Justin Leonard

Justin Leonard
— Golfer —

Personal information
Full name	Justin Charles Garrett Leonard
Born	(1972-06-15) June 15, 1972 Dallas, Texas
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Dallas, Texas
Spouse	Amanda
Children	Reese, Avery, Luke, Skylar
Career
College	University of Texas
Turned professional	1994
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour (joined 1994)
Professional wins	13
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	12
Other	1
Best results in major championships (Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T7: 1997
U.S. Open	T12: 2002
The Open Championship	Won: 1997
PGA Championship	2nd/T2: 1997, 2004

Justin Charles Garrett Leonard (born June 15, 1972) is an American professional golfer.

Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He won the 1992 U.S. Amateur and was a two-time All-American in 1993 and 1994. He won the Haskins Award in 1994 as the most outstanding collegiate golfer. That same year Leonard became only the fourth golfer to go directly from college to the PGA Tour without going through Q School, after Gary Hallberg, Scott Verplank, and Phil Mickelson.

Leonard's wins on the PGA Tour included one of golf's four majors, the 1997 Open Championship, as well as the 1998 Players Championship. He ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking for 24 weeks in 1998 and 1999.^[1] Leonard also had opportunities to win other major championships, notably at the 1999 Open Championship and the 2004 PGA Championship; in both instances he fell into a playoff with a bogey on the 72nd hole.

At the 1997 PGA Championship, Leonard was tied with Davis Love III for the 54-hole lead. Love shot a final round 66 to win by five shots over Leonard, who finished solo second. Leonard was ahead by three shots at the 54-hole mark of the 2002 PGA Championship before shooting a final round 77 and finishing tied for fourth.

Leonard qualified for the United States Ryder Cup team in 1997, 1999, and 2008. In the 1999 event, Leonard made a 45-foot putt for birdie on the 17th hole to complete a remarkable comeback by the U.S. team on the final day. The victory was somewhat marred by the celebration following Leonard's putt, when other U.S. players, their wives, and a few fans ran onto the green even though Leonard's opponent, José María Olazábal, still had an opportunity to match Leonard on the hole.

Amateur wins (6)

1992 Western Amateur, Southern Amateur, U.S. Amateur
1993 Western Amateur, Southern Amateur
1994 NCAA Division I Championship

Professional wins (13)

PGA Tour wins (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Aug 4, 1996	Buick Open	−22 (65-64-69-68=266)	5 strokes	Chip Beck
2	Jun 8, 1997	Kemper Open	−10 (69-69-69-67=274)	1 stroke	Mark Wiebe
3	Jul 20, 1997	The Open Championship	−12 (69-66-72-65=272)	3 strokes	Darren Clarke, Jesper Parnevik
4	Mar 29, 1998	The Players Championship	−10 (72-69-70-67=278)	2 strokes	Glen Day, Tom Lehman
5	Sep 24, 2000	Westin Texas Open at LaCantera	−19 (64-68-65-64=261)	5 strokes	Mark Wiebe
6	Sep 30, 2001	Texas Open at LaCantera (2)	−14 (65-64-68-69=266)	2 strokes	J. J. Henry, Matt Kuchar
7	Apr 21, 2002	WorldCom Classic - The Heritage of Golf	−14 (67-64-66-73=270)	1 stroke	Heath Slocum
8	Mar 16, 2003	The Honda Classic	−24 (63-70-64-67=264)	1 stroke	Chad Campbell, Davis Love III
9	Jan 30, 2005	Bob Hope Chrysler Classic	−28 (66-67-68-64-67=332)	3 strokes	Tim Clark, Joe Ogilvie
10	May 29, 2005	FedEx St. Jude Classic	−14 (62-65-66-73=266)	1 stroke	David Toms
11	Oct 7, 2007	Valero Texas Open (3)	−19 (65-67-64-65=261)	Playoff	Jesper Parnevik
12	Jun 8, 2008	Stanford St. Jude Championship (2)	−4 (68-73-67-68=276)	Playoff	Robert Allenby, Trevor Immelman

