Steven Charles Stricker (born February 23, 1967) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional golferIn golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who plays for money even once usually loses his or her amateur status permanently and is banned from all amateur tournaments. A professional may not play in amateur tournaments...
and is currently ranked No. 3 in the
Official World Golf RankingsThe Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four major championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, the...
. He is best known for his exceptional putting touch along with his simple and smooth stroke.
Stricker was born in
Edgerton, WisconsinEdgerton is a city in Dane and Rock Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 4,933 at the 2000 census. Known locally as "Tobacco City U.S.A.," because of the importance of tobacco growing in the region, Edgerton continues to be a center for the declining tobacco industry in the...
. A 1990 graduate of the
University of IllinoisThe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public research university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system....
, Stricker turned professional in 1990 and has won seven times on the
PGA TourThe PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville...
. His most successful season on tour before 2009 came in 1996, when Stricker notched two victories (Kemper Open, Motorola Western Open) and seven top ten finishes on his way to finishing fourth on the 1996 PGA Tour money list.
Steven Charles Stricker (born February 23, 1967) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
professional golferIn golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who plays for money even once usually loses his or her amateur status permanently and is banned from all amateur tournaments. A professional may not play in amateur tournaments...
and is currently ranked No. 3 in the
Official World Golf RankingsThe Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four major championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, the...
. He is best known for his exceptional putting touch along with his simple and smooth stroke.
Career
Stricker was born in
Edgerton, WisconsinEdgerton is a city in Dane and Rock Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 4,933 at the 2000 census. Known locally as "Tobacco City U.S.A.," because of the importance of tobacco growing in the region, Edgerton continues to be a center for the declining tobacco industry in the...
. A 1990 graduate of the
University of IllinoisThe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a public research university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the oldest and largest campus in the University of Illinois system....
, Stricker turned professional in 1990 and has won seven times on the
PGA TourThe PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville...
. His most successful season on tour before 2009 came in 1996, when Stricker notched two victories (Kemper Open, Motorola Western Open) and seven top ten finishes on his way to finishing fourth on the 1996 PGA Tour money list. Stricker's third and most impressive win came at the 2001
WGC-Accenture Match Play ChampionshipThe WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is a knockout event and is staged in January or February each year...
, where he defeated
Pierre FulkePierre Olof Fulke is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour.Fulke was born in in Nyköping. He turned professional in 1989....
2 and 1Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player or team earns points for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted...
to earn the $1,000,000 prize. He won the The Barclays tournament on August 26, 2007 ending an 11-year losing span on American soil.
In 1998, Steve Stricker played himself into contention in the final round of the
PGA ChampionshipThe PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour...
at
Sahalee Country ClubThe Sahalee Country Club is a private 27-hole golf course and country club in Sammamish, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle. In the Chinookan language, Sahalee means "high heavenly ground." The course is located on a heavily-forested plateau immediately east of Lake Sammamish.Sahalee is best...
in
Redmond, WashingtonRedmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 45,256 at the 2000 census, with an estimated population of 48,739 in 2006. Redmond is best known as the home of Microsoft and Nintendo of America...
. Thanks to a back-nine surge, PGA Tour veteran
Vijay Singh.Vijay Singh , nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008...
bested Stricker down the stretch and claimed a two-stroke victory. The runner-up finish remains Stricker's best result in a
major championshipThe men's major golf championships, often referred to simply as "the majors", are the four most prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf. In order of their playing date, the current majors are:...
.
Stricker has six times finished inside the Top 20 at the
U.S. OpenThe United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
, his best finish a fifth-place score at the 1999 U.S. Open played at Pinehurst No. 2.
Largely due to his seven top-10 finishes, Stricker was voted PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year in 2006. His renewed form continued throughout 2007, qualifying for the
Presidents CupThe Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world less Europe. Europe competes against the U.S. in a similar but considerably older event, the Ryder Cup. The Presidents Cup is held biennially...
and after his victory at The Barclays, Stricker reached a high of 4th in the
Official World Golf RankingsThe Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four major championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, the...
. Stricker finished runner-up in the
2007 FedEx Cup PlayoffsThe 2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs were held from August 23 to September 16. They consisted of four events. The events in order are The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship and The Tour Championship. These were the first FedEx Cup playoffs being held...
to
Tiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No...
. He was again voted PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year in 2007. He was also inducted into the Wisconsin State Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2007.
