Matt Gogel

Matt Gogel
Personal information
Full name Matthew John Gogel
Born (1971-02-09) February 9, 1971
Denver, Colorado
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence Mission Hills, Kansas
Career
College University of Kansas
Turned professional 1994
Retired 2007
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 8
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 1
Web.com Tour 6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open T12: 2001
The Open Championship T47: 2001
PGA Championship T17: 2004

Matthew John Gogel (born February 9, 1971) is an American professional golfer and golf commentator who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.

Gogel was born in Denver, Colorado and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he attended Bishop Kelley High School. He has lived most of his adult life in Kansas. He attended the University of Kansas, and was a member of the golf team. He turned pro in 1994 and joined the PGA Tour in 2000.

Gogel played in Asia early in his professional career and on the Nike Tour (which later became known as the Nationwide Tour). He is the first player in Nationwide Tour history to win in four consecutive years. He earned his PGA Tour card for 2000 by finishing 7th on the Nationwide Tour money list in 1999.[1] His two best finishes in official PGA Tour events have come at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am; he won the tournament in 2002 and finished T-2 in 2000. His best finish in a major championship is a T-12 at the 2001 U.S. Open.

After losing his tour card in 2006, Gogel announced an intention to retire after the 2007 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.[2]

In June 2007, Gogel joined The Golf Channel as an on-course reporter for its PGA Tour Coverage. His first event was the 2007 Travelers Championship. He joined CBS Sports as a commentator in 2009.[3] Gogel's brother Mike is a golf course designer, and collaborated on a redesign of the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi, which hosts the Sanderson Farms Championship annually.

He currently lives in Mission Hills, Kansas.

Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Feb 3, 2002 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am −14 (66-72-67-69=274) 3 strokes United States Pat Perez

Nike Tour wins (6)

Other wins (1)

  • 1995 Kansas Open

Results in major championships

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
U.S. Open CUT T51 CUT CUT T12 CUT CUT
The Open Championship T47
PGA Championship T64 T17

Note: Gogel never played in the Masters Tournament.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Matt Gogel – Career". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Matt Gogel announces retirement for 2007". PGA Tour. November 18, 2006. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Trevor Immelman Defends 2008 Masters". CBS Sports. April 2, 2009.
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