2001-02: Was a third-team GCAA All-American as a senior…Competed in all ten events for the Yellow Jackets in 2002, ranking third on the team with a 72.32 stroke average on the year…Earned All-ACC honors for the first time in his career in 2002…Recorded a career-best, second-place finish at the ACC Championship, tying for second place at 9-under, 68-70-69?207…Also had a fourth-place finish at the Long Cove Invitational, finishing at 1-under-par, 73-70-69?212…Tied for fourth at the Puerto Rico Classic, with a 5-under-par total of 69-77-65?211…The final-round score of 65 was a career best and tied for the best score by a Tech player this year…Was Tech?s top finisher at the U.S. Collegiate Championships with a seventh-place finish and a 2-under-par total of 69-73-72?214…Tech?s top finisher at the East Regional, placing fifth at even-par 70-71-75?216…Tied for third on the team with seven top-20 finishes and also recorded five of top-10 placements…Ranks eighth all-time at Tech with a 73.28 scoring average.
2000-01: One of four players to play in every tournament during the regular season for Georgia Tech, also competed at the ACC and NCAA Championships for the Jackets…Had the lowest 54-hole total of his career at the NCAA East Regional as he tied for 10th with a score of 6-under-par, 69-71-70?210…Recorded his previous best 54-hole event in the fall at the Golf World Invitational, finishing tied for 28th with a score of 3-under-par, 69-70-74?213…Top finish of the year prior to the NCAA Regionals was at the ACC Championships in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., as he placed in a tie for 12th with a three-day score of even-par, 73-71-72?216…Low round of the season was a second-round 68 at the U.S. Collegiate Championships, as he placed tied for 16th at 71-68-79?218…Helped lead Tech to four team titles in the regular season, and the school?s seventh ACC crown…Finished the year with the fourth-best scoring average on the team, with a 73.74 final average…One of five Tech players to finish with a scoring average below 74.00.
1999-2000: Top Yellow Jacket finisher at the NCAA Championship with his career-best 6th-place showing after recording a four-day 12-under-par total of 71-71-67-67?276…The 67s in the third and fourth rounds were career lows for Weibring…Recorded two other top-20 finishes during the year, including a season-opening 12th-place showing at the Ping/Golfweek Preview Invit. with his 1-under-par 73-71-71?215…That tourney was played on the same course as the NCAA Championship…Other top-20 finish came in the final regular season event as he tied for 14th at the U.S. Collegiate Championships with another 1-under-par total of 73-69-73?215…Top career 54-hole score came in a 30th-place finish at the Golf World/Palmetto Dunes Invitational with a total of 214…Finished the year with a 72.96 stroke average and was ranked 39th in the final MasterCard rankings, along with being rated 45th in the final Golfweek/Sagarin index.
1998-99: Played in three tournaments and averaged 76.00 strokes per round…Finished tied for 49th at the Ping/Golfweek Invitational…Shot a 80-78-75?231 at Hazeltine…Also tied for 49th at the Duke Golf Classic…Had best finish of the year as he carded a 75-75-75?225 to tie for 37th at the Chris Schenkel Invit.
Amateur? 2001: Reached semifinals of Western Amateur after finishing third in stroke play at 13-under-par, 71-68-64-68?271…Tied for sixth at the Northeast Amateur at 71-70-70-68?279…Was a quarterfinalist at the North and South Amateur after placing ninth in stroke play…2000: Finished second at the Players Amateur with a 16-under-par total of 69-69-64-70?272…Qualified for the U.S. Amateur for the third-straight year…Lost to eventual champion Jeff Quinney in the first round of match play by a 6 and 5 score…1999: Qualified for the U.S. Amateur for a second-straight year…Missed the cut at Pebble Beach Golf Links for match play after shooting 77-77?154…Missed the 36-hole cut at the Western Amateur after shooting a 73-79?152…1998: Qualified for the U.S. Amateur in one of the Dallas, Texas-area qualifiers…Was a co-medalist at Eastern Hills C.C. after shooting a 137…Missed the cut at Oak Hill C.C., in Rochester, N.Y., after carding a 79-77?156.
High School: Lettered four years in golf for coach David Post at Bishop Lynch High School…Also lettered three years in basketball…Helped the golf team to state championships in 1997 & ?98…Earned All-District and All-State honors all four years…Was State Medalist in both 1997 and ?98…In basketball, was District player of the year and first team All-State…Helped team to state finals and was an all-tournament selection in the state tournament.
Personal: Full name is Matthew Kirk Weibring…Born December 4, 1979…Parents are D.A. and Kristy Weibring…Father is a 25-year Professional Golf Association Tour player…Graduated with a degree in management..
Career Collegiate Finishes
1998-99 T49 Ping/Golfweek Preview Inv. 80-78-75?233 T49 Duke Golf Classic 74-75-77?226 T37 Chris Schenkel Invitational 75-75-75?225
1999-2000 T12 Ping/Golfweek Preview Inv. 73-71-71?215 T60 Carpet Capital Collegiate 74-76-80?230 T30 Golf World Palmetto Invit. 73-70-71?214 T46 Las Vegas Intercollegiate 73-71-76?220 T14 U.S. Collegiate Championships 73-69-73?215 T31 ACC Championship 72-75-79?226 T56 NCAA East Regional 78-77-73?228 6 NCAA Championship 71-71-67-67?276
2000-01 T44 Ping/Golfweek Preview 76-76?152 T36 Carpet Capital Collegiate 71-73-82?226 T27 Jerry Pate Intercollegiate 71-75-71?217 T28 Golf World Invitational 69-70-74?213 T67 Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate 85-80-72?237 T15 Puerto Rico Classic 75-75-69?219 T33 Las Vegas Intercollegiate 85-69-69?223 T37 Morris Williams Intercollegiate 73-77?150 T16 Ford U.S. Collegiate Championships 71-68-79?218 T12 ACC Championship 72-71-75?216 T10 NCAA East Regional 69-71-70?210 T63 NCAA Championship 76-78-75-71?300
2001-02 T55 Ping/Golfweek Preview 74-77-76?227 T17 Carpet Capital Collegiate 71-74-75?220 T28 Jerry Pate Intercollegiate 75-70-76?221 4 Long Cove Invitational 73-70-69?212 T37 Taylor Made/Waikoloa Intercollegiate 73-70-79?222 T4 Puerto Rico Classic 69-77-65?211 T19 Las Vegas Collegiate 77-70-71?218 7 Ping/U.S. Collegiate Championships 69-73-72?214 T2 ACC Championship 68-70-69?207 5 NCAA East Regional 70-71-75?216 T63 NCAA Championship 70-74-74-73?291
Career Statistics
Year Trn T10 T20 Rnds/Cnt Strk Avg. Lo Hi 98-99 3 0 0 9/6 684 76.00 74 80 0 0
99-2000 8 1 3 25/17 1824 72.96 67 80 10 3
2000-01 12 1 4 35/26 2581 73.74 68 85 12 6
2001-02 11 5 7 34/31 2459 72.32 65 77 16 6
Total 34 7 14 103/80 7548 73.28 65 85 38 15
Low Round: 65, Puerto Rico Classic, 2002 Low Tournament: 207, ACC Championships, 2002 Best Finish: T2, ACC Championships, 2002
