Matt began playing golf as a junior member at Rideau View and has been associated with the club ever since. Among his many accomplishments are co-founding the Ottawa Girls Club with Mary Jo Heyes in 2007 and authoring the Vision 2020 program which rolled out in January 2011. Matt was awarded the 2007 Junior Leader of the Year by the Ottawa CPGA following nominations in that category as well as Teacher of the Year. A further nomination with the CPGA followed in 2009 as Teacher of the Year. In the Fall of 2009 he was asked to join the “invitation only” AMF Golf Management Instructor Division which is a collection of 300 Instructors worldwide who share information. Other members of this prestigious group include David Leadbetter, Claude Harmon and Henry Brunton. Being part of this exclusive membership allows Matt to continue offering leading edge coaching techniques to his students while developing relationships with elite instructors around the world.