In the Mercedes Benz Championship, the opening event of the 2008 season, Stricker lost out in a play-off to
Daniel ChopraDaniel Samir Chopra is a Swedish professional golfer.Chopra was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He represents Sweden and his mother was Swedish, but his father was Indian and Daniel moved to India at age seven where he was raised by his grandparents. He won the All-India Junior Golf Championship at age...
. This result took Stricker to 3rd in the world rankings. He has spent over 50 weeks in the top-10 of the rankings since 2007.
In the 2009 Bob Hope Classic, Stricker shot third and fourth round scores of 61 and 62, at the PGA West Palmer and Nicklaus courses, to set the 36-hole scoring record on the PGA Tour at 123, beating a record that
Pat PerezPatrick A. Perez is an American professional golfer.Perez was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He experienced his first PGA Tour victory in 2009 at the Bob Hope Classic...
had held for only two days. His four round total of 33 under par in the five round event also set the PGA Tour record for lowest score relative to par for 72 holes, exceeding Ernie Els' total of 31 under par in the 2003 Mercedes-Benz Championship at Kapalua. The third-round 61 is Stricker's best score on Tour. Stricker shot a 77 in the final round and ended up finishing in a tie for third.
Stricker won his fifth tournament on tour at the
Crowne Plaza Invitational at ColonialThe Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It has been played annually in May in Fort Worth, Texas on the course at the Colonial Country Club. It is one of four invitational tournaments held on the PGA Tour...
at the end of May with a playoff win over
Tim ClarkTimothy Henry Clark is a South African professional golfer.Clark was born in Durban, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of three and was taught to play by his father. He attended North Carolina State University in the United States, where he had a successful college golf career...
and
Steve MarinoStephen Paul Marino, Jr. is an American professional golfer, a member of the PGA Tour since 2007.- Early life and education :...
. This was helped by a crucial 60 foot chip-in on the penultimate 71st hole of the championship.
Stricker won again in 2009 at the
John Deere ClassicThe John Deere Classic is an American professional golf event which is on the PGA Tour schedule. It is played annually in July, the week before the British Open Championship, at the TPC at Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois...
in
Silvis, IllinoisSilvis is a city in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,269 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Silvis is located at ....
. After a rained-out second round on Friday, the field was forced to play 36-holes on Sunday. Stricker shot an afternoon round of 64, which included a holed wedge shot for eagle on the 6th hole. He went on to win the event by three strokes over
Zach JohnsonZach Johnson is an American golfer, winner of the 2007 Masters Tournament.Zach Johnson may also refer to:* Zack "Jick" Johnson, one of the creators of Kingdom of Loathing* Zachary Johnson, former drummer for The Fray...
,
Brandt SnedekerBrandt Snedeker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Snedeker was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Montgomery Bell Academy and then Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of the Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. He won the U.S. Amateur Public Links in...
and
Brett QuigleyBrett Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He is the nephew of PGA Tour and Champions Tour golfer Dana Quigley. He won the 1987 U.S...
. He also matched his career low round on tour with a second round of 61 (-10).
Stricker's third win of 2009 came in September at the
Deutsche Bank ChampionshipThe Deutsche Bank Championship is a PGA Tour golf tournament that occurs every year on Labor Day weekend. The tournament began in 2003 and is held at the Tournament Players Club of Boston in Norton, Massachusetts. The title sponsor, Deutsche Bank, has announced it will sponsor this event in Boston...
, the second of four playoff events. He began the final round tied with
Retief GoosenRetief Goosen is a South African professional golfer who has been in the top ten in the Official World Golf Rankings for over 250 weeks between 2001 and 2007. His main achievements have been two U.S...
and
Sean O'HairSean M. O'Hair is an American professional golfer.O'Hair was born in Lubbock, Texas. Unlike the vast majority of contemporary American professional golfers, O'Hair did not go to college...
, and birdied the final hole to win the event by one stroke over
Jason DufnerJason Dufner is an American professional golfer.Dufner is currently a member of the PGA Tour. He was a member of PGA Tour in 2004 and the Nationwide Tour in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006. He finished in 8th place on the Nationwide Tour money list in 2006 to earn his PGA Tour card for 2007.He...
and
Scott VerplankScott Rachal Verplank is an American professional golfer.Verplank was born in Dallas, Texas. He was a leading member of the W.T. White High School Golf Team and a regular at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas...
