Matt Hill (golfer) Matt Hill (golfer) Matt Hill (born September 12, 1988) is a Canadian professional golfer best known for winning the NCAA Division I Championship in 2009. He currently plays on PGA TourCanada. Hill was born in Sarnia, Ontario. He grew up in the Sarnia suburb of Brights Grove, the same neighborhood that Mike Weir grew up in. Hill played college golf at North Carolina State University. He won the NCAA individual title in 2009, which along with seven other victories that season equaled Tiger Woods record for the most wins by a college golfer in a season. He won ten tournaments
Tiger Woods the $10 million bonus Woods received for the FedEx Cup title. The same year, Forbes estimated his net worth to be $600 million, making him the second richest person of color in the United States, behind only Oprah Winfrey. In 2015, Woods ranked ninth in Forbes' list of world's highest-paid athletes, being the top among Asian Americans or the fourth among African Americans. Woods is currently considered to be the highest-paid golfer. Early in Woods' career, a small number of golf experts expressed concern about his impact on the competitiveness of the game and the public appeal of professional golf.