2024-25 Men's Golf Roster

Ryne Rickman
Nelson Chenault
Nelson Chenault
Nelson Chenault
Nelson Chenault
George Walker
Nelson Chenault
Nelson Chenault

Matteo Cristoni

  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 195
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Letters:
    2
  • Hometown:
    Modena, Italy
  • High School:
    Dante Alighieri H.S.
  • Prev School:
    Grand Canyon

Summary

Biography

3-Time OVC Player of the Week Honors
2024 All-OVC Team
2023 All-OVC Team
2023 All-OVC Newcomer Team

Summer 2024: Finished T22nd in the Brabazon Trophy … 5th in the Scottish Men’s Amateur
including a hole-in-one on the final day … T21st in the stroke play portion of the R&A Amateur
Championship before falling in the round of 64 … and T23rd in the European Team
Championships representing Italy.
 
2023-24 (Junior): All-OVC Team selection ... Competed in 11 events for Little Rock with a 72.55 scoring average, ranking fourteenth all-time in program history ... Ended the year with 16 rounds of par-or-better (10th most all time), including three rounds in the 60s, and two individual top-10 finishes ... OVC Golfer of the Week (Feb. 29) ... Led the team in two tournaments on the year, finishing among the top-three in seven different tournaments.
 
2022-23 (Sophomore): All-OVC Team and All-OVC Newcomer Team selection ... Competed in 8 events for Little Rock with a 71.88 scoring average, ranking fifth all-time in program history ... Ended the year with 13 rounds of par-or-better, including seven rounds in the 60s, and five individual top-10 finishes ... Two-time OVC Golfer of the Week (Sept. 14, Mar. 9) ... Finished tied for third at the Olympic Club Intercollegiate (Sept. 12-13) with a 4-under 209, his 65 in round two tied for the sixth-lowest round in program history ... Finished tied for fourth at the Windon Memorial Classic (Sept. 26-27) with a 2-under 208, his 137 total after two rounds is the sixteenth-lowest 36-hole total in program history ... Finished fourth at the Trinity Forest Invitational (Oct. 2-4) with a 10-under 206, his 36-hole total is the ninth-lowest in program history and his 206 tournament total in the ninth lowest in program history ... Led the team in three tournaments on the year, finishing among the top-three in six different tournaments.

Prior to Little Rock: Spent his freshman season at Grand Canyon ... First team All-WAC selection ... Led the Antelopes with a 73.13 scoring average over 32 rounds, firing 13 rounds of par-or-better and a low round of 65 ... Had a pair of top-10 finishes, winning the individual title at the UC Santa Barbara Collegiate ... Tied for 24th at the WAC Championship ... WAC Golfer of the Week April 13, 2022 ... Competed in Italy for 10 years ... Placed second at the Italian Match Play Championship in 2022 ... Ranked as high as 274 in the World Golf Amateur Ranking with eight top-10 finishes ... Also placed second at the French Amateur in 2021.

Personal: Birthday is February 28 ... Son of Davide and Elena Cristoni ... Has one brother, Luca ... Plans to major in business management.

 CRISTONI'S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Events Rounds Strokes Average Low Round Par - 10/20
2022-23 8   24 1,725 71.88 65 13 5/6
2023-24 11 33 2,394 72.26 67 16 2/4
TOTALS 19 57 4,119 72.26 65 29 7/10

CRISTONI'S CAREER BESTS
Low Round: 65 - Olympic Club Intercollegiate (Sept. 12, 2022)
Low 54-Hole Tournament: 206 - Trinity Forest Invitational (Oct. 2-4, 2022)
Best Finish: 2nd - Desert Mountain Collegiate (Mar. 4-5, 2023)

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Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    6'3" 195 lbs
  • 2023-24Junior

    6'3" 195 lbs
  • 2024-25Senior

    6'3" 195 lbs