Matt Taber

Matt Taber was the 1969 Nebraska men’s Match-Play Champion who became a successful golf course builder in the U.S. and Asia. His first splash in amateur golf was the 1958 Trans-Mississippi, when he lost to Jack Nicklaus in the quarterfinals.

Three years later, he was the Trans runner-up. In 1964, he teamed with future PGA Tour winner Jim Colbert to win the Heart of America Four-Ball. He was a three-time Lincoln city champion, a four-time winner of the Riverside Tournament of Champions in Grand Island and qualified for three U.S. Amateurs. He lost a playoff to Bob Astleford for the 1965 Nebraska Amateur.

He moved to Dallas in the 1970s as a golf apparel sales representative and later moved into course building. Matt Taber passed away November 26, 2017, in Malvern, Arkansas.