2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide
2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide
2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide
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Len Mattiace (cont.)<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> TOP <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARYYear 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00MastersCUTU.S. Open T24 T42British OpenT30<strong>PGA</strong>CUT CUTTHE PLAYERS T24 T5 CUT T9Year 01 02 03Masters 2U.S. OpenT68 T57British OpenT69 T65<strong>PGA</strong>CUT T48 T51THE PLAYERSCUT T69 CUT<strong>TOUR</strong> ChampionshipT18WGC-Accenture Match PlayT33WGC-NEC InvitationalT36 T30WGC-American Express Champ T46 T54BILLY MAYFAIRNATIONAL TEAMS: Walker Cup, 1987.PLAYER STATISTICS2003 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATISTICSScoring Average ------------------71.03 (89)Driving Distance ------------------278.7 (153)Driving Accuracy Percentage --65.8% (112)Total Driving ------------------------265 (178)Greens in Regulation Pct. ------61.5% (176)Putting Average--------------------1.767 (66)Sand Save Percentage ----------52.2% (61)Eagles (Holes per) ----------------239.1 (115)Birdie Average --------------------3.13 (181)All-Around Ranking --------------953 (149)Scoring Avg. Before Cut --------70.92 (89)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ------------72.05 (170)Final Round Scoring Average --71.90 (158)Birdie Conversion Percentage--27.5% (158)Par Breakers ------------------------17.8% (177)EXEMPT STATUS: 79th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: William Fred Mayfair HEIGHT: 5-8 WEIGHT: 175BIRTHDATE: August 6, 1966BIRTHPLACE: Phoenix, AZRESIDENCE: Scottsdale, AZ; plays out of Estrella FAMILY: Wife, Tammy; Maxwell (11/15/99)Mountain Ranch Golf ClubEDUCATION: Arizona StateSPECIAL INTERESTS: All sportsTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1988 Q SCHOOL: 1988MISC. <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> STATS2003 Low Round/Round:65–3 times, most recent Las VegasInvitational/3Career Low Round/Round:64–7 times, most recent 2002 FedEx St.Jude Classic/4Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$684,000–2002 FedEx St. Jude Classic/1SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOS<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> VICTORIES (5): 1993 Greater Milwaukee Open. 1995 Motorola WesternOpen, THE <strong>TOUR</strong> Championship. 1998 Nissan Open, Buick Open.BEST 2003 <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> FINISHES: T5—The Honda Classic, Greater Milwaukee Open;T10—U.S. Open Championship.2003 SEASON: Continued streak of finishing in the top 125 on the money list for all 15years on <strong>TOUR</strong>…Earned first top-10 with T5 finish at The Honda Classic. After openingwith a 2-under-par 70, posted rounds of 65-64-68 to jump into the top 10 and earn$182,500, his largest check of the season…Posted his third top-10 in his last five U.S.Opens with a T10 at Olympia Fields CC in Olympia, IL (T10 in 1999, T5 in 2002)…Final top-10 of year, a T5, came at the Greater Milwaukee Open.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Played in 31 events, the most since 1993 (32)…Earnedsecond career top-10 at the U.S. Open with a T5 finish. 2001: Made return visit to THE<strong>TOUR</strong> Championship for first time since 1998 after finishing in the top 30 on the moneylist…Just missed sixth <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> title at WORLDCOM CLASSIC. Opened with 65 to sharefirst-round lead at Harbour Town. Closing 71 tied him with Jose Coceres at the end ofregulation. Lost to Coceres on fifth playoff hole…Turned in best career performance at amajor and first top-10 in one since a T7 at the 1998 <strong>PGA</strong> Championship with a T3 at theBritish Open…Closing 61, a tournament record, gave him T14 at Buick Open. Key to roundwas <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> record-tying 27 on back nine. 9-under 27 produced <strong>TOUR</strong> record in relationto par (nine holes). String of seven birdies and one eagle broke <strong>TOUR</strong>’s best birdie-eaglestreak of seven set by Al Geiberger in 1977 and matched by Webb Heintzelman in 1989.2000: Fell out of the top-100 money winners for just the third time in 12 full seasons on<strong>TOUR</strong>. 