Mathias Gronberg

Earned fully exempt status on the 2010 PGA Tour by finishing 24th on the 2009 Nationwide Tour money list. Split the 2009 season between the two Tours. Ran away from the field on the 36-hole final day of the Melwood Prince George's County Open on the Nationwide Tour in early June. Shot bogey-free rounds of 67 and 65 to finish at 19 under par, six shots ahead of Robert Damron and Justin Bolli. His four-round total of 269 was a tournament record. Due to heavy rains, play was suspended midway through the first round on Thursday and did not restart until Saturday morning. The first and second rounds were completed Saturday and the third and final Sunday. Closed the season on the PGA Tour, where he made 13 starts, with a sixth-place finish at the Children's Miracle Network Classic. Finished 162nd on the PGA Tour money list. Played in the final stage of the 2009 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament to improve status for 2010. Made 14 cuts in 30 starts on the PGA Tour in 2008 with a best finish of T14 at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open. Successfully made his way through two final stages of the 2008 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament to earn his card for the 2009 season. Fired a fourth-round, 8-under 64 at PGA West in La Quinta, CA, in the final stage and finished T18. For the second consecutive year in 2007, earned fully exempt status for 2008 (No. 125) late in the year. In 2006, he was 124th. Recorded the best finish of his Tour career and his first top-10 of the 2007 season with a T3 at the Valero Texas Open. Carded all four rounds in the 60s for only the second time in his TOUR career (2005 B.C. Open). Moved from 150th to 130th on the money list. The next week finished T7th at the Frys.com Open to jump to No. 120 on the money list. Managed to stay in the top 125 on the money list thanks to a T37th finish at the Children's Miracle Network Classic, the last full-field event of the season. After finishing 160th on the 2005 PGA Tour money list, placed T26th at the Qualifying Tournament in December to regain his status. Lone top-10 finish on Tour was a T6th at the B.C. Open. Also played seven events on the 2005 Nationwide Tour, earning one top-10, a T9th at the LaSalle Bank Open. Was a rookie on the PGA Tour in 2004 and recorded first top-10 finish of his Tour career in only his 28th career start with a ninth-place finish at the 2004 Wachovia Championship. Missed the cut in his last 10 starts and finished 132nd on the money list. After seven previous attempts at PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament, earned Tour card for 2004 as medalist at the 2003 Qualifying Tournament. Ended three years without a victory on the European Tour when he won the 60th Italian Open Telecom Italia in 2003. In 2002, only played in 15 European Tour events due to the birth of his first child, Lars. Third victory on the European Tour came when he won the 2000 Mercedes-Benz South African Open. At the 1998 Smurfit European Open at The K Club, won by 10 strokes, the largest winning margin that year. Member of the Dunhill Cup and World Cup teams. Claimed his first European Tour victory when he won the 1995 Canon European Masters. In his amateur days he enrolled at the Gothenburg golf school as a 16-year-old 5-handicapper. Swedish Boys Champion in 1988, and British Youths champion two years later, then helped Sweden to win the Eisenhower Trophy by 12 strokes ahead of the United States in New Zealand where he won the individual title. Lists Monaco as home, but also has residences in New Jersey and Florida. Played soccer until age 16.