Steve Stricker
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Steven Charles Stricker is an American golfer, born in Edgerton, Wisconsin on February 23, 1967. He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1990 and turned professional that year. Stricker has four career wins. Two came in 1996 (Kemper Open, Motorola Western Open), one in 2001 (WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, likely his most impressive single victory), and one in 2007 (The Barclays).
Until 2007, Stricker's best season had been 1996, when he finished 4th on the money list. After that his next best season was 1998 when he finished 13th. Other than those two years, Stricker was basically off the radar, finishing no better than 30th in money.
2007 brought the resurgence of Steve Stricker. He finished 4th on the money list and ended the season ranked number five in the world behind only Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk, and Ernie Els.
Stricker's best major finish was in the 1998 PGA Championship, where he finished runner-up to Vijay Singh, two strokes behind.
In 2007, Stricker didn't make the cut in the Masters, then bounced back to tie for 13th at the U.S. Open, and finish tied for 8th at the British Open. Stricker finished off the year's major schedule with a tie for 23rd in the PGA Championship.