PGA Tour playoff record (2–5)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1996	Phoenix Open	Phil Mickelson	Lost to birdie on third extra hole
2	1999	The Open Championship	Paul Lawrie, Jean van de Velde	Lawrie won 4-hole playoff (Lawrie:15, Leonard:18, Van de Velde:18)
3	2002	Bell Canadian Open	Neal Lancaster, John Rollins	Rollins won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2004	PGA Championship	Chris DiMarco, Vijay Singh	Singh won 3-hole playoff (Singh:10, DiMarco:11, Leonard:11)
5	2007	Valero Texas Open	Jesper Parnevik	Won with birdie on third extra hole
6	2008	Stanford St. Jude Championship	Robert Allenby, Trevor Immelman	Won with birdie on second extra hole
7	2009	Children's Miracle Network Classic	Stephen Ames, George McNeill	Ames won with par on second extra hole Leonard eliminated with par on first hole

Other wins

2000 CVS Charity Classic (with Davis Love III)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
1997	The Open Championship	5 shot deficit	−12 (69-66-72-65=272)	3 strokes	Darren Clarke, Jesper Parnevik

Results timeline

Tournament	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP	DNP	T27	T7	T8	T18
U.S. Open	T68 LA	DNP	DNP	T50	T36	T40	T15
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	T58	CUT	1	T57	T2
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T8	T5	2	CUT	CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Masters Tournament	T28	T27	T20	CUT	T35	T13	T39	DNP	T20	CUT
U.S. Open	T16	CUT	T12	T20	CUT	T23	CUT	CUT	T36	CUT
The Open Championship	T41	CUT	T14	CUT	T16	T52	DNP	CUT	T16	T8
PGA Championship	T41	T10	T4	CUT	T2	CUT	CUT	CUT	T58	T67

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T14	DNP	DNP	DNP	59	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT	T13	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	T39	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	2	6	15	11
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	5	17	12
The Open Championship	1	1	2	3	7	21	11
PGA Championship	0	2	4	6	6	16	10
Totals	1	3	6	11	24	69	44

Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (1996 PGA – 1998 Open Championship)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1997 Open Championship – 1998 Masters)

Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Accenture Match Play Championship	R32	R32	R16	R64	R32	R64	R64	R64	DNP	4
CA Championship	T11	T25	NT¹	T11	DNP	T28	T46	DNP	DNP	T34
Bridgestone Invitational	20	T2	DNP	T28	T23	T50	T19	T31	T9	T20

Tournament	2009	2010
Accenture Match Play Championship	QF	R64
CA Championship	T9	DNP
Bridgestone Invitational	44	T22
HSBC Champions	DNP	DNP

¹Cancelled due to 9/11
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament
Yellow background for top-10.
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy: 1992
Walker Cup: 1993 (winners)

Professional

Presidents Cup: 1996 (winners), 1998, 2003 (tie), 2005 (winners), 2009 (winners)
Ryder Cup: 1997, 1999 (winners), 2008 (winners)
Dunhill Cup: 1997
World Cup: 1997, 2003

References

↑ "69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking" (PDF). OWGR. Retrieved October 15, 2013.

External links

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Official website
Justin Leonard at the PGA Tour official site
Justin Leonard at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

