Matthias Schwab

Pressure Performance Analysis

Summary
Golf Betting Club Pressure Performance Rating is set at ⭐⭐ on the basis of his record to date.  However, we expect this rating to change as Matthias becomes accustomed to the pressure and learns how to win.  His first win is likely to come from of the pace rather than leading though.

August 2021
✅ Four shots behind Scott Gutschewski at the Albertsons Boise Open, Matthias shot a 67 to move from 6th to 4th.

May 2021
❌ Two behind Eddie Pepperell at the Betfred British Masters, Matthias shot a 71 to slip from 8th to 11th.

April 2021
❌ Trailed Garrick Higgo by 2 shots heading into the final round of the Gran Canaria Open. Shot 70 to finish 9 shots behind Higgo in 8th place. A poor display.

November 2019
❌ Schwab led through 54 holes at the Turkish Airlines Open and he made a solid start birdieing two of the first four holes and traded below 1.5 on Betfair.  However, he couldn't keep the pedal down for the next 14 holes playing them in level par and after failing to birdie the par 5 18th hole for the first time that week a playoff ensued which he would ultimately lose.

June 2019
❌ Matthias was 1 shot behind after round three at the BMW international Open and finished with a 71 (2nd worst score in the top 13) to drop back to 3rd.

May 2019
❌ He was the 36 hole leader at the Made in Denmark event with rounds of 68 and 66 before shooting 72 and 70 at the weekend to drop down to 9th.

Trends

Mountain Goat
Matthias recorded a T8 finish at Crans-Montana in the Omega European Masters in 2019 and we should keep an eye out for him in this event as he says “it reminds him of home,” having grown up in the mountains.  His hometown is 1900m above sea level (Crans being only 900m above sea level by comparison) so Matthias is well used to courses with altitude differences.  This was further evidenced by his 3rd place finish at the 2020 Barracuda Championship on the PGA Tour, an event played at Tahoe Mountain Club which is 6,000ft above sea level.

Wind Expert
Unsurprisingly for a player who finished second in the Amateur Championship, Matthias considers himself to be a good player in the wind commenting previously, “I think I usually play pretty okay on courses that are tough,” Schwab said. “I guess that suits me and I guess I’m a good wind player, too. I really just want to do my own thing and see what comes out.”
This is backed up by his results where he has scored Top 10s at wind exposed events like the Made in Denmark in 2019.  

Events to back Schwab

The common theme of Matthias's success to date is that the events are familiar to Matthias in some way or other.  A significant number of Matthias’s best results have come in countries close to his Austrian home (two top 9 finishes in D+D Czech Masters, three top 7 results in Germany (Porsche Open and BMW International) and a top 4 in Italy).  

Playoff Record

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Matthias has only been in one playoff to date and it was a six man playoff at the Turkish Airline Open in 2019.  Matthias performed well for the first three playoff holes and made it through to the fourth playoff hole where he faced Tyrrell Hatton.  However, he missed a 4ft par putt and handed Hatton the title. 

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