Matt Bengtson's Golf Page

Tournament Highlights

Ledgerock Golf Club Men's Club Championship

• 2007: winner by 2 strokes (88-81-169)

Berkshire Country Club Men's Club Championship

• 2003: winner by 4 strokes (76-76-77-229)
• 2002: winner by 7 strokes (71-72-143).
• 2001: second by 9 strokes (73-77-70-220).
• 1992: winner by 1 stroke (83-76-74-233).

Harry Markel Match Play Championship (Berkshire)

• 2004: winner.
• 2002: winner.
• 2000: winner.
• 1999: winner.
• 1998: runner-up.

Berkshire Junior Club Championship
(3 times).

Hawley Quier Memorial
1999: second place by 1 stroke to Zack Amole (77-73).

Berks County Match Play Championship
1998: runner-up to Joe Cala.

Facts and Figures

Current handicap: 3.

Roughly average score: 78.

Some of my best 18-hole rounds:

• Berkshire Country Club (par 36-35-71), 35-33-68, 34-34-68.
• Gleneagles Resort, Monarch's Course (Jack Nicklaus design), Scotland. Par 72, white tees: 34-36-70.
• Adare Manor Golf Club, Ireland (Robert Trent Jones). Par 72, blue tees: 36-35-71.

Best 18-hole rounds in medal tournament play

• 36-34-70 at Berkshire Club championship, 2001.
• 37-34-71 and 35-37-72 at Berkshire Club championship, 2002.
• 38-35-73 at Moselem Springs, Hawley Quier Memorial (par 70), 1994.
• 37-36-73 at Moselem Springs, Hawley Quier Memorial, 1999.

Best 9-hole scores:
Numerous nine holes of 3 under par.

Best consecutive 9 holes:
5 under par. In the Berks Amateur 1999 at Moselem Springs, I birdied 13, 16, and 18 at the end of the first round, and 2 and 3 at the start of the second.

Most consecutive birdies:
3. Holes 7-8-9 (twice), 8-9-10, and 12-13-14, all at the Berkshire. Holes 16-17-18 at Adare Manor, Ireland, and holes 6-7-8 at Ledgerock.

Eagles on par 4's:

• Hole 8, Wigwam Resort, Gold Course, AZ, 435 yds.
• Hole 18, Brookside Country Club, PA, 255 yds (3 times).
• Hole 10, Golden Oaks Golf Club, PA, 410 yds.
• Hole 17, Moselem Springs Golf Club, PA, 410 yds.
• Hole 7, Berkshire Country Club, PA, 330 yds.
  

Holes in one:
January 2009, hole 11, “The Raven”, Country Club of San José, Los Cabos, Mexico. 205 yards, 3-iron.

Fewest putts in a round:
9-11-20 (Brookside CC, Pottstown PA, 2002).

Most greens in regulation in a round:
16 (several).

Miscellaneous

• Michael J. Smith Memorial Golf Award in 1990 at the Hill School for "dedication to the game of golf."
• Five Major H awards for varsity golf at the Hill School.
• Year and a half and Minor H on Harvard golf team.