1999: Top showing of season was a T2 at season-opening MercedesChampionships…Year ended on sad note when father, Dick, died of heart attack in earlyNovember. 1998: Earned first of two victories that season at Nissan Open, where closing67 forced playoff with Tiger Woods. Birdied first extra hole to defeat Woods…Nearlymade it two wins in a row the following week at Doral-Ryder Open where he finishedT2…Shared 54-hole lead at Buick Open following rounds of 70-69-65. Took lead for goodon Sunday with first-hole birdie en route to closing 67. Dedicated his victory to RenayAppleby, the wife of <strong>TOUR</strong> player Stuart Appleby, who died tragically in July. 1997: Seasonwas wracked by illness and loss of confidence…His T2 performance in Las Vegas, the lastfull-field event of the season, proved to be his best showing of the year. 1996: Seventhcareer runner-up finish came with a T2 at NEC World Series of Golf. 1995: Enjoyed one ofthe best turnaround seasons in <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> history, recording two victories, three runnerupfinishes and earning $1,543,192. Increase in earnings over previous year — $1,385,033— stood at that time as <strong>TOUR</strong> record, since broken by Tiger Woods…Victories came atMotorola Western Open, where he shot a closing 67, and THE <strong>TOUR</strong> Championship,where he had a three-stroke lead through 54 holes and maintained that margin withclosing 73…Runner-up finishes came at Phoenix Open, NEC World Series of Golf (both inplayoffs) and Las Vegas Invitational. 1993: Collected first victory on <strong>TOUR</strong> at GreaterMilwaukee Open, where he defeated Mark Calcavecchia and Ted Schulz in a playoff…T2,one stroke behind Scott Simpson at the GTE Byron Nelson Classic. 1990: T2 with EdDougherty after losing to Jim Gallagher, Jr. on first playoff hole at the Greater MilwaukeeOpen…Also lost to Jodie Mudd in season-ending Nabisco Championships when Muddbirdied first extra hole. Amateur: Won 1986 U.S. Public Links and 1987 U.S. Amateurtitles. Also won Fred Haskins Award as nation’s top collegiate player.PERSONAL: Married Tammy Gubin McIntire on 18th green at TPC at Las Colinas prior to1994 GTE Byron Nelson Classic, explaining: “We’re going to be spending the rest of ourlives on golf courses. We thought we might as well be married on one.”…Volunteered asstandard bearer at Phoenix Open while in high school, usually working with the group ofhis idol, Jerry Pate…Inducted into Arizona State Sports Hall of Fame in November1998…First golf course design, The Golf Club of Virginia, in Roanoke, opened in 2002.<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 2-5Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1987A 3 11988A 3 2 11988 5 3 1 $8,433 2201989 33 18 6 111,998 1161990 32 23 2 7 15 693,658 121991 33 20 1 7 185,668 891992 33 23 1 9 191,878 791993 32 22 1 1 5 8 513,072 301994 32 18 1 7 158,159 1131995 28 21 2 3 6 9 1,543,192 21996 28 18 1 1 8 357,654 551997 30 16 1 1 5 304,083 791998 27 20 2 1 5 9 1,281,685 161999 29 16 1 4 10 741,733 582000 29 18 2 6 466,345 1062001 29 21 1 1 5 15 1,716,002 292002 31 19 3 6 864,745 752003 31 20 3 7 842,186 79Total 468 299 5 11 1 45 129 9,980,493<strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> TOP <strong>TOUR</strong>NAMENT SUMMARYYear 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00Masters CUT T12 T42 CUT CUT CUT CUTU.S. Open T25 T33 CUT T37 T23 CUT T32 T10 CUTBritish Open T44 T52 CUT<strong>PGA</strong> T5 CUT CUT T28 T39 T23 T52 T53 T7 T34 T74THE PLAYERSCUT CUT T73 T67 T52 CUT T18 CUT CUT T42 CUT T17<strong>TOUR</strong> Championship 2 30 1 T13WGC-Accenture Match PlayT33 T17WWW.<strong>PGA</strong><strong>TOUR</strong>.COM <strong>2004</strong> <strong>PGA</strong> <strong>TOUR</strong> <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> / 2-99