An opening round 71 was enough to keep Hill near the
leader board. His teammates seemed to pick up from
this and gain the confidence to battle the big
boys. Hill followed up with a sizzling four under
67 on the second round further inspiring his
teammates. On the final round Hill was challenged
when Jurrain vander Vaart posted a impressive 6
under 65 to stake a lead. Hill responded to the
pressure by posting six birdies down the stretch to
post a five under 67 and win by two strokes in front
of the huge gallery.
With the individual
win by Matt Hill his team played inspired golf and
North Carolina State Wolfpack went on to win the
team event by a total of 12 strokes.
Matt
attended Sarnia
Northern Collegiate High School where he was coached
by John Thrasher. Matt was ranked No. 1 junior
player in Ontario in 2006 and No. 3 in Canada
overall. He also won the 2005 High School
Provincial Championship. He also played for
Canada at the World Junior Championships in 2006 and
2007 and won the 2007 Ontario Junior Championship.
He finished second at 2005 and 2007 Canadian
Juniors, Semifinalist at the 2005 Canadian Amateur,
won the 2006 Ontario Future Links Championship, tied
for fifth at 2007 Ontario Amateur, tied for
14th at 2006 Callaway Junior Worlds. Career
low tournament record was (-8) 64
Matt also played hockey and tennis and hockey.
In 2006 he was a member of the Northern Vikings
LSSAA Senior Boys Hockey Championship Team. In
other achievements Matt was on the city of Sarnia’s
Mayors Honor List and earned the Silver Award in 9th
and 10th grade.
Matt was Born September 12, 1988 and is the
Son of Bob and Barb Hill. Matt's brother
Graham plays golf for Eastern Michigan University
and was the 2007 MAC Player of the Year.
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