Franklin Templeton Shootout
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| Steve Stricker |
| PGA TOUR Victories | | (11) 1996 Kemper Open, Motorola Western Open. 2001 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. 2007 The Barclays. 2009 Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, John Deere Classic, Deutsche Bank Championship. 2010 Northern Trust Open, John Deere Classic. 2011 the Memorial Tournament presented
by Nationwide Insurance, John Deere Classic.
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| International Victories | | (2): 1990 Victoria Open [Can]. 1993 Canadian PGA. |
| Other Victories | | (1): 2009 Shark Shootout [with Jerry Kelly]. |
| Current Year Highlights | | Opened with three rounds in the 60s, including a third-round 8-under 65, to share the lead with Jonathan Byrd and Robert Garrigus heading into the final round of the Hyundai Tournament of Champions. A 2-under 71 left him T4, four strokes out of the playoff eventually won by Jonathan
Byrd...Finished T9 at the Sony Open in Hawaii for his eighth top-15 finish in 12 starts at the event. In 46 rounds, he has failed to produce a score of par or better just five times. Was one of two (Matt Kuchar) players to post top-10 finishes in each of the Hawaii events...Claimed third top-10 finish of the season, at the Shell Houston Open, finishing T4 with rounds of 67-69 on the weekend...Won the Memorial Tournament by one shot over Matt Kuchar and Brandt Jobe. During the second round, he aced No. 8 with a 6-iron from 188 yards in the second round, the second of his career on the PGA TOUR (1997 Phoenix Open, No. 16 in the final round). The hole-in-one was the fifth on the eighth hole at the Memorial. To kick off the third round, he recorded an eagle-2 on the 442-yard second hole with a 53 degree sand wedge from 116 yards. He followed that three holes later with an eagle-3 on the 529-yard fifth hole. Joins Rocco Mediate (2010 Frys.com Open), Jonathan Byrd (2010 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open) and Richard S. Johnson (2008 U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee) as the last four players on TOUR to make an ace during a tournament and go on to win. Becomes the 13th player since 1983 to record eagles on a par-3, par-4 and par-5 in the same week (in stroke-play events on TOUR) and the first in Memorial Tournament history. Is the 14th player since 1983 to have three eagles in a week at the Memorial. No one has recorded four in one tournament at Muirfield Village GC. Was the only player in the field to post all four rounds in the 60s (68-67-69-68) at the 2011 event. The last player to record four rounds in the 60s at the Memorial was Bart Bryant on his way to victory in 2005 (69-69-66-68). Has converted six of 12 third-round leads/co-leads on TOUR, including four of his last five. Has now held the outright lead five times on TOUR after 54-holes and has converted each into victory. Since 1983, is the first winner of the Memorial to play the back nine over-par for the week (4-over). He was 20-under on the front. The highest back nine by a winner was even-par by Hale Irwin in 1983 and Greg Norman in 1990 (54-hole event). Took advantage of Nos. 7, 8 and 9 on his way to victory. On those three holes he had nine birdies, one eagle and two pars. Is the seventh player over age 40 to win at Memorial and fourth-oldest. Kenny Perry is the oldest winner of the event...In July, birdied his 72nd hole from the fringe from 25 feet in dramatic style to claim his third straight win at the John Deere Classic by a stroke over Kyle Stanley. In the process, he became the only player to record multiple wins in 2009, 2010 and 2011. The win also made him the eighth player since 1983 to win multiple events in at least three consecutive seasons on TOUR. He also he became just the 17th different player to win a TOUR event in three consecutive years...Finished T12 at the PGA Championship after matching the all-time low round in a major championship with a first-round, bogey-free, 7-under-par 63. It marked the 25th time that score has been recorded in a major championship. It equaled the Atlanta Athletic Club's competitive course record, set by Mark O'Meara in the second round at the 2001 PGA Championship. It was the third time he had shot 65 or better at the PGA Championship, joining Nick Price, Gary Player and Jeff Maggert as the only players who have shot 65 or better three times in PGA Championship history. |
| Career Highlights | | 2010: With two victories on the season, finished seventh in the final FedExCup standings to become one of just three players (Phil Mickelson and Jim Furyk) to finish inside the top 15 during all four FedExCup seasons. Only player to have played in all 64 rounds of the Playoffs,
