Len Mattiace
| Len Mattiace | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Leonard Earl Mattiace |
| Nickname | Len |
| Born | October 15, 1967 Mineola, New York |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Spouse | Kristen |
| Children | Gracee, Noelle |
| Career | |
| College | Wake Forest University |
| Turned professional | 1990 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Web.com Tour |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Highest ranking | 24 (May 11, 2003)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | 2nd: 2003 |
| PGA Championship | T48: 2002 |
| U.S. Open | T24: 1997 |
| The Open Championship | T30: 1999 |
Leonard Earl "Len" Mattiace (born October 15, 1967) is an American professional golfer, formerly of the PGA Tour and now playing on the PGA Tour Champions.
Mattiace was born in Mineola, New York. He attended Nease High School in Ponte Vedra, Florida. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1990 with a degree in Sociology. While at Wake Forest, he played on the team that won the NCAA Division I Golf Championship in 1986. He turned pro later in 1990.
Mattiace first gained notability when he surged into contention in the final round of the 1998 Players Championship. Trailing by one shot going into the par-3 17th hole, he hit his tee shot into the water, his third shot into a bunker, and his fourth shot into the water. He ended up with a quintuple-bogey 8 on the hole and finished in a tie for fifth, four strokes behind the eventual winner Justin Leonard.
Mattiace's career year was 2002, when he earned wins at the Nissan Open (his 220th PGA Tour start) and the FedEx St. Jude Classic. In 2003, he contended in the Masters Tournament by shooting a 65 in the final round which put him into a playoff with Mike Weir. On that first playoff hole, Mattiace found himself stymied by trees when his approach drifted offline. Weir needed only a bogey to secure the victory and Mattiace finished second, earning $648,000 in prize money. Shortly after the 2003 season, Mattiace's career was threatened by a skiing accident and torn ACLs in both knees.
Mattiace was ranked as high as 24th in the Official World Golf Ranking, but was not fully exempt on the PGA Tour after 2005. He made his PGA Tour Champions debut in March 2018 at the Cologuard Classic. He currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida. Mattiace is naturally left-handed but plays right-handed.
Amateur wins
this list may be incomplete
- 1985 Southern Amateur
Professional wins (2)
PGA Tour wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 17, 2002 | Nissan Open | −15 (69-65-67-68=269) | 1 stroke |  Brad Faxon,  Rory Sabbatini, Scott McCarron
|
| 2 | Jun 30, 2002 | FedEx St. Jude Classic | −18 (69-68-65-64=266) | 1 stroke | Tim Petrovic
|
PGA Tour playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1996 | Buick Challenge | Michael Bradley, Fred Funk, Davis Love III, John Maginnes
|
Bradley won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2003 | Masters Tournament |  Mike Weir
|
Lost to bogey on first extra hole |
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | |
| U.S. Open | ||
| The Open Championship | ||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||||||||
| U.S. Open | T24 | T42 | ||||||||
| The Open Championship | T30 | |||||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 2 | CUT | ||||
| U.S. Open | T68 | T57 | CUT | |||
| The Open Championship | T69 | T65 | ||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T48 | T51 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Totals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2002 U.S. Open – 2003 PGA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1
U.S. national team appearances
Amateur
- Walker Cup: 1987 (winners)
See also
External links
- Official website
- Len Mattiace at the PGA Tour official site
- Len Mattiace at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Len's Friends Foundation official site
- ^ "Week 19 2003 Ending 11 May 2003" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 3, 2019.