wallace only spent one year on the Challenge Tour, winning the Open de Portugal, a dual-ranking event with the DP World Tour, to earn his card for the 2018 season.
9. In his first full season on the DP World Tour, the Englishman won three times at the Hero Indian Open, BMW International Open and Made in Denmark.
10. Wallace's best Major finish is a T3 finish at the 2019 PGA Championship. The year prior, he made a hole-in-one at the event while playing with Jordan Spieth.
11. In his first appearance at The Masters, Wallace won the par-three contest. He went on to miss the cut in the eventual tournament.
Matt Wallace poses after winning the 2019 Par-3 Contest
12. His career-high world ranking is 39th which he achieved in July 2019.
13. Wallace claimed his maiden PGA Tour win in 2023, with a one-shot victory over Nicolai Hojgaard at the Corales Puntacana Championship.
14. At the 2023 DP World Tour Championship, he tied the Tour record for consecutive birdies in a row with nine.
15. He is a lifelong Manchester United fan.
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