with a TOUR-best 39 rounds in the 60s in those events..Making his first start at the SBS Championship since a runner-up finish in 2008, improved each day with rounds of 73-70-68-66 to finish T10...Came back the following week with a third-place finish at the Sony Open in Hawaii...Closed with a 1-under 70 for a two-shot victory over Luke Donald at the Northern Trust Open, one year after being the runner-up at Riviera CC. Won for the fourth time in his last 15 starts, moving up to No. 2 in the world for the second time in his career. It was his eighth career victory. Finished at 16-under 268 and moved past $25 million in career earnings. Led by five when the third round was called Saturday because of darkness and held a six-stroke, 54-hole lead when the third round was completed on Sunday morning. Had a streak of eight consecutive rounds in the 60s at Riviera (final round of 2008, all rounds in 2009 and first three in 2010) before his final-round 70 in 2010...Posted a T8 at Transitions Championship, his fourth top-10 of season...As the defending champion at the John Deere Classic, answered Paul Goydos' record-tying 59 by coming in with an 11-under 60. Would record 31 birdies on the week en route to a two-stroke win over Goydos for ninth career TOUR win. In doing so, put his name on the all-time PGA TOUR list for most birdies in a 72-hole tournament...Birdied the final hole for a fourth-round 67 to finish T9 at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational...Finished T3 at The Barclays, ninth at the Deutsche Bank Championship and T8 at the BMW Championship to run his TOUR-leading record of top 10s. Clinched fourth consecutive start at THE TOUR Championship and entered the event fourth in the FedExCup standings...Unable to mount a charge THE TOUR Championship, however, finishing T25...In his second Ryder Cup appearance (2008), won 2 and 1 over Lee Westwood in the singles matches on the final day. 2009: Enjoyed a banner year, posting career-best numbers in wins (three) and top-10s (11)...Carried a three-stroke lead into the final round of the 50th Bob Hope Classic hosted by Arnold Palmer, but a closing 77 led to a third-place finish...Finished runner-up to Phil Mickelson by one stroke at the Northern Trust Open, the ninth second-place finish of his career. One of four players to record all four rounds in the 60s (68-66-69-67) during the week...Rallied from four strokes back to tie for the lead during the final round of the Transitions Championship but bogeyed the final two holes to T4, his third top-10 of the year. Recorded 19 birdies for the week, the most in the field...In April, claimed his fifth top-10 of the year with a T7 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Jumped from T21 to the T7 finish after shooting his season-low final round (in relation to par) of 5-under 67...Chipped in for birdie on the par-4 17th hole in regulation play and then made a 3-foot birdie putt on the 17th—the second playoff hole—to win the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Birdied the hole four of the five times he played it during the week and beat third-round leader Tim Clark and Steve Marino (all at 17-under) in the playoff for his fifth career PGA TOUR title. Moved to second in the FedExCup standings. Clark had a two-stroke lead with five holes left, but made a bogey on the final hole of regulation and missed a 7-foot birdie putt on the 18th—the first playoff hole—that would have won the tournament. His approach on the second playoff hole hit the pin and caromed 20 feet away...After breaking his career-low round with a 9-under 61 in the second round, holed a 98-yard pitch shot for an eagle-2 in the final round of the John Deere Classic in July to claim a three-stroke win over Zach Johnson, Brett Quigley and Brandt Snedeker. The victory became just the second time he has posted two wins in a single season (1996). With the win, he moved into second place in the FedExCup standings behind Tiger Woods... Finished T52 at the British Open, but moved to first in the FedExCup standings after previous leader Tiger Woods missed the cut at Turnberry, Scotland...Bookend 67s led to a T6 finish at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, six strokes behind champion Tiger Woods...Finished T2 (with Woods, Padraig Harrington and Ernie Els) at The Barclays, one stroke behind winner Heath Slocum with whom he was paired in the final round. Entering the final hole tied for the lead at 9-under, watched as Slocum holed a 21-foot par putt. He failed to force a playoff, missing a 10-foot par putt. Only player to post all four rounds under par...Finished with two consecutive birdies for a 4-under 67 and a one-shot victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship. His third victory of the season moved him into first in the FedExCup standings after two weeks of the PGA TOUR Playoffs. After Jason Dufner and Scott Verplank both birdied the par-5 18th hole, Stricker made a 15-foot birdie putt on the 17th and got up down from just behind the 18th green for a tap-in birdie to win. With the win, built a 909-point lead over Tiger Woods in the FedExCup race with two tournaments remaining and assured him of being no worse than the No. 2 seed in THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola. Also moved to second in the Official World Golf Ranking...Capped off the Playoffs with a sixth-place finish at THE TOUR Championship, securing the No. 3 spot on the FedExCup points list. It was his seventh top-10 finish in a Playoff event, tied with Camilo Villegas for most on TOUR. Closed with rounds of 66-69 at East Lake, giving him a TOUR-leading 31 rounds (out of 48) in the 60s in PGA TOUR Playoff events...member of the U.S. Presidents Cup team for the third time. Had a 4-1-0 record in U.S. victory, including 4-0 in team competiton with Tiger Woods. 