Len Mattiace joined Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson in an elite group by
erasing a seven-stroke deficit to win the St Jude Classic.
Mattiace birdied five of the last eight holes en route to a seven-under-par 64
and his second career title.
He has won both this season, joining the top two players in the world as the
only multiple winners on the PGA Tour in 2002.
The 34-year-old Mattiace is in his eighth full year on tour. He earned just
over £1.8million in his first 216 events but has collected more than £1.2million
in 17 this season.
Mattiace finished at 18-under 266 - the best four-round total in relation to
par on the tour since late March, when Vijay Singh won the Houston Open at
22-under 266.
PGA Tour rookie Tim Petrovic made a late run at his first career title but
narrowly missed a 35-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation and ended
up a career-best second at 17-under 267.
Surprise third-round leader Glen Hnatiuk of Canada matched the worst round of
the day with a 77 and tied for 12th at 12-under 272.
Notah Begay III, who won here two years ago, was third at 268, a stroke better
than David Toms.
Collated final-round scores (USA unless stated)
266 Len Mattiace 69 68 65 64
267 Tim Petrovic 65 68 66 68
268 Notah Begay III 66 65 68 69
269 David Toms 68 68 65 68
270 Tripp Isenhour 72 65 64 69, David Howser 66 70 70 64, Matt Kuchar 66 66 67
71, Jim Carter 68 67 67 68
271 Robert Allenby (Australia) 72 67 66 66, Pat Bates 68 63 69 71, Robert
Gamez 70 64 69 68, Neal Lancaster 70 67 64 70, Justin Leonard 66 66 71 68
272 Jason Hill 68 66 70 68, Glen Hnatiuk 65 65 65 77, Loren Roberts 69 68 66
69, Tom Byrum 73 63 69 67, Steve Pate 67 68 69 68
273 Boo Weekley 67 68 75 63, Stephen Gangluff 69 69 69 66, Garrett Willis 66
72 68 67, Kevin Sutherrand 70 68 66 69, Robert Damron 68 68 72 65, Glen Day 70
68 68 67, David Edwards 70 69 64 70, Jay Haas 67 64 73 69, Mike Heinen 70 67 65
71, Tim Herron 72 65 68 68, Shaun Micheel 72 68 66 67
274 Brian Bateman 68 68 68 70, Ian Leggatt 71 67 64 72, Bob Estes 69 69 66
70, Donnie Hammond 70 66 67 71
275 Brian Gay 69 70 68 68, Chris Riley 72 67 67 69, Paul Claxton 73 67 63
72, Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 68 71 70 66
276 David Gossett 71 65 68 72, Steve Flesch 69 67 68 72, Tommy Tolles 71 68 69
68, Kirk Triplett 69 67 69 71, Bob May 68 69 72 67
277 Jess Daley 68 70 69 70, Edward Fryatt 67 69 69 72, Briny Baird 70 70 68
69, Cameron Beckman 69 67 70 71, Ted Tryba 68 68 73 68, Joel Edwards 73 63 71
70, Jim McGovern 73 66 68 70
278 Kenneth Staton 71 66 71 70, Brian Henninger 74 65 71 68, Greg Kraft 68 70
68 72, Spike McRoy 68 71 67 72
279 John Senden (Australia) 68 70 67 74, John Riegger 66 68 74 71, Rich Beem
67 68 67 77, Grant Waite (New Zealand) 70 68 69 72, Paul Azinger 73 66 68 72,
Frank Nobilo (New Zealand) 72 64 73 70
280 JJ Henry 71 69 71 69, Doug Barron 67 67 70 76, Sean Murphy 68 70 65 77
281 Matt Peterson 72 67 70 72, Robin Freeman 70 67 68 76, Jim Gallagher Jr 69
70 74 68, JL Lewis 68 71 68 74, David Peoples 71 67 73 70, Dicky Pride 70 70 72
69
283 Jerry Pate 69 70 73 71
284 David Morland IV 69 68 70 77, Mike Sposa 72 68 72 72
287 Brenden Pappas (South Africa) 71 68 71 77, Carl Paulson 69 69 72 77
288 Paul Goydos 72 68 71 77,
289 John Daly 66 70 79 74
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