open pga usopen extour chalwins weight birth_place height article_title prowins birth_date yearpro residence eurowins masters college name retired
dnp dnp dnp european tour pga tour of australasia challenge tour 1 187 lb kg st on gosford , new south wales , australia 6 1 matthew zions
 1 27 december 1978 2003 denver , colorado , u.s. 1 dnp university of colorado matthew zions 2013
matthew zions

matthew zions -lrb- born 27 december 1978 -rrb- is an australian professional golfer .
zions was born in gosford , australia .
he grew up in the mid north coast region of new south wales , where he played at the kempsey golf club .
his father paul zions is a former representative golfer .
he moved to the united states and played college golf at the university of colorado .
he also competed in inter school tennis events .
he turned professional in 2003 .
zions played on the european tour -lrb- earning his tour card through q-school -rrb- in 2007 , the pga tour of australasia and the challenge tour in 2008 , and the challenge tour in 2009 and 2010 .
in 2010 , he re-earned his european tour card by finishing 15th on the challenge tour order of merit .
zions played in the 2007 open championship , missing the cut .
zions won the 2011 saint-omer open , which gives him an exemption until the end of the 2012 european tour season .
zions finished 124th on the european tour money list , normally six spots outside keeping his tour card , but his win exempted him for the season .
zions dropped down to the challenge tour for 2013 , and then retired from full-time golf .
in 2014 he worked for r.k. pinson & associates as a petroleum landman .
