Matti Schmid

Matti Schmid claimed the Silver Medal for low amateur at The 149th Open - one year after he won the European Amateur Championship for the second year running.

Last year at Royal Portrush he ended the week in 69th, with his place at The 153rd Open coming via a strong performance at the 2025 Genesis Scottish Open a week earlier.

Three spots were on offer to non-exempt players as part of the Open Qualifying Series and thanks to a birdie at his penultimate hole, and then a closing par, he grabbed the third of them.

The 28-year-old was the DP World Tour’s Rookie of the Year in 2022, but has been competing primarily on the PGA Tour of late, and in May 2025 was runner-up to Ben Griffin at the Charles Schwab Challenge where he fired a second-round 63.

Schmid registered his best major finish at this year’s PGA Championship where he finished T4, four shots off eventual winner Aaron Rai.

He won the European Amateur title in 2019 and 2020, and was T59 at The Open in 2021.