page_title: Matthew Nixon
section_title: Amateur career
hierarchical_section_title: Matthew Nixon / Amateur career
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Matthew Nixon lors du quatrième tour de l'Open de France 2014 - Golf National - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (78) - départ du trou n° 1
context_page_description: Matthew Nixon is an English professional golfer.
context_section_description: Nixon was a top amateur golfer nationwide from an early age; he won the Boys Amateur Championship in 2006 at the age of 17, and played in the Jacques Léglise Trophy that year. He played for the national side from 2006 onwards, and was ranked as high as 14th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. In the USA, he was ranked 7th in the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking. He broke the course record at Pannal Golf Club, Harrogate, England on 24 August 2005, shooting 63, 9-under-par at age 16. He reached the semi-finals of The Amateur Championship in 2010, losing to the eventual winner Jin Jeong of South Korea.
caption: Matthew Nixon
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