The Open Championship champions

1860 Willie Park, Sr. 1861 Tom Morris, Sr. 1862 Tom Morris, Sr. 1863 Willie Park, Sr. 1864 Tom Morris, Sr. 1865 Andrew Strath 1866 Willie Park, Sr. 1867 Tom Morris, Sr. 1868 Tom Morris, Jr. 1869 Tom Morris, Jr. 1870 Tom Morris, Jr. 1871 No championship 1872 Tom Morris, Jr. 1873 Tom Kidd 1874 Mungo Park 1875 Willie Park, Sr. 1876 Bob Martin† 1877 Jamie Anderson 1878 Jamie Anderson 1879 Jamie Anderson 1880 Bob Ferguson 1881 Bob Ferguson 1882 Bob Ferguson 1883 Willie Fernie† 1884 Jack Simpson 1885 Bob Martin 1886 David Brown 1887 Willie Park, Jr. 1888 Jack Burns 1889 Willie Park, Jr.† 1890 John Ball# 1891 Hugh Kirkaldy 1892 Harold Hilton# 1893 William Auchterlonie 1894 John Henry Taylor 1895 John Henry Taylor 1896 Harry Vardon† 1897 Harold Hilton# 1898 Harry Vardon 1899 Harry Vardon 1900 John Henry Taylor 1901 James Braid 1902 Sandy Herd 1903 Harry Vardon 1904 Jack White 1905 James Braid 1906 James Braid 1907 Arnaud Massy 1908 James Braid 1909 John Henry Taylor 1910 James Braid 1911 Harry Vardon† 1912‡ Edward Ray 1913 John Henry Taylor 1914 Harry Vardon 1915-19 No Championships due to World War I 1920 George Duncan 1921 Jock Hutchison† 1922 Walter Hagen 1923 Arthur Havers 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Jim Barnes 1926 Bobby Jones# 1927‡ Bobby Jones# 1928 Walter Hagen 1929 Walter Hagen 1930 Bobby Jones# 1931 Tommy Armour 1932‡ Gene Sarazen 1933 Denny Shute† 1934‡ Henry Cotton 1935 Alf Perry 1936 Alf Padgham 1937 Henry Cotton 1938 Reg Whitcombe 1939 Dick Burton 1940-45 No Championships due to World War II 1946 Sam Snead 1947 Fred Daly 1948 Henry Cotton 1949 Bobby Locke† 1950 Bobby Locke 1951 Max Faulkner 1952 Bobby Locke 1953 Ben Hogan 1954 Peter Thomson 1955 Peter Thomson 1956 Peter Thomson 1957 Bobby Locke 1958 Peter Thomson† 1959 Gary Player 1960 Kel Nagle 1961 Arnold Palmer 1962 Arnold Palmer 1963 Bob Charles† 1964 Tony Lema 1965 Peter Thomson 1966 Jack Nicklaus 1967 Roberto De Vicenzo 1968 Gary Player 1969 Tony Jacklin 1970 Jack Nicklaus† 1971 Lee Trevino 1972 Lee Trevino 1973‡ Tom Weiskopf 1974 Gary Player 1975 Tom Watson† 1976 Johnny Miller 1977 Tom Watson 1978 Jack Nicklaus 1979 Seve Ballesteros 1980 Tom Watson 1981 Bill Rogers 1982 Tom Watson 1983 Tom Watson 1984 Seve Ballesteros 1985 Sandy Lyle 1986 Greg Norman 1987 Nick Faldo 1988 Seve Ballesteros 1989 Mark Calcavecchia† 1990 Nick Faldo 1991 Ian Baker-Finch 1992 Nick Faldo 1993 Greg Norman 1994 Nick Price 1995 John Daly† 1996 Tom Lehman 1997 Justin Leonard 1998 Mark O'Meara† 1999 Paul Lawrie† 2000 Tiger Woods 2001 David Duval 2002 Ernie Els† 2003 Ben Curtis 2004 Todd Hamilton† 2005‡ Tiger Woods 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Pádraig Harrington† 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Stewart Cink† 2010 Louis Oosthuizen 2011 Darren Clarke 2012 Ernie Els 2013 Phil Mickelson 2014‡ Rory McIlroy 2015 Zach Johnson†

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire in 72-holes; # indicates the event was won by an amateur

Justin Leonard in the Ryder Cup

United States Ryder Cup team – 1997

Fred Couples Brad Faxon Jim Furyk Scott Hoch Lee Janzen Tom Lehman Justin Leonard Davis Love III Jeff Maggert Phil Mickelson Mark O'Meara Tiger Woods Tom Kite (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13.5 – 14.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1999

David Duval Jim Furyk Tom Lehman Justin Leonard Davis Love III Jeff Maggert Phil Mickelson Mark O'Meara Steve Pate Payne Stewart Hal Sutton Tiger Woods Ben Crenshaw (non-playing captain)

Won: 14.5 – 13.5

United States Ryder Cup team – 2008

Chad Campbell Stewart Cink Ben Curtis Jim Furyk J. B. Holmes Anthony Kim Justin Leonard Hunter Mahan Phil Mickelson Kenny Perry Steve Stricker Boo Weekley Paul Azinger (non-playing captain)

Won: 16.5 – 11.5

Justin Leonard in the Presidents Cup

United States Presidents Cup team – 1996

Mark Brooks Fred Couples David Duval Scott Hoch Tom Lehman Justin Leonard Davis Love III Mark O'Meara Phil Mickelson Corey Pavin Kenny Perry Steve Stricker Arnold Palmer (non-playing captain)

