Matt Shuman (CMC '18) Competes at USGA Mid-Amateur Championship

NANTUCKET, Mass. - Former Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's golfer Matt Shuman (CMC '18) was one of 264 players to qualify for the 2021 United States Golf Association Mid-Amateur Championships, which are taking place this week on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts.

Shuman was part of an elite group of 264 golfers to compete in Nantucket. There were an all-time record of 5,339 golfers nationally who attempted to qualify for this week's championship, with only the top 4.9 percent making it through. The winner of the Mid-Amateur, which is held at Sankaty Head Golf Club and Miacomet Golf Course, receives automatic qualifications to both the 2022 Masters and US Open Championships. 

Shuman, who competed at the USGA Mid-Amateur while wearing a CMS golf hat, ended up in a tie for 71st after the two rounds of stroke play at +3, just missing the cut of the top 64 golfers who qualified for the following three stages of stroke play. Shuman shot a 69 on his second round, and made a late run at the cut with pressure-packed birdies on the 15th and 16th holes, before parring 17 and 18 to finish one shot below the cutline.

While competing for CMS, Shuman was part of the 2016 team which won the first national championship in program history, after setting a program record with a 64 at the SCIAC Championships. He was a two-time All-West Region selection, and served as a team captain in 2018 as a senior, when the Stags finished ninth at the NCAA Championships. 

Shuman's qualification continued an impressive year for former CMS men's golfers, as Tain Lee (CMC '12) qualified for his first PGA Tour event in January at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, and went on to finish 14th at the Palmetto Championship at Congaree in June, when he led for eight holes on Saturday's third round.