Matt Parziale
| Matt Parziale | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Matthew Parziale |
| Born | June 5, 1987 Brockton, Massachusetts |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | Southeastern University |
| Turned professional | 2009 re-instated amateur 2012 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 2018 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T48: 2018 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
Matthew Parziale (born June 5, 1987) is an American amateur golfer.
Golf career
Parziale played his college golf for Southeastern University.[1] As a sophomore, he led the Fire to the 2007 NCCAA national title.[2] After college, Parziale played professional golf for three years, but struggled to make a living and regained his amateur status in 2012.[3]
Parziale won the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur. As U.S. Mid-Amateur champion, Parziale was invited to the 2018 Masters Tournament, where he missed the cut after shooting 81-79 (+16). Parziale also was exempt into the 2018 U.S. Open, where he tied for 48th place and tied for low-amateur for the tournament with rounds of 74-73-74-75 (+16).[4][5] In 2017, Parziale won the Massachusetts State Amateur Championship for the first time by defeating Matt Cowgill in the 36-hole final 4&3.
Parziale qualified for 2019 U.S. Open after finishing second, 1-over (142 strokes) in 36 total holes, in the Purchase, New York Sectional Qualifying Tournament.[6] He missed the cut by 7 strokes after shooting 74-77 in the first two rounds.[7]
Professional career
Parziale served as a firefighter in Brockton, Massachusetts until 2019, when he left to become an insurance broker.[1][8]
Amateur wins
- 2008 Worcester County Amateur
- 2009 Ouimet Memorial
- 2013 Ouimet Memorial
- 2015 Massachusetts Mid-Amateur Championship, Worcester County Amateur, Norfolk County Classic
- 2016 Massachusetts Mid-Amateur Championship
- 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur, Massachusetts Amateur, Ouimet Memorial
Results in major championships
Results not in chronological order before 2019.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | |
| PGA Championship | ||
| U.S. Open | T48LA | CUT |
| The Open Championship |
LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
References
- ^ a b Strege, John (March 22, 2018). "Meet Matt Parziale, the firefighter who will play in the Masters". Golf Digest. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ^ "Former Fire Golfer Wins U.S. Mid-Am". Southeastern Fire. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ^ Romine, Brentley (June 17, 2018). "Matt Parziale, Luis Gagne share low-amateur honors at U.S. Open". Golfweek. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Matt Parziale". www.augusta.com. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ^ "US Open Leaderboard". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
- ^ Kelly, Nick (June 4, 2019). "Trio of local golfers headed to Pebble Beach after qualifying for US Open". The Boston Globe. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- ^ "Oosthuizen leads SA charge as 6 of 9 miss cut at Pebble Beach". Sport24. June 14, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Brockton golfer Matt Parziale keeping very busy, and other items". The Boston Globe. June 19, 2019. Retrieved April 13, 2020.