. It was Stricker's second FedEx Cup playoff win, a win that also vaulted him ahead of
Tiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No...
to the top of the
FedEx Cup standingsThe 2009 FedEx Cup Playoffs, the series of four golf tournaments that determined the season champion on the U.S.-based PGA Tour, began on August 27 and ended on September 27...
and vaulted him to second in the
Official World Golf RankingsThe Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four major championships and the six professional tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, the...
. Stricker has been called "Mr. September" due to his success in the
FedEx CupThe FedEx Cup is a championship trophy for the PGA Tour. Its introduction marked the first time that men's professional golf had a playoff system. Announced in November 2005, it was first awarded in 2007 after a NASCAR-like points race. Tiger Woods is the current champion...
playoffs, where he has never finished below the top-25 in any of his ten career starts.
PGA Tour wins (7)
| Legend |
| World Golf Championship (1) |
| FedEx Cup Event (2) |
| Other PGA Tour (4) |
|
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|
| 1 |
May 26, 1996 The 1996 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 44 official money events . Phil Mickelson won the most tournaments, four, and there were 13 first-time winners. The season notably featured the first Tour win for Tiger Woods...
|
Kemper Open |
-14 (69-68-65-68=270) |
3 strokes |
USA Scott Hoch Scott Mabon Hoch is an American golfer, who represented his country in the Ryder Cup in 1997 and 2002.Hoch was born in Raleigh, North Carolina...
, USA Mark O'MearaMark Francis O'Meara is an American professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s...
,
USA Brad FaxonBradford John Faxon, Jr. is an American golfer.Faxon was born in Oceanport, New Jersey. He attended Furman University and turned professional in 1983. He has won eight times on the PGA Tour and played on two Ryder Cup teams...
, NZL Grant WaiteGrant Osten Waite is a New Zealand professional golfer.Waite was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand and is now a U.S. citizen. He has one PGA Tour victory, the Kemper Open in 1993, and finished second to Tiger Woods at the 2000 Bell Canadian Open.Waite won the New Zealand Open and the Trafalgar...
|
| 2 |
Jul 7, 1996 The 1996 PGA Tour season was played from January 4 to October 28. The season consisted of 44 official money events . Phil Mickelson won the most tournaments, four, and there were 13 first-time winners. The season notably featured the first Tour win for Tiger Woods...
|
Motorola Western Open |
-18 (65-69-67-69=270) |
8 strokes |
USA Billy Andrade William Thomas "Billy" Andrade is an American golfer.Andrade was born in Bristol, Rhode Island. He attended Wake Forest University where he helped lead the Demon Deacons to the 1986 NCAA Championship. He played on the U.S. team in the 1987 Walker Cup, and turned professional in the same year...
, USA Jay Don BlakeJay Don Blake is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Blake was born in St. George, Utah where he attended Dixie High School, graduating in 1977. He attended Utah State University in Logan and was a member of the golf team. He won the 1980 NCAA...
|
| 3 |
Jan 7, 2001 The 2001 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 4. The season consisted of 47 official money events and two events were cancelled due to the terrorist attacks on September 11. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments, five, and there were 10 first-time winners...
|
Accenture Match Play Championship The WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is a knockout event and is staged in January or February each year...
|
2 & 1 |
SWE Pierre Fulke Pierre Olof Fulke is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the European Tour.Fulke was born in in Nyköping. He turned professional in 1989....
|
| 4 |
Aug 26, 2007 The 2007 PGA Tour season ran from January 4, 2007 to November 4, 2007. The season consisted of 47 official money events. This included four major championships and three World Golf Championships, which are also sanctioned by the European Tour. There were also five unofficial events played in...
|
The Barclays |
-16 (67-67-65-69=268) |
2 strokes |
KOR K.J. Choi |
| 5 |
May 31, 2009 |
Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It has been played annually in May in Fort Worth, Texas on the course at the Colonial Country Club. It is one of four invitational tournaments held on the PGA Tour...
|
-17 (63-63-69-68=263) |
Playoff |
RSA Tim Clark Timothy Henry Clark is a South African professional golfer.Clark was born in Durban, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of three and was taught to play by his father. He attended North Carolina State University in the United States, where he had a successful college golf career...