Won: 16.5 – 15.5

United States Presidents Cup team – 1998

Mark Calcavecchia Fred Couples David Duval Jim Furyk Scott Hoch John Huston Lee Janzen Justin Leonard Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Mark O'Meara Tiger Woods Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)

Lost: 11.5 – 20.5

United States Presidents Cup team – 2003

Chris DiMarco Fred Funk Jim Furyk Jay Haas Charles Howell III Jerry Kelly Justin Leonard Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Kenny Perry David Toms Tiger Woods Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)

Tied: 17 – 17

United States Presidents Cup team – 2005

Stewart Cink Fred Couples Chris DiMarco Fred Funk Jim Furyk Justin Leonard Davis Love III Phil Mickelson Kenny Perry David Toms Scott Verplank Tiger Woods Jack Nicklaus (non-playing captain)

Won: 18.5 – 15.5

United States Presidents Cup team – 2009

Stewart Cink Jim Furyk Lucas Glover Zach Johnson Anthony Kim Justin Leonard Hunter Mahan Phil Mickelson Sean O'Hair Kenny Perry Steve Stricker Tiger Woods Fred Couples (non-playing captain)

Won: 19.5 – 14.5

Players Championship champions

1974 Jack Nicklaus 1975 Al Geiberger 1976 Jack Nicklaus 1977 Mark Hayes 1978 Jack Nicklaus 1979 Lanny Wadkins 1980 Lee Trevino 1981 Raymond Floyd† 1982 Jerry Pate 1983 Hal Sutton 1984 Fred Couples 1985 Calvin Peete 1986 John Mahaffey 1987 Sandy Lyle† 1988 Mark McCumber 1989 Tom Kite 1990 Jodie Mudd 1991 Steve Elkington 1992 Davis Love III 1993 Nick Price 1994 Greg Norman 1995 Lee Janzen 1996 Fred Couples 1997 Steve Elkington 1998 Justin Leonard 1999 David Duval 2000 Hal Sutton 2001 Tiger Woods 2002 Craig Perks 2003 Davis Love III 2004 Adam Scott 2005 Fred Funk 2006 Stephen Ames 2007 Phil Mickelson 2008 Sergio García† 2009 Henrik Stenson 2010 Tim Clark 2011 K. J. Choi† 2012 Matt Kuchar 2013 Tiger Woods 2014 Martin Kaymer 2015 Rickie Fowler†

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

U.S. Amateur champions

1895 Charles B. Macdonald 1896 H. J. Whigham 1897 H. J. Whigham 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1899 Herbert M. Harriman 1900 Walter Travis 1901 Walter Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton† 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston† 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer† 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Ted Bishop† 1947 Skee Riegel 1948 Willie Turnesa 1949 Charles Coe 1950 Sam Urzetta† 1951 Billy Maxwell 1952 Jack Westland 1953 Gene Littler 1954 Arnold Palmer 1955 Harvie Ward 1956 Harvie Ward 1957 Hillman Robbins 1958 Charles Coe 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Labron Harris, Jr. 1963 Deane Beman 1964 William C. Campbell 1965 Bob Murphy 1966 Gary Cowan† 1967 Bob Dickson 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1969 Steve Melnyk 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1971 Gary Cowan 1972 Vinny Giles 1973 Craig Stadler 1974 Jerry Pate 1975 Fred Ridley 1976 Bill Sander 1977 John Fought 1978 John Cook 1979 Mark O'Meara 1980 Hal Sutton 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1982 Jay Sigel 1983 Jay Sigel 1984 Scott Verplank 1985 Sam Randolph 1986 Buddy Alexander 1987 Billy Mayfair 1988 Eric Meeks 1989 Chris Patton 1990 Phil Mickelson 1991 Mitch Voges 1992 Justin Leonard 1993 John Harris 1994 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1996 Tiger Woods† 1997 Matt Kuchar 1998 Hank Kuehne 1999 David Gossett 2000 Jeff Quinney† 2001 Bubba Dickerson 2002 Ricky Barnes 2003 Nick Flanagan† 2004 Ryan Moore 2005 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Richie Ramsay 2007 Colt Knost 2008 Danny Lee 2009 An Byeong-hun 2010 Peter Uihlein 2011 Kelly Kraft 2012 Steven Fox† 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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