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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSlen Mattiace (MaT-teece)Section Player BiograPhies2PGA toUR VictoRieS (2):2002 Nissan open, FedEx St. Jude classic.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t26—reno-tahoe open.2010 SeASon:made one of six cuts in his pga tour starts and missed allsix cuts on the Nationwide tour.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: Finished t22 in his only start on the pga tour at theat&t pebble Beach National pro-am...made 12 of 27 cutson the Nationwide tour with one top-10 finish. 2008: madefour of 11 cuts on the pga tour and one of seven cuts onthe Nationwide tour. 2007: competed in 10 events on thepga tour, missing the cut in all 10...made two out of 16cuts on the Nationwide tour. 2006: played in 22 events andmade six cuts...played out of the past champions categoryafter being fully exempt in 1993 and 1996-2004. 2005:Struggled with only nine made cuts in 34 starts. Best finishwas t12 at the Barclays classic. 2004: Injured both kneesin December 2003 while skiing in Vail. Following surgery,made his comeback in march at the Honda classic, wherehe missed the cut...made his first cut of the season at tHEpLaYErS championship two weeks later and finished t33...Did not post a top-10 for the first time in his 10-year pgatour career and had just one top-25, a t20 at the JohnDeere classic in July. 2003: playing in his first masters as aprofessional and first in 15 years (1988 as an amateur), firedthe best round of the tournament, a 7-under 65, in the finaleXeMPt StAtUS: past championFULL nAMe: Leonard Earl mattiaceHeiGHt: 6-1weiGHt: 185BiRtHDAte: october 15, 1967BiRtHPLAce: mineola, NYReSiDence: Jacksonville, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Kristen; gracee Lauren, Noelle annaround to tie mike Weir and force the first masters playoffsince 1990. He began the day five strokes back of the thirdroundleader Jeff maggert. Held a two-stroke lead overWeir during the back nine before he bogeyed the 18th holeand Weir birdied No. 15 and made a 6-footer for par on the18th to force the playoff. Weir won the playoff with a bogeyon the first extra hole. Had never finished in the top-20 in his10 previous majors. 2002: Finished in the top 30 on the tourmoney list for the first time on the strength of two victories.made 25 cuts in 28 starts and collected over $2 millionin a single season for the first time...captured first careerpga tour victory at the Nissan open in 220th start. tiedfor the lead on the tournament’s 72nd hole, he two-puttedfrom 30 feet while co-leader Scott mccarron was unable toget up-and-down for par. rounds of 69-65-67-68—269 wasone better than mccarron, Brad Faxon and rory Sabbatini...Won the FedEx St. Jude classic by one stroke over timpetrovic. Was seven strokes off the pace after 54 holesand closed with a 64. paycheck of $684,000 was largestof career. 2001: Finished t6 in the Shell Houston open...Shared second-round lead at michelob championship andclosed with 74-67 for a solo fifth. 2000: Steady play at thepLaYErS championship earned him his second top-10 atthat event. Was one stroke back of Hal Sutton after postinga 2-under-par 70 in the first round and finished t9...Secondtop-10 came at mastercard colonial, a t8...In contentionafter 18 and 36 holes at the Westin texas open. His 73-66on the weekend produced t6 in San antonio...Best effortof the season came at tampa Bay classic, a t3. Stood twostrokes back of the lead after 36 and 54 holes. 1999: BesteDUcAtion: Wake Forest university (1990, Sociology)SPeciAL inteReStS: all sportstURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1990Q ScHooL: 1992, 1995nationwide tour Alumnusfinish of season came in his first start when he finished t2at the Sony open in Hawaii...rest of the year was a strugglewith only two more top-25 finishes until final event...Inlast start of the year, finished t9 at Southern Farm Bureauclassic. 1998: Finished t5 at tHE pLaYErS championship.1997: Best finish came in second-to-last start of year atWalt Disney World/oldsmobile classic. Shot 67-66 andtrailed payne Stewart by one stroke through 36 holes.third-round 65 produced two-stroke lead over David Duval.posted final-round 74, falling two strokes shy of Duval-DanForsman playoff. 1996: a second at Buick challenge, alongwith t4 at Lacantera texas open, helped him retain playingPLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................72.92Driving Distance ...........................................287.8Driving accuracy percentage .......................58.57%greens in regulation percentage ................60.00%putting average ...........................................1.796(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 65–reno-tahoe open/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 64–7 times, mostrecent 2002 FedEx St. Jude classic/4Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $684,000–2002 FedEx St. Jude classic/1career High official world Rank: after 2003 Wachoviachampionship/24PGA toUR cAReeR SUMMARY PLAYoFF RecoRD: 0-2events cuts Fedexcup Pts/ earnings/Year Played Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 Rank Rank1988 11991 11993 26 13 2 3 $74,521/1601996 30 15 1 2 6 238,977/921997 35 18 1 1 12 315,656/771998 31 23 3 5 418,416/681999 31 17 1 2 4 403,115/1002000 31 22 1 5 8 762,979/612001 30 19 2 6 592,781/842002 28 25 2 1 4 9 2,194,064/182003 27 21 1 2 4 1,221,476/562004 25 12 1 213,707/1882005 34 9 1 209,638/1912006 22 6 66,540/2262007 102008 11 4 237/116 35,333/2372009 1 1 1 219/044 49,743/2282010 6 1 229/022 22,200/235total 380 206 2 3 3 23 60 6,819,145nAtionwiDe toURYear events Played cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd top 10 top 25 earnings/Rank1991 3 1 $495/3151992 28 17 1 5 20,760/641993 21994 11995 19 10 2 5 27,430/691996 1 1 1 1,750/1982007 16 2 3,386/2672008 7 1 4,321/2292009 27 12 1 2 44,560/1142010 6total 110 44 4 13 102,702* Majors and world Golf championships are considered official on multiple tours*PGA toUR toP toURnAMent SUMMARYYear 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00masterscutthe Barclays t60 t62 cut t76 t28 cutu.S. open t24 t42British opent30BmW championship cut t65 t49 t71pgacut cuttHE pLaYErS t24 t5 cut t9Year 01 02 03 04 05 06masters 2 cutu.S. open t68 t57 cutBritish open t69 t65pga cut t48 t51tHE pLaYErScut t69 cut t33 t71tour championshipt18accenture match play championshipt33Bridgestone Invitational t36 t30ca championship t46 t54the Barclays cut t12 cut t12 cutDeutsche Bank championshipcut cut cut t44BmW championship cut t63 cut t58nAtionAL teAMS: Walker cup (1), 1987.2-322 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com