Matthew Rushton 2015-16 Men's Golf Roster

AS A SENIOR:

• Represented the Irish in seven tournaments, competing as an individual in one.
• Had 16 of his 19 competitive rounds score towards the team total.
• Had three top-five finishes and two in the top-25.
• Finished third in the Battle at the Warren (April 15) for his highest finish of the season.
• Scored a season low of 139 (-3) at the Notre Dame Kickoff Challenge (Sept. 3) which earned him a tie for fourth.
• Was Notre Dame’s top finisher at both the USF Olympic Intercollegiate (Sept. 12-13) and ACC Championship (April 21-22).
• Tied for fifth at USF with a 214 (+1).
• Posted a season-low 212 (+2) to tie for 15th at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic (Oct. 9-11).

AS A JUNIOR:

• Played in 10 of 11 tournaments and led the Irish with a 73.22 stroke average and all 27 of his rounds counted towards.
• Totaled eight top-25 finishes and three inside the top-10.
• His best finish came when he won the Notre Dame Kickoff Challenge (Aug. 30) with a six-under par 136.
• It marked his first career medalist finish.
• He also tied for ninth at the Clemson Invitational (April 1-3) with a two-over par 218.
• Led Notre Dame at the ACC Championship by tying for 16th with an even-par 216.
• All told, he was the team’s highest finisher in five of his 10 starts.

AS A SOPHOMORE:

• Only Notre Dame player to start all 11 tournaments during sophomore season.
• Team-low 73.84 stroke average in 31 total rounds at the top of the Irish lineup.
• Logged a .935 percentage (29-for-31) in rounds counting toward the Notre Dame team total.
• Led all Irish players with 11 sub-par rounds, including nine under-par efforts (seven rounds in the 60s).
• Earned a then career-best finish in solo third place (68-70=138) at the Notre Dame Kickoff Challenge (Aug. 30).
• Solo 11th place at Gopher Invitational (Sept. 7-8), firing a combined 219 (73-75-71).
• Tied for 14th place at the Windon Memorial (Sept. 21-22), equaling a career-low with a second round 67.
• Earned runner-up honors for the first time at the Rod Myers Invitational (Oct. 11-12), tying for second place with a two-round score of 139 (68-71).
• Shared top Notre Dame finisher honors at the Lamkin San Diego Classic (March 9-10), carding a three-round score of 227 (69-77-81) to tie for 47th place.
• Earned best spring finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship (April 3-5), firing a final score of 222 (69-76-77) to tie for 27th place.

AS A FRESHMAN:

• Started first 10 career collegiate tournaments during freshman campaign, compiling a 74.70 scoring average over 30 rounds.
• Flew out of the gates in first-ever tournament appearance at the Gopher Invitational (Sept. 8-9), tying for sixth place with a three-round score of 210 (67-73-70).
• Carded a second round score of one-under-par 70 at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Golf Classic (Sept. 23-24), ultimately finishing in a tie for 27th place overall (74-70-77-221).
• Added second top 20 effort of the fall at the Georgetown Intercollegiate (Oct. 21-22), sharing 18th place (71-74-74-219).
• Earned third career top 20 result at the Irish Creek Collegiate (April 5-6), tying for 17th place with a four-over score of 217 (72-72-73).
• Broke into the top 10 for the second time at the Notre Dame Oak Hill Intercollegiate (April 21-22), earning a share of ninth place at the historic Oak Hill Country Club (74-71-77-222).

PREP AND PERSONAL:

• Originally from Cape Town, South Africa.
• Prepped at Heritage Academy.
• Won the Boys 15-19 championship at the 2012 International Junior Golf Tour Port Royal Golf Club (Hilton Head, S.C.) tournament, firing a two-day score of 142 (73-69).
• Logged five top-25s on the summer 2012 circuit, highlighted by an eighth-place finish in the Southern Junior (Country Club of North Carolina) and a runner-up effort at the American Junior Golf Association/Under Armour Vicky Hurst Championship (Squire Creek Country Club, Choudrant, La.).
• Four top-five finishes on the 2011 IJGT docket, including a tie for second place at the Falcons Fire Golf Club tournament (Kissimmee, Fla.).
• Won a pair of IJGT events in 2010, claiming the top prize at the TPC Sawgrass (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) and the Port Royal Club tournaments.
• Named Golfweek Junior Player of the Week in recognition of his three-under par (72-69-141) at Port Royal.
• Recorded six straight victories in IJGT events in 2009.
• Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.

Rushton’s Career Statistics