Matthew John Gogel is an American

United States

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 professional golfer

Professional golfer

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 who has played on the PGA Tour

PGA Tour

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 and the Nationwide Tour

Nationwide Tour

The Nationwide Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level...

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Gogel was born in Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

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 and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma

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, where he attended Bishop Kelley High School

Bishop Kelley High School

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. He has lived most of his adult life in Kansas

Kansas

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. He attended the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

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, and was a member of the golf

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 team. He turned pro in 1994 and joined the PGA Tour in 2000.

Gogel played in Asia

Asia

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 early in his professional career and on the NIKE Tour (which later became known as the Nationwide Tour). He is the first player in Nationwide Tour history to win in four consecutive years. He earned his PGA Tour card for 2000 by finishing 7th on the Nationwide Tour money list in 1999. His two best finishes in official PGA Tour events have come at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am; he won the tournament in 2002 and finished T-2 in 2000. His best finish in a major championship

Men's major golf championships

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 is a T-12 at the 2001 U.S. Open

U.S. Open (golf)

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After losing his tour card in 2006, Gogel announced an intention to retire after the 2007 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

In June 2007, Gogel joined The Golf Channel

The Golf Channel

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 as an on-course reporter for its PGA Tour Coverage. His first event was the 2007 Travelers Championship. He currently lives in Mission Hills, Kansas

Mission Hills, Kansas

Mission Hills is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,498. The city is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, which is adjacent to the east, across the aptly named State Line Road. Mission Hills was originally developed by noted Kansas...

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Nationwide Tour wins (6)

• 1996 (1) NIKE Boise Open
• 1997 (1) NIKE Laurel Creek Classic
• 1998 (2) NIKE Omaha Classic, NIKE Tri-Cities Open
• 1999 (2) NIKE Louisiana Open, NIKE Cleveland Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	CUT	DNP	DNP	T51	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	T12	CUT	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T47	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T64	DNP	T17

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

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