{"id":144234,"date":"2021-06-25T13:55:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T23:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=144234"},"modified":"2021-06-25T13:55:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T23:55:02","slug":"scott-simpson-golf-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/06\/25\/scott-simpson-golf-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA<\/abbr> veteran, U.S. Open champ Scott Simpson to lead UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa golf team"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Former PGA<\/abbr> Tour veteran and U.S. Open champion Scott Simpson<\/strong> has been named the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa’s new head men\u2019s golf coach, Athletics Director David Matlin<\/strong> announced.<\/p>\n

The professional golfer served as the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa women\u2019s golf assistant coach for the past two seasons helping the Rainbow Wahine post five Top 5 team finishes in a pair of pandemic-shortened seasons.<\/p>\n

Simpson won seven times in a 27-year PGA<\/abbr> Tour career, including the 1987 U.S. Open. He also recorded 15 runner-up finishes on tour and nine top 10s in major tournaments. His other professional wins include three times on the Japan Tour and four Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Opens, including back-to-back in 1993 and 1994.<\/p>\n

Simpson joined the PGA<\/abbr> Champions Tour in 2005 and won the 2006 Walmart First Tee Open.<\/p>\n

“We are thrilled to welcome and introduce Scott Simpson as the head coach of our men\u2019s golf program,” Matlin said. “With more than 40 years of professional golf experience, we couldn\u2019t ask for more while searching for a new coach. We didn\u2019t have to look far either, as Scott has helped our women\u2019s team achieve tremendous individual success. Scott shares our goals and believes we can field a successful and high quality men\u2019s golf program. The future is bright for our Rainbow Warriors!”<\/p>\n

“I\u2019d like to thank David Matlin for giving me the opportunity to lead this program,” Simpson said. “We share a vision for going forward and I\u2019m so excited to join the UH<\/abbr> Athletics ʻohana.<\/span> My goal is to help our men golfers learn, improve and grow in the classroom and on the course. We will work, prepare and compete hard while having a lot of fun. Go Rainbow Warriors!”<\/p>\n

Simpson is the program\u2019s eighth head coach since turning Division I<\/abbr>. <\/p>\n

Read more about Simpson\u2019s career at HawaiiAthletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n