, USA Steve MarinoStephen Paul Marino, Jr. is an American professional golfer, a member of the PGA Tour since 2007.- Early life and education :...
|
| 6 |
Jul 12, 2009 |
John Deere Classic The John Deere Classic is an American professional golf event which is on the PGA Tour schedule. It is played annually in July, the week before the British Open Championship, at the TPC at Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois...
|
-20 (71-61-67-64=264) |
3 strokes |
USA Zach Johnson Zach Johnson is an American golfer, winner of the 2007 Masters Tournament.Zach Johnson may also refer to:* Zack "Jick" Johnson, one of the creators of Kingdom of Loathing* Zachary Johnson, former drummer for The Fray...
, USA Brett QuigleyBrett Quigley is an American professional golfer.Quigley was born in Fort Devens, Massachusetts. He is the nephew of PGA Tour and Champions Tour golfer Dana Quigley. He won the 1987 U.S...
,
USA Brandt SnedekerBrandt Snedeker is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.Snedeker was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Montgomery Bell Academy and then Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of the Chi Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order. He won the U.S. Amateur Public Links in...
|
| 7 |
Sep 7, 2009 |
Deutsche Bank Championship The Deutsche Bank Championship is a PGA Tour golf tournament that occurs every year on Labor Day weekend. The tournament began in 2003 and is held at the Tournament Players Club of Boston in Norton, Massachusetts. The title sponsor, Deutsche Bank, has announced it will sponsor this event in Boston...
|
-17 (63-72-65-67=267) |
1 stroke |
USA Jason Dufner Jason Dufner is an American professional golfer.Dufner is currently a member of the PGA Tour. He was a member of PGA Tour in 2004 and the Nationwide Tour in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006. He finished in 8th place on the Nationwide Tour money list in 2006 to earn his PGA Tour card for 2007.He...
, USA Scott VerplankScott Rachal Verplank is an American professional golfer.Verplank was born in Dallas, Texas. He was a leading member of the W.T. White High School Golf Team and a regular at Brookhaven Country Club in Dallas...
|
PGA Tour playoff record (1-1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|
| 1 |
2008 |
Mercedes-Benz Championship |
SWE Daniel Chopra Daniel Samir Chopra is a Swedish professional golfer.Chopra was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He represents Sweden and his mother was Swedish, but his father was Indian and Daniel moved to India at age seven where he was raised by his grandparents. He won the All-India Junior Golf Championship at age...
|
Lost to birdie on fourth hole |
| 2 |
2009 |
Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is a regular golf tournament on the PGA Tour. It has been played annually in May in Fort Worth, Texas on the course at the Colonial Country Club. It is one of four invitational tournaments held on the PGA Tour...
|
RSA Tim Clark Timothy Henry Clark is a South African professional golfer.Clark was born in Durban, South Africa. He took up golf at the age of three and was taught to play by his father. He attended North Carolina State University in the United States, where he had a successful college golf career...
, USA Steve MarinoStephen Paul Marino, Jr. is an American professional golfer, a member of the PGA Tour since 2007.- Early life and education :...
|
Won with birdie on second hole |
Other wins (7)
- 1987 Wisconsin State Open
The Wisconsin State Open is the Wisconsin state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Wisconsin section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1919 at a variety of courses around the state...
(as an amateur)
- 1990 Victoria Open (Canada), Wisconsin State Open
The Wisconsin State Open is the Wisconsin state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Wisconsin section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1919 at a variety of courses around the state...
- 1991 Wisconsin State Open
The Wisconsin State Open is the Wisconsin state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Wisconsin section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1919 at a variety of courses around the state...
- 1993 Canadian PGA Championship
The Canadian PGA Championship was a golf tournament organized by the Canadian Professional Golfers' Association. It was played from 1912 to 2005 at a variety of courses around Canada. It was a Nationwide Tour event from 2001 to 2005. It was also an event on the Canadian Tour...
- 1998 Wisconsin State Open
The Wisconsin State Open is the Wisconsin state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Wisconsin section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1919 at a variety of courses around the state...
- 2000 Wisconsin State Open
The Wisconsin State Open is the Wisconsin state open golf tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Wisconsin section of the PGA of America. It has been played annually since 1919 at a variety of courses around the state...
