Player Bios
Matt Bettencourt
(USA)
April 11, 1975
Alameda, Calif.
34
5-11
180
Greenville, S.C.
Modesto Junior College
2002
POSITION: T10STATUS: +2HOLE: F
| ROUND: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | TOTAL |
| SCORES: | 75 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 282 |
U.S. OPEN HISTORY
2009 (Bethpage)0
CUMULATIVE STATISTICS
| * Calculated on holes #10 and #13 |
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Field Average
CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP
| EAGLES | BIRDIES | PARS | BOGEYS | DOUBLE BOGEYS | OTHERS | |||||||||
| Round 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Round 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Round 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Round 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Total | 0 | 13 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
PERSONAL NOTES
Was a window salesman before turning pro in 2002
Named Northern California Golf Association Player of the Year in 2001 and 2002
Advanced to the round of 32 at the 2001 and 2002 U.S. Amateurs at East Lake G.C. and Oakland Hills C.C., respectively
Never played golf at Modesto J.C/
Biggest thrill in golf was winning 2008 Nationwide Tour Championship
Also won 2008 Oregon Classic on Nationwide Tour
Rookie on PGA Tour in 2009
Qualified for first U.S. Open at Columbus, Ohio, sectional by shooting a second-round 64 for a 135 total
This came after he played in the final Sunday pairing at the Memorial Tournament
Lists Michael Jordan, his dad and the late two-time U.S. Open champion Payne Stewart as his heroes
STATISTICS
| PGA TOUR | ||||||||||
| DATE | TOURNAMENT NAME | POS | ROUNDS | TOTAL SCORE | TO PAR | OFFICIAL MONEY | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 1/18/09 | Sony Open in Hawaii | T59 | 73 | 68 | 69 | 70 | -- | 280 | E | $11,718.00 |
| 1/25/09 | The 50th Bob Hope Classic hosted by Arnold Palmer | CUT | 65 | 77 | 70 | 68 | -- | 280 | -8 | -- |
| 2/01/09 | FBR Open | CUT | 74 | 76 | -- | -- | -- | 150 | +8 | -- |
| 2/08/09 | Buick Invitational | T63 | 74 | 72 | 75 | 73 | -- | 294 | +6 | $11,130.00 |
| 2/15/09 | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | CUT | 68 | 73 | 79 | -- | -- | 220 | +4 | -- |
| 2/22/09 | Northern Trust Open | CUT | 76 | 70 | -- | -- | -- | 146 | +4 | -- |
| 3/08/09 | The Honda Classic | CUT | 74 | 74 | -- | -- | -- | 148 | +8 | -- |
| 3/22/09 | Transitions Championship | T52 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 74 | -- | 289 | +5 | $12,466.29 |
| 4/05/09 | Shell Houston Open | CUT | 77 | 75 | -- | -- | -- | 152 | +8 | -- |
| 4/19/09 | Verizon Heritage | CUT | 75 | 71 | -- | -- | -- | 146 | +4 | -- |
| 4/26/09 | Zurich Classic of New Orleans | T51 | 70 | 70 | 74 | 73 | -- | 287 | -1 | $14,663.25 |
| 5/03/09 | Quail Hollow Championship | T22 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 69 | -- | 283 | -5 | $58,592.86 |
| 5/10/09 | THE PLAYERS Championship | CUT | 76 | 79 | -- | -- | -- | 155 | +11 | -- |
| 5/17/09 | Valero Texas Open | T67 | 68 | 71 | 69 | 72 | -- | 280 | E | $12,383.00 |
| 5/24/09 | HP Byron Nelson Championship | CUT | 71 | 71 | -- | -- | -- | 142 | +2 | -- |
| 5/31/09 | Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial | T46 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 69 | -- | 276 | -4 | $16,337.00 |
| 6/07/09 | the Memorial Tournament | T5 | 71 | 68 | 68 | 75 | -- | 282 | -6 | $219,000.00 |
| Bold = scores par or better * = Unofficial Event | ||||||||||
| Events Played | Finish | FedExCup | |||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | TOP 10 | TOP 25 | Made Cut | Cut | WD | Money | Points | Standing | |
| 17 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -- | $356,290 | 218 | 133rd |
| Nationwide Tour | ||||||||||
| DATE | TOURNAMENT NAME | POS | ROUNDS | TOTAL SCORE | TO PAR | OFFICIAL MONEY | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| 3/29/09 | Chitimacha Louisiana Open Pres'd by Dynamic Industries | T3 | 66 | 71 | 73 | 65 | -- | 275 | -9 | $23,512.50 |
