The Fall Guy

Matteson clearly loves playing golf in the autumn - or, as they say in the States, the Fall.

In his rookie year of 2006 he hadn't made the top ten once entering the final weeks of the season but then reeled off five top tens on the trot, including his maiden win at Summerlin.

12 months later he was at it again, finishing ninth at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Last November he was sixth and seventh in the end-of-term Florida events.

And so to this year - until this week he was yet to break the top ten and now he collects a second win; once more thriving in his favourite time of year.

 

Going low and then going low again

Prior to teeing it up at Grayhawk Matteson had never shot 61, but he managed to do it twice in two days on Friday and Saturday, giving him a three-shot lead ahead of the final round.

That score of 122 for two consecutive rounds broke Steve Stricker's record of 123 set in rounds three and four of this year's Bob Hope Classic.

He very nearly blew it when finishing his final round bogey-bogey, but he withstood the skills of the two youngsters Rickie Fowler and Jamie Lovemark to get birdie on the second play-off hole, enough to secure victory.

 

Going straight

After managing nothing better than a two-over par 72 on day one, Matteson's aim on day two was nothing more adventurous than making the cut.

But he hit every green in regulation and next day his missed only three of eighteen.

Hitting the ball that straight was always going to mean making the cut was inevitable but Matteson, having been unable to hole a putt "all year" suddenly found himself holing everything he looked at.

"You know, this year has been a struggle, just nothing would go in," he explained. "All of a sudden I came out here and it's like, voila, there it is. I drained everything!"

In the bag of Matteson


Driver - Titleist 905R
3-wood - Titleist 906F4
Irons - Titleist AP2
Wedges - Titleist Vokey TVD Spin milled
Putter - Heavy Putter A1
Ball - Titleist ProV1

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