Len Mattiace News

Ben Crane, Len Mattiace and Skip Kendall have added their names to the Legends at Reno-Tahoe Open commitment list, but a few other big names have withdrawn theirs.

Before Phil Mickelson and Mike Weir, only one left-hander had impacted golf globally.

Twenty-nine of them have won tournaments in the last two years; Nine have major championships on their resumes, including Cedar Rapids' own Zach Johnson, winner of the 2007 Masters Tournament; Fifty-one rank ...

The Royal Canadian Golf Association and RBC, the title sponsor of the Canadian Open through 2012, sent a message during an event at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ont., on Monday that they want to ...

Two First Coast residents and PGA Tour winners will feel Tiger Woods' pain over the next few months as the world's top-ranked player begins healing from the reconstructive knee surgery he had Tuesday, then ...

Jacksonville resident and Nease High graduate Len Mattice shot 1-under 69 Thursday in the first round of the Travelers Championship, at the TPC River Highlands near Hartford, Conn.

Bo Van Pelt is scheduled to tee off on the 10th hole at 9:21 a.m. EDT today in the PGA Tour's Stanford St.

For an update on county college baseball, softball and pro baseball products, see 5C. via St. Augustine Record

I'd like to note that Len Mattiace of Jacksonville shot 69 Friday in the second round of the AT&T Classic near Atlanta, and it looks like he's going to make the cut. via The Florida Times-Union

The closing stretch of holes at the TPC Sawgrass can be a rollercoaster ride for not only those players trying to negotiate their way through one of the most potentially dangerous combination of holes, but for ... via ISeeekGolf

“This is my first honorary degree, and to receive it from the University of St. Andrews, I am truly humbled”

For those who believe the excitement at The Masters is forever gone because of changes to Augusta National, there are still a few questions to consider. via USA Today

What must truthfully be described as the dullest Masters in recent history has been completed. via Sports Network

“There is certainly a way to play one's self into the Masters by virtue of the performance in the Fall Series, and that happened with Steve Flesch this year.”

It wasn't long ago that left-handers seemed to have no chance of winning the Masters. via Palm Beach Post

It wasn't that Vijay Singh imploded and shot in the high 70s. But his third consecutive quiet, above-70 round didn't propel him into contention Saturday. via The Orlando Sentinel

“My quads at that time were still weak. I developed bad habits. The quads affect your spine angle, your balance, your swing plane. My shots were way off. It was like there was another guy in my body. It was me, but it wasn't me.”

You remember Len Mattiace. You remember him at the 2003 Masters, the leader in the Butler Cabin as well as in the clubhouse after a 65 in the final round. via Golf World

“I hoped he'd make either a birdie three to win or a five to lose ... I didn't want any playoff.”

On last day Ken Venturi had edged in front, but Palmer wasn't done. He birdied the 17th to level and finished the18th with another birdie to beat Venturi by a stroke. via Telegraph.co.uk

“She always felt like I had something in me, and I could really go far in this sport. Just having that confidence and perspective that she's always given me has been priceless.”

But she did know human nature, and she knew her husband. Johnson said it was an important component in why he rose from the obscurity of mini-tours to Masters champion in five years. via The Florida Times-Union

Local swimmer Kasey Schmidt earned top honors at the Florida Swimming Junior Olympics that ended Sunday in Clearwater. via St. Augustine Record

The PGA Tour moves to Palm Beach Gardens this week for the Honda Classic, then to Innisbrook next week, near Tampa, for the Tampa Bay Classic. via The Florida Times-Union

The man who is a handful of shots from being a Masters and Players Championship winner made the cut Friday at the PGA Tour's Maykoba Classic in Mexico. via The Florida Times-Union