Thanks to the grant, Matias was able to cover his travel and accommodation costs to the Open in Sydney. 

This benchmarking opportunity for players is vital in assessing their future career direction within the sport.

It’s been a big year for Matias with a win at the Australian Amateur Championship in January 2017 against a top international field also in the bag. 

After winning silver at the Australian Open Matias said "Yeah, I'm pretty happy with that. I'm just working on my game and it's good to see it pay off in these events."

Congratulations to Matias for his recent success at the Australian Open.

Since 2015, the Athlete Pathway Travel Grant program helped over 950 athletes, teams, coaches and officials from all over Victoria to travel to training, competition and national championships, developing their skills and to go on to success.

The next round of the Athlete Pathway Travel Grants program will open on 26 June 2018 and close 24 July 2018.

For more information Athlete Pathway Travel Grants program