Matt Every
{{short description|American professional golfer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
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| fullname = Matthew King Every
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|12|4|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
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| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}
| weight = {{convert|190|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
| nationality = {{USA}}
| residence = Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S.
| spouse = Danielle Every
| children = 2
| college = University of Florida
| yearpro = 2006
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| tour = PGA Tour
(past champion status)
| extour = Nationwide Tour
| prowins = 3
| pgawins = 2
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| nwidewins = 1
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| masters = CUT: 2014, 2015
| usopen = T28: 2005
| open = 71st: 2014
| pga = 71st: 2012
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| award1 =Ben Hogan Award
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Matthew King Every (born December 4, 1983) is an American professional golfer who has won on both the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour.
Early years
Every was born in Daytona Beach, Florida.{{cite web |website=GatorZone.com |title=Men's Golf History, 2006 Roster – Matt Every profile |url=http://web.gatorzone.com/golf/men/bios.php?year=2005&bio=every.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402035155/http://web.gatorzone.com/golf/men/bios.php?year=2005&bio=every.html |archive-date=2012-04-02 |accessdate=July 14, 2011}} He attended Mainland High School in Daytona Beach, where he played for the Mainland Buccaneers men's golf team. He was recognized as the Volusia County Golfer of the Year for four consecutive years, and was an all-state selection after his junior and senior seasons.
Amateur career
Every accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Buddy Alexander's Florida Gators men's golf team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2003 to 2006.{{cite web |url=http://web.gatorzone.com/golf/men/media/2010/supplement.pdf |title=Florida Men's Golf 2011 Media Supplement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402035020/http://web.gatorzone.com/golf/men/media/2010/supplement.pdf |archive-date=2012-04-02 |publisher=University Athletic Association |location=Gainesville, Florida |pages=4, 28, 34, 39, 41 |year=2010 |accessdate=July 13, 2011}}
During his career as a Gator golfer, he was a three-time first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection (2004, 2005, 2006), and a four-time All-American (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006).{{cite web |url=http://www.gatorzone.com/golf/men/media/2008/pdf/5_history.pdf |title=2008-09 Florida Gators Men's Golf Media Guide |publisher=University Athletic Association |location=Gainesville, Florida |page=36 |year=2008 |accessdate=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043140/http://www.gatorzone.com/golf/men/media/2008/pdf/5_history.pdf |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }} As an amateur, he played in the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst in North Carolina and finished in a tie for 28th place. He was the recipient of the Ben Hogan Award, recognizing the best college golfer in the United States in 2006.
Professional career
Every turned professional after completing his NCAA eligibility in 2006. Before he found success on any major golf tour after turning professional, he competed on The Golf Channel's original series The Big Break, in Mesquite, Nevada. Every played in a select few PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour events between 2006 and 2007. Then at Q-School in December 2007, he missed a place on the PGA Tour by just two strokes,{{cite magazine |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/story/20071203mcdaniel |title=Final Round Q School Hits and Misses |magazine=Golf Digest |first=Pete |last=McDaniel |date=December 2, 2007}} but was rewarded with a place on the Nationwide Tour in 2008. In his second start in 2008, he finished runner-up in the Mexico Open. He finished the season with four top-10 finishes and made $180,000 in earnings, just outside the top 25 in earnings.
In his 2009 sophomore year on the Nationwide Tour, Every was ranked forty-ninth on the money list going into the Nationwide Tour Championship, needing a third-place finish or better to obtain his PGA Tour card for 2010. He had made fifteen of twenty-five cuts and had three top-10 finishes entering the season's final event. He shot a second-round 63 to take the 36-hole lead, a lead he did not relinquish. He won the event by three shots over Nationwide Tour money leader Michael Sim. The win vaulted him to tenth on the money list, and qualifying him as a PGA Tour rookie for 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.28307.matt-every.html |title=Matt Every |publisher=PGA Tour |accessdate=October 18, 2019}}
However, in 2010 Every finished 140th and dropped back to the Nationwide Tour for 2011. He finished 2011 in 18th place and returned to the PGA Tour, where he has remained through 2015.
