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2026-27 Golf Roster

Matthew Santini

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mississauga, Ontario
  • High School St. Marcellinus
  • Prev School Bellarmine
  • Instagram Matthewsantini_

Biography

CAREER BESTS
Low 18: 66 at 2025 Grover Page Classic
Low 36: 147 at 2025 Jewell Invitational
Low 54: 208 at 2025Grover Page Classic
BEFORE CANISIUS
• Joins the Canisius program after playing four seasons (2022-26) at Bellarmine
• Played in five events for the Knights in 2025-26, where he posted a 74.7 stroke average
• Carded a career-low 66 in the first round of the Grover Page Classic at The Links at Audubon in Memphis, Tenn.
• Finished tied for 13th in the field at the Grover Page Classic with a five-under score of 208
• Tied for the second-most rounds at-par or better with five in 2025-26
• Shot 70-or lower in 13 of his 15 rounds during the 2025-26 campaign
• Was Bellarmine’s top finisher (T35) at the 2025 Atlantic Sun Men’s Golf Championship
• Shot a season-low 68 in the final round of the 2025 ASun Championship
• Tied for 36th in the field at the 2025 NKU Jewell Invitational at Elks Run Golf Club in Batavia, Ohio, which was his first collegiate event
• Named to the Atlantic Sun Conference Honor Roll in four-straight years
• Played his scholastic golf at St. Marcellinus Secondary, where he was a three-time team MVP
PERSONAL
• The son of Alfie Santini
• Has a brother, Anthony
• Is working toward his master’s degree in business administration