Justin Leonard

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

Leonard was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He won the Haskins Award in 1994 as the most outstanding collegiate golfer.

As a professional he made his name by winning the 1997 British Open, one of golf's four majors. He has ten career wins on the PGA Tour. Apart from his British Open, his highest profile victory came at the 1998 Players Championship. He has featured in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Leonard made the United States Ryder Cup team in 1997 and 1999. 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.

Leonard and his wife have 2 daughters.

Contents 1 Amateur wins 2 PGA Tour wins (10) 3 Results in major championships 4 National team appearances 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Amateur wins

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

[edit] PGA Tour wins (10)

• 1996 (1) Buick Open
• 1997 (2) Kemper Open, The Open Championship
• 1998 (1) The Players Championship
• 2000 (1) Westin Texas Open at LaCantera
• 2001 (1) Texas Open at LaCantera
• 2002 (1) WORLDCOM Classic - The Heritage of Golf
• 2003 (1) The Honda Classic
• 2005 (2) Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, FedEx St. Jude Classic

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Results in major championships

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
British Open	CUT	DNP	T58	CUT	1	T57	T2
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T8	T5	2	CUT	CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Masters Tournament	T28	T27	T20	CUT	T35	T13	T39
U.S. Open	T16	CUT	T12	T20	CUT	T23	CUT
British Open	T41	CUT	T14	CUT	T16	T52	DNP
PGA Championship	T41	T10	T4	CUT	T2	CUT	CUT

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.

[edit] National team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy: 1992
• Walker Cup: 1993

Professional

• The Presidents Cup: 1996, 1998, 2003, 2005
• Ryder Cup: 1997, 1999
• Dunhill Cup: 1997
• World Cup: 1997, 2003

[edit] See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Profile on the official PGA Tour site
• Golf Stars Online - links to features and profiles