Steve Marino - Media Guide

and finished 63rd in the FedExCup standings...Paired with Michelle Wie for the first two rounds of the Sony Open in Hawaii. Made the cut and finished T34...In fifth start, notched first career top-10 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic. Posted four rounds in the 60s to finish solo eighth...Second top-10 finish of the year came at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, earning an exemption into the following week's Wachovia Championship with a T10...Best career finish came at the AT&T Classic, where four sub-par rounds earned a T6. Finished four shots out of the Zach Johnson-Ryuji Imada playoff...Final top-10 was T10 at Buick Open.

start came at the Henrico County Open, gaining entrance by making a birdie on the final hole of the Monday qualifier to join a 12-man playoff for three spots. Went on to finish T10 that week, one of his five top-10 finishes on the year...Other top-10 performances included career-best T7 outings at the Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open and the Miccosukee Championship, and a T8 finish at the Northeast Pennsylvania Classic that ultimately gave him Special Temporary Membership...Finished the campaign with a T6 finish at the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship at The Houstonian...Two-time winner on the Gateway Tour, highlighted by his victory at the Sidney Frank Memorial Tour Championship. The win, worth $60,000, was set up by a 13-under 59 in the third round. 2005: Three starts on the Nationwide Tour with one made cut, a T54 at the Chitimacha Louisiana Open. Amateur: Winner of the 1999 Virginia Amateur...Former standout at the University of Virginia, where he played in every tournament during his career from 1999 to 2002. All-Atlantic Coast Conference as a senior. Helped lead his team to the 2001 Seminole Intercollegiate Championship, when he captured individual medalist honors. Teammates at UVa with PGA TOUR member James Driscoll.