Steve Stricker

Steve Stricker is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the PGA Tour. Striker has won 12 PGA Tour events, including the 2001 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and two FedEx Cup playoff events. Stricker has made three appearances for the U.S. team in the Ryder Cup, finishing on the winning side in his first appearance in 2008 before playing in the unsuccessful 2010 and 2012 tournaments. 

Stricker has a career-high ranking of number-two in the Official Golf Rankings, spending 57 consecutive weeks in the world top-10 between 2007 and 2008, going on to make it 157 consecutive weeks inside the top-10 from 2009 to 2012, earning almost $40million in prize money throughout his career. 

After turning professional in 1992, Stricker soon notched up his first two tournament victories on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour before joining the PGA Tour in 1994. The American won his first PGA event in 1996 at the Kemper Open, following that up with victory in the Motorola Western Open and finishing the year fourth in the PGA Tour money list with seven top-10 finishes throughout the year.  

Stricker came close to winning his maiden major title in the 1998 PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club in Redmond, Washington, losing out to Fijian veteran Vijay Singh down the back-nine to seal a two-shot lead. This runner-up finish remains Stricker's best result in a major championship. 

The U.S. Open has been Stricker's most successful major, with the American recording six top-20 finishes, with a career-best fifth place finish in the 1999 U.S. Open at Pinehurst. Stricker has two top-10 finishes at the Masters, the Open Championship and the PGA Championship. 

Stricker won his fifth PGA Tour title at the 2009 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial at the end of May with a playoff win over Tim Clark and Steve Marino. This win was made possible by a crucial 60-foot chip-in on the 71st hole of the championship. Stricker won again in 2009 at the John Deere Classic in Silvis, Illinois for his sixth career victory on the PGA by three strokes over Zach Johnson, Brandt Snedeker and Brett Quigley. He also matched his career best round on the Tour with a second round of 61, ending the year second on the PGA's money list, including a tie for seventh at the Open Championship, following up his tie for eighth the previous year. 

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