Len Mattiace

Len Mattiace
Personal information
Full name	Leonard Earl Mattiace
Nickname	Len
Born	October 15, 1967 (1967-10-15) (age 44) Mineola, New York
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
College	Wake Forest University
Turned professional	1990
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	2nd: 2003
U.S. Open	T24: 1997
The Open Championship	T30: 1999
PGA Championship	T48: 2002

Leonard Earl "Len" Mattiace (born October 15, 1967) is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.

Mattiace was born in Mineola, New York. He attended Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, 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 notoriety 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, just four strokes behind the eventual winner Justin Leonard.

Mattiace's career year was 2002, when he earned wins at the Nissan Open and the FedEx St. Jude Classic. In 2003, he shot a 65 on the final round of The Masters, which put him into a playoff with Mike Weir. Mattiace lost to Weir on the first playoff hole.

Mattiace has been ranked in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings. He has a wife, and two daughters. He currently resides in Jacksonville, Florida.

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
The Masters	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T24	DNP	T42
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T30
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	2	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	T68	T57	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	T69	T65	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	CUT	T48	T51	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

United States national team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 1987 (winners)

External links

• Official website
• Len Mattiace at the PGA Tour official site
• Len's Friends Foundation official site

Persondata
Name	Mattiace, Len
Alternative names	Mattiace, Leonard Earl
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	October 15, 1967
Place of birth	Mineola, New York
Date of death
Place of death