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Matthew Millar (golfer)

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Matthew Millar
Personal information
Born (1976-09-05) 5 September 1976 (age 47)
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceCanberra, Australia
ChildrenDale
Career
Turned professional1999
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT63: 2011

Matthew Millar (born 5 September 1976) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Career

Millar turned professional in 1999. From 2006 to 2009 he played on the European Tour, having come through all three stages of qualifying school; his best year-end result was 115th on the 2006 Order of Merit. Millar recorded four top-10 finishes on the tour, with a best finish of joint-fourth place in the 2007 New Zealand Open.

Millar qualified for the 2011 Open Championship through International Final Qualifying, his only appearance in a major championship.[1] He made the cut and finished in 63rd place.

Since 2010 has played primarily on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the OneAsia tour. He has won twice on the PGA Tour of Australasia, winning the Holden New Zealand PGA Championship in March 2015 and the Rebel Sport Masters in January 2018.

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 8 Mar 2015 Holden New Zealand PGA Championship –18 (68-67-64-71=270) 3 strokes Australia Geoff Drakeford, New Zealand Josh Geary,
Australia Kristopher Mueck
2 14 Jan 2018 Rebel Sport Masters –11 (72-67-67-67=273) 4 strokes New Zealand David Smail

Results in major championships

Tournament 2011
The Open Championship T63

Note: Millar only played in The Open Championship.
"T" = tied

See also

References