Every was one of three men arrested in a hotel in Bettendorf, Iowa and charged with possession of marijuana on July 6, 2010. In a statement, he denied possessing the drug but apologized for poor judgment.{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,2002704,00.html |title=PGA Tour rookie Matt Every denies pot possession |website=Golf.com |date=July 9, 2010 |accessdate=July 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804014954/http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,2002704,00.html |archive-date=August 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }} He was subsequently suspended for 90 days from the Tour.{{cite news |first=Kevin |last=Maguire |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=6729348&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines |title=Robert Garrigus: Players smoked pot |work=ESPN |date=July 1, 2011 |access-date=July 14, 2011}}
Every earned his first PGA Tour win at the 2014 Arnold Palmer Invitational and would earn his first Masters invitation. He would go on to defend his title at the 2015 event.
File:Matt Every at 2015 PGA Championship.jpg]]
On October 18, 2019, it was announced that Every had been suspended by the PGA Tour for three months for violating its conduct policy for drugs of abuse.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/27874012/matt-every-gets-3-month-ban-violating-pga-tour-drug-policy |title=Matt Every gets 3-month ban for violating PGA Tour drug policy |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=October 18, 2019}}
Personal
Every is a fan of the British group Oasis. He named his son after Liam Gallagher and has a tattoo on his right bicep with "Live Forever," which is the title of an Oasis song.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2015/03/this-is-the-best-picture-we-ca.html |title=This is the best picture we can find of Matt Every's Oasis tattoo |magazine=Golf Digest |first=Luke |last=Kerr-Dineen |date=March 23, 2015}} His daughter Quinn Palmer is named after the site of his first PGA Tour win.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2014/11/how-matt-every-is-honoring-the.html |title=How Matt Every is honoring the site of his first PGA Tour win |magazine=Golf Digest |first=Dave |last=Shedloski |date=November 8, 2014}}
Professional wins (3)
=PGA Tour wins (2)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin of !Runner-up |
| align=center|1
|Mar 23, 2014 |69-70-66-70=275 |align=center|−13 |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} Keegan Bradley |
| align=center|2
|Mar 22, 2015 |Arnold Palmer Invitational (2) |68-66-69-66=269 |align=center|−19 |1 stroke |{{flagicon|SWE}} Henrik Stenson |
=Nationwide Tour wins (1)=
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! Legend |
| style="background:thistle;"
| Tour Championships (1) |
| Other Nationwide Tour (0) |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin of !Runner-up |
| style="background:thistle;"
|align=center|1 |Oct 25, 2009 |70-63-67-67=267 |align=center|−21 |3 strokes |{{flagicon|AUS}} Michael Sim |
Results in major championships
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 |
| align=left|Masters Tournament
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |
| align=left|U.S. Open
|T28LA |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |WD |
| align=left|The Open Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |71 |CUT |
| align=left|PGA Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |71 |CUT |CUT |CUT |
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
Results in The Players Championship
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017 |
| align=left|The Players Championship
|CUT |T26 |CUT |T42 |CUT |CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Tournament!!2014!!2015 |
| align="left"|Championship
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
| align="left"|Match Play
|style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T52 |
| align="left"|Invitational
|T47 |74 |
| align="left"|Champions
|T56 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
"T" = Tied
U.S. national team appearances
Amateur
- Palmer Cup: 2004, 2005 (winners)
- Walker Cup: 2005 (winners)
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|http://www.matteverygolf.com}}
- {{PGATour player|28307}}
- {{OWGR|10185}}
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Category:American male golfers
Category:Florida Gators men's golfers
Category:Korn Ferry Tour graduates
Category:Mainland High School alumni
Category:Sportspeople from Daytona Beach, Florida