Golf Career Looking Up For Los Osos’ Matt Hansen

Life is looking like a 1-foot gimme for Los Osos’ golf pro, Matt Hansen.
The 2010 Morro Bay High grad, who was the athlete of the year last year at U.C. Davis, has been doing great on the eGolf pro tour, narrowly losing a nail-biter in eGolf’s $250,000 Championship, played recently at Red Hawk in Reno.
Hansen turned pro last August and according to his mom Kristin Hansen, Nike recently signed him to a 3-year professional contract and he signed with a sports agency, Octagon, with Joel Kribel as his personal agent (see: www.octagongolf.com).
Hansen plans to travel to Argentina in a couple of weeks to participate in the Latin American Q-school, a PGA-affiliated tour with which he will try to gain PGA creds and play in South America over the spring.
Hansen had a great deal of success in his six starts for money earning over $30,000 and making every cut. He tied for first twice but lost in playoffs.
According to the Octagon website, while attending U.C. Davis, Hansen received many accolades, including Male Athlete of the Year for 2014. He set the lowest, single-season stroke average (70.57), as well as the lowest career stroke average in Aggie history (71.94).
During his senior season, Hansen was a medalist a record-breaking 10 times for his team over his career. He finished college play with three wins, including a Big West Conference Championship and NCAA Regional Tourney his freshman year. He was also named a Ping All-American in his freshman and senior seasons. Hansen earned a degree in Economics.
Hansen has a website for readers who’d like to follow his career, see: www.matthansengolf.com.