HONORS
LPGA Tour Card | 2021
Curtis Cup Participant | 2021
NCAA Record Holder | 54-Hole Record (191), 9/14/21
First Team All-SEC | 2021
Augusta National Women's Amateur Participant | 2021
Arnold Palmer Cup Selection | 2021
Curtis Cup Practice Selection | 2021
WGCA All-American Scholar | 2020
SEC All-Freshman Team | 2019
Golfweek All-American Honorable Mention | 2019
WGCA All-American Scholar | 2019
COLLEGIATE BESTS
Low Round: 63; Round one at the Cougar Classic (9/13/21)
Low Tournament: 191 (63-64-64) at the Cougar Classic (9/13/-9/14/21)
Best Finish: T-1st, Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, April 11, 2019; 1st at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (10/5/-10/7/20); 1st at the Cougar Classic (9/13-9/14/21); 1st at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (10/4/-10/6/21)
2021-22 BESTS
Low Round: 63; Round one at the Cougar Classic (9/13/21)
Low Tournament: 191 (63-64-64) at the Cougar Classic (9/13/-9/14/21)
Best Finish: 1 at the Cougar Classic (9/13-9/14/21); 1 at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (10/4/-10/6/21)
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2021-22)
Set the college golf world on fire in September, setting the NCAA 54-Hole record with an incredible 191 (63-64-64) at the Cougar Classic ... Bested the old record by six strokes ... Led Arkansas to a win at the Cougar Classic while claiming the individual medal ... Went back-to-back, winning the Blessings Collegiate Invitational on October 6 ... Helped Arkansas win the event, too ... Marked the second year in a row Arkansas and Matthews won the team and individual honors at the BCI ... Decided to forego the spring season after earning her LPGA Tour Card ... Joined Stacy Lewis, Maria Fassi, Emily Tubert and Amanda McCurdy as the only Hogs to ever win four events in a career ... Her 72.74 career stroke average is the third-best mark in program history.
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2020-21)
Played in all 10 Arkansas events during her redshirt junior season ... Finished the season as one of just eight First Teamers named by the SEC’s coaches ... Became the first First-Teamer for Head Coach Shauna Taylor since the trio of Maria Fassi, Dylan Kim and Kaylee Benton were named to the first team back in 2019 ... Finished her redshirt junior season with four top-10 finishes, two runner-up finishes, and a historic win at the inaugural Blessings Collegiate Invitational ... Matthews’ 72.46 stroke average during the 2020-21 season represents the ninth-best average in program history ... Made waves at the LPGA’s Northwest Arkansas Championship, finishing in the top-50 amongst a field of professionals ... Tallied a top-30 finish at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur ... Received an invitation to represent Team USA in the Arnold Palmer Cup this summer ... Her 16 par-or-better rounds and her four events under par also led the Hogs this season.
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2019-20)
Competed in all six events in the shortened season ... registered three top-30 finishes ... Carded her best three-round score in the 2019-20 season debut at the Cougar Classic, firing a 214, good for a share of 16th place ... Finished tied for 23rd at the Ruth's Chris, firing a 215 over three rounds ... Finished 29th at the White Sands Invitational, courtesy of her three-round 219.
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2018-19)
Golfweek All-American Honorable Mention … SEC All-Freshman Team ... WGCA All-American Scholar … Earned co-medalist honors with a 68 in the single round of stroke play at the Liz Murphey ... Won three matches at the Liz and a fourth at the SEC Championship ... Earned SEC Golfer of the Week after the Liz.
As A FRESHMAN (2017-18)
Brooke Matthews redshirted the 2017-18 season.
PRIOR TO ARKANSAS
Began playing golf at the age of 12 and has been improving each year … Finished third in the 7A girls golf state tournament as a freshman … Won back-to-back state titles as a sophomore and junior … Multiple sport athlete at a young age … Picked up the clubs after careers in competitive gymnastics and softball … Grew up in Rogers, Arkansas … Swing coach, former Razorback Philip Walker from Back Nine Academy, was factor in Matthews’ thinking she would like to play at Arkansas … As a senior she picked up wins at the AWGA Match Play and ASGA Match Play Championships, the Arkansas Junior Amateur Championship and the AJGA Otter Creek Junior Championship …Four-time all-state selection and qualified for the U.S. Four-Ball Championship.