Results in major championships
| Tournament |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
| The Masters |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
CUT |
CUT |
DNP |
T38 |
U.S. OpenThe United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
|
83 |
DNP |
T13 |
T60 |
T36 |
T5 |
5 |
The Open ChampionshipThe Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...
|
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
T22 |
T62 |
T52 |
CUT |
PGA ChampionshipThe PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour...
|
DNP |
DNP |
T23 |
T26 |
CUT |
2 |
CUT |
| Tournament |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
| The Masters |
T19 |
T10 |
CUT |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
CUT |
CUT |
T6 |
U.S. OpenThe United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...
|
T27 |
CUT |
T16 |
DNP |
CUT |
DNP |
T6 |
T13 |
T29 |
T23 |
The Open ChampionshipThe Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...
|
CUT |
T42 |
T59 |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
T8 |
T7 |
T52 |
PGA ChampionshipThe PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour...
|
CUT |
T66 |
CUT |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
T7 |
T23 |
T39 |
CUT |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Results in World Golf Championship events
| Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|
| Accenture Match Play Championship The WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is a knockout event and is staged in January or February each year...
|
R64 |
R32 |
1 |
R64 |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
R64 |
R16 |
R32 |
| CA Championship The WGC-CA Championship is one of the four annual World Golf Championships tournaments for male professional golfers. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and the European Tour. It was previously held...
|
DNP |
DNP |
NT1 |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
T35 |
T6 |
T13 |
| Bridgestone Invitational The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is one of the annual World Golf Championships for male professional golfers. It is sanctioned and organized by the International Federation of PGA Tours and the prize money is official money on both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour...
|
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
DNP |
T41 |
T43 |
T6 |
1Cancelled due to
9/11The September 11 attacks were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners...
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
PGA Tour career summary
| Year | Wins | Earnings ($ The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States. The U.S. dollar is normally abbreviated as the dollar sign, $, or as USD or US$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies and from others that use the $ symbol. It is divided into 100 cents .The U.S...
) | Rank |
|---|
| 1990 |
0 |
3,974 |
255 |
| 1991 |
0 |
0 |
N/A |
| 1992 |
0 |
5,550 |
261 |
| 1993 |
0 |
46,171 |
186 |
| 1994 |
0 |
334,409 |
50 |
| 1995 |
0 |
438,931 |
40 |
| 1996 |
2 |
1,383,739 |
4 |
| 1997 |
0 |
167,652 |
130 |
| 1998 |
0 |
1,313,948 |
13 |
| 1999 |
0 |
662,461 |
64 |
| 2000 |
0 |
418,780 |
113 |
| 2001 |
1 |
1,676,229 |
30 |
| 2002 |
0 |
789,713 |
88 |
| 2003 |
0 |
150,590 |
188 |
| 2004 |
0 |
440,906 |
151 |
| 2005 |
0 |
397,640 |
162 |
| 2006 |
0 |
1,811,811 |
34 |
| 2007 |
1 |
4,663,077 |
4 |
| 2008 |
0 |
2,438,304 |
22 |
| 2009* |
3 |
6,045,086 |
2 |
| Career* |
7 |
23,188,970 |
16 |
* As of September 7, 2009
Professional
- Dunhill Cup: 1996 (winners)
- Presidents Cup
The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world less Europe. Europe competes against the U.S. in a similar but considerably older event, the Ryder Cup. The Presidents Cup is held biennially...
: 199616½ United States – 15½ InternationalThe 2nd Presidents Cup Matches were held in 1996 between September 13 and September 15. They were played at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia, USA. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 16½–15½. The honorary...
(winners), 2007United States 19½ - International 14½The 7th Presidents Cup Matches were held in 2007 between September 27 and September 30. They were played at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in Île Bizard, Quebec, Canada. The United States team won the competition by a margin of 19½–14½.-Format:On the...
(winners), 2009The 8th Presidents Cup Matches were held October 8–11, 2009 at the Harding Park Golf Club in San Francisco, California. The United States team won the golf competition by a margin of 19½–14½, their second consecutive win by that exact score and third in a row overall. This was also the sixth...
(winners)
- Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is a golf trophy, donated by Samuel Ryder, which is awarded biennially in an event called the "Ryder Cup Matches" between teams from Europe and the United States...
: 2008The 37th Ryder Cup Matches were held September 19-21, 2008 at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Team USA won 16½ - 11½ to end the streak of three successive victories for Team Europe. This was Team USA's largest margin of victory since 1981, and the first time since 1979 the...
(winners)
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