Matt Gilchrest

Exempt status

• Korn Ferry Tour: Finishers 76-100 on Regular Season points list and additional Qualifying Tournament finishers (thru 2020)

JOINED TOUR

• Korn Ferry Tour: 2019

PLAYOFF RECORD

PGA TOUR LATINOAMERICA (0-1)

• 2018 Lost to Thomas Baik, Molino Cañuelas Championship

Personal

• Is a devout Christian, who says the Holy Bible is his favorite book.
• Earliest golf memory is hitting golf balls at age 4. Recorded five holes-in-one between ages 10 and 21. Favorite golf courses he has played are Augusta National and Cypress Point.
• Dirk Nowitzki is his favorite athlete outside of golf, and he is a big fan of the Dallas Mavericks. Favorite college team is Auburn.
• Competed on the Mackenzie Tour - PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR Latinoamerica in 2017.
• Five-time AJGA champion as a junior golfer.
• Two college wins at Auburn. Two-time All-SEC and All-SEC Freshman Team. Byron Nelson Award Finalist.
• Best early memory at a professional golf event was serving as a standard bearer for the final group on Sunday at a Korn Ferry Tour event in Louisiana when Skip Kendall won.
• Volunteers on the parking team at Milestone Church on Sundays.

Special Interests

Career Highlights

2019 Season

Played in 12 PGA TOUR Series-China events, making nine cuts and finishing 21st on the Order of Merit. Posted three top-10s, including a runner-up finish.

• Guangzhou Open: Carded back-to-back 67s to T10, at 4-under, at the weather-shortened tournament.
• Suzhou Open: Held the 36-hole lead at 11-under in Suzhou. Played in the final group Sunday, one shot behind eventual winner Cyril Bouniol. Built some momentum on the final day with a long-range chip in on hole 8 for birdie. Followed that with another birdie. However, a double bogey on 11 cancelled those as he finished at even-par, good for a T5.
• Sanya Championship: Finished T2 in Sanya, at 16-under, along with fellow Americans Michael Perras and Max McGreevy. Was leading the event after an opening-round 64 before following that with back-to-back 68s.

2018 Season

Played in all 17 PGA TOUR Latinoamerica tournaments, with a pair of runner-up finishes to his credit, and additional four top-10s and an eighth-place finish on the final Order of Merit.

• Shell Championship: Had an up-and-down final 2018 tournament, opening with a 73 at Trump National Doral's Golden Palm Course only to recover with a 4-under 68. Managed an even-par 72 in the third round then shot up the leaderboard on the final day with a 7-under 65 that left him T7 with Mario Galiano Aguilar and Charlie Bull.
• 113 VISA Open de Argentina presentado por Macro: Had three under-par rounds and an even-par 72 Saturday to T8 with Tyson Alexander, Ricardo Gonzalez, Leandro Marelli and Michael McGowan at Pilara GC.
• Bupa Match Play: Posted a 1-1 record in his two matches in Riviera Maya. Took out Mexico's José Narro, 2-up, on the first day. Lost in the second round to Argentina's Sebastián Saavedra, 3 and 2.
• Quito Open presentado por Diners Club: Added a third-place finish in Ecuador. Three rounds in the 60s put him in position to win, with only a 3-over 74 in the third round derailing those hopes. Finished two strokes behind winner Horacio León.
• Molino Cañuelas Championship: Lost a sudden-death playoff that lasted into Monday, his second runner-up finish of the season. Finished the rain-shortened tournament at 13-under, good enough for a tie with Tommy Baik. In the playoff, hit his tee shot on the third extra hole into a hazard that led to a penalty stroke and a double bogey. Baik parred the hole to take the title at Cañuelas GC.
• Guatemala Stella Artois Open: Was tied for 108th after an opening-round 74. Charged to a T2 finish on the strength of scores of 63-67-68 over his final 54 holes. Finished four strokes behind winner Ben Polland.
• PTLA Qualifying Tournament-Mexico: Joined PGA TOUR Latinoamérica with a T12 in Mazatlán.

2017 Season

Earned Mackenzie Tour - PGA TOUR Canada status with a T15 finish at the Qualifying Tournament and went on to make 10 starts, recording one top-10 and an additional top-25 to finish the season No. 69 on the Order of Merit.

• Barbasol Championship: After missing the cut at this event in his PGA TOUR debut in 2016 while still an amateur, shot rounds of 69-69-71-65 as a professional not far from the Auburn University campus to finish T42.
• Freedom 55 Financial Open: At the season-opening tournament in Vancouver, posted four under-par rounds at Point Grey G&CC.

Amateur Highlights

• Played college golf at Auburn, where he recorded 17 top-10s and picked up two individual wins–at the 2014 University of Kentucky Bluegrass Invitational and at the 2015 Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate, where he shared medalist honors with Texas S
• Named 2017 Byron Nelson Award finalist. Was a two-time All-America Scholar, in 2016 and 2017. Was a 2017 All-NCAA West Lafayette Region selection and a 2015 All-Southeastern Conference first-team selection.