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Matthew's 72 Wins MGA Amateur
Championship by a Stroke at Medina
By Nick Hunter | Photos by Mark Brettingen
W
hen Sam Matthew
began his round
at the 110th MGA
Amateur Championship,
he said he wasn't nervous. Despite
being just 20 years old, Matthew shot
2-under par to sit one-stroke behind the
leader. When he began his second round,
surely some nerves would start to creep
in. Not according to Matthew; he shot
another effortless 2-under par 70 to take
a one-stroke lead going into the final day.
Teeing off in the final group on the
last day of the biggest amateur tournament
in the state, Matthew had to have
butterflies on the first tee box. Nope-he
again insisted nerves weren't an issue.
It wasn't until late Wednesday that the
Roseville, Minn., resident began to feel
the pressure mounting as he glanced at
the scores and saw that he was closing in
on the championship.
Sam Matthew
" I didn't change anything from the
first two days this week. I just wanted to
stay consistent and avoid big numbers, "
he says. Despite his thin lead late in the
round, Matthew opted to use the longest
club in his bag when others might have
chosen the more conservative approach
to keep the ball in the fairway.
" I like playing aggressive-15 through
18, I decided to use my driver off the tee
even though you don't have to and it
worked out in the end, " he says. " I putted
well; I missed some, but I made the ones
that counted. "
Matthew didn't start as well as he had
" I looked up
and saw that
I had a twostroke
lead
and that's the
first time I got
nervous. "
hoped. He birdied the second hole but
made three bogeys on the fourth, sixth
and eighth holes to go 2-over at the
turn. On the back nine, he made three
Field Facts
Field: 156
Average Score: 77.614
Round 1: 77.564
Round 2: 78.619
Round 3: 75.226
Eagles: 15
Birdies: 664
Pars: 3,685
Bogeys: 1,981
Dbl Bogeys: 315
Others: 54
Top 5 Amateur Driving Distances
Jack Pexa
New Prague GC
RD1 RD2 AVG
360 341 350
Justin Doeden
Legends Club
RD1 RD2 AVG
332 - 332
Miles Death
Burl Oaks GC
RD1 RD2 AVG
331 - 331
Lucas Angrimson
Chisago Lakes GC
RD1 RD2 AVG
331 324 327
Mack Farley
Brackett's Crossing CC
RD1 RD2 AVG
327 -
327
Jack
Pexa
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MINNESOTAGOLFER Fall 2013
www.mngolf.org
110th
MGA Amateur
DRIVING DISTANCES
Longest Drive
Jack Pexa
New Prague GC
R1: 360
R2: 341

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