Kingston, Ontario – All of us at ACCRA golf and our friends from the local golfing community wish to congratulate Matt McQuillan for his tremendous tenacity and perseverance in qualifying for the 2011 PGA Tour.
Matt grew up and played his junior golf in the home town of ACCRA’s corporate head offices. A stellar junior career in the late 1990’s lead him to a collage career at Oklahoma State and Georgia. Matt then joined the Canadian Tour where he began to see some of his efforts pay off, culminating in a Victory at The Telus Edmonton Open in 2005 and several high finishes on the Nationwide Tour.
Unfortunately this success was short lived and matt found himself bouncing around the Canadian, Hooters and e Tours, struggling to make ends meet. In 2008, Matt resorted to working at a local Pizza parlor in an effort to raise funds to keep his dream alive.
Not one to give up, Matt was back playing in every event he could in 2010, and while other PGA Tour wannabes were practicing and playing with fellow Touring Pro’s, Matt supported his buddies by playing a weekly game in his hometown with a group of mid handicap fun loving guys.
Armed with some new sponsorship and confidence, Matt began preparing for the 2010 PGA Tour qualifying school. Consistent play through the first and second stage found him in the 6 round final stage and a chance to make his dream a reality.
With a little help from some friends, Matt secured Sergio Garcia’s regular caddy Gary Matthews to support him through this grueling event. An 11 under total through 6 rounds found Matt McQuillan with a 2011 PGA Tour Card.
Matt has made several trips to the ACCRA test & fitting studio, where Bob Collins ( Master Club Fitter) outfitted Matt in ACCRA DyMatch wood shafts and a set of KBS tour shafts for his Titleist irons.
On behalf of all of your friends at ACCRA, we wish you an amazing season on the PGA Tour and an outstanding career.