2008: Posted 13 top-25 finishes in 22 starts, finishing No. 14 in FedExCup points and No. 23 in earnings...Continued his strong play in 2008 with six top-10s, including losing in a playoff in the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship...Was a Captain's Pick for the victorious United State Ryder Cup team...Lost to Daniel Chopra on the fourth playoff hole at the Mercedes-Benz Championship. Chopra birdied the par-5 ninth as Stricker made par...Held a three-stroke lead after 36 holes at The Barclays, but weekend rounds of 77-71 dropped him to T19 in defense of his 2007 title. At one point early in the third round was 12-under, but a triple bogey on the 12th hole pushed him back to 7-under...Finished T10 at the BMW Championship, his seventh top-20 finish (in as many attempts) in a PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup event...Was 0-2-1 for victorious United State Ryder Cup team. 2007: Had a career year, with a victory at The Barclays during the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, a second-place finish in the FedExCup standings and a spot on the United States Presidents Cup team. Finished No. 4 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Voted PGA TOUR Comeback Player of the Year for a second consecutive season...Finished second to Tiger Woods at the Wachovia Championship, his best finish (at the time) since winning the 2001 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. Played the final three holes in 3-over par before losing to Woods by two shots...Collected his second runner-up finish of the season after posting a final-round 70 at the inaugural AT&T National…Three strokes back of leader Sergio Garcia through 54 holes at the British Open. Closed with a 74 to finish T8, his first top-10 in eight appearances at the British Open...Won The Barclays in his first start in New York since 1995 after carding four rounds in the 60s at Westchester CC for his fourth career TOUR title. Birdied four of the final five holes to overtake K.J. Choi, including birdies on the last three holes. Moved into first in the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup standings. First victory since the Accenture Match Play Championship in 2001, a period of 148 starts between victories...Finished T9 at the Deutsche Bank Championship but dropped to second place behind Deutsche Bank Championship winner Phil Mickelson...Finished third at the BMW Championship to remain in second place in the FedExCup standings. Shared the third-round lead with Aaron Baddeley and shot 68 in the final round at Cog Hill, but that was bettered by Tiger Woods' final-round 63...Entered THE TOUR Championship looking to surpass Tiger Woods and win the inaugural FedExCup with a strong performance at East Lake GC. Finished T17 to finish second overall in the FedExCup standings, earning a $3-million bonus...Capped season off with 3-2-0 performance for victorious United States Presidents Cup team. 2006: Voted PGA TOUR Comeback Player of the Year. Made 15 of 17 cuts out of the Past Champion category, where he needed Sponsor Exemptions or Top-10s to get into most fields. Earned $1,811,811 on the strength of seven top-10s. Finished No. 34 on PGA TOUR money list, his highest finish since No. 30 in 2001. The seven top-10s equaled his output over the previous five years on TOUR...In his fourth start of season, finished third at the Shell Houston Open for his first top-10 of the season...36-hole leader at the U.S. Open at Winged Foot GC at 1-under 139, but weekend rounds of 76-73 dropped him to T6. First top-10 in a major since a T10 at the 2001 Masters Tournament...One week later, continued strong play with a T2 finish at the Booz Allen Classic, five strokes behind champion Ben Curtis. With $330,00 paycheck, surpassed $1 million in season earnings for the first time since 2001...Finished T7 at the PGA Championship, his second top-10 (second in 1998) in nine starts at the PGA. Second time in his career he posted two top-10s in majors (T5 at the 1998 U.S. Open, second at the 1998 PGA Championship)...Recorded his fifth top-10 of the season with a T7 at the Deutsche Bank Championship, earning a spot in following week's Canadian Open field...At the Canadian Open, posted four rounds in the 60s to finish solo 10th for his sixth top-10 of the season...Kept hot streak going with T9 finish at the 84 Lumber Classic, third top-10 in as many weeks and fourth in five starts. 2005: Playing with Past Champion status, earned fourth-place finish at the Chrysler Classic of Tucson, one shot out of three-way playoff. 2004: Lost his fully-exempt card for the first time since the 1997 season after finishing 151st on the 2004 PGA TOUR money list and seeing his three-year exemption for winning the 2001 World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship expire...Lone top-10 was a T4 at the 2004 John Deere Classic with wife Nicki on the bag. 2003: Finished 189th on the 2003 TOUR money list, his lowest finish since he joined the TOUR in 1994. Did not post a top-10 for the first time in his first 10 years on TOUR. 2002: Finished in the top 100 for the seventh time in his nine-year TOUR career. 2001: Won first PGA TOUR title since 1996 Motorola Western Open, defeating Pierre Fulke, 2 and 1, in 36-hole final of World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. Earned way to $1 million by defeating (in order) Padraig Harrington, Scott Verplank, Justin Leonard, Nick O'Hern, Toru Taniguchi and Fulke. Third career victory jumped him from 91st to No. 47 in Official World Golf Ranking. Had not made a cut in TOUR event since July 2000. Win was his first in 89 starts. 2000: For the first time in three years, managed to finish among top-10 only once. 1999: Finished fifth at U.S. Open for second consecutive year on strength of third-round 69, the only player under par that round. 1998: Recovered from off year in 1997 with strong campaign. In a limited schedule of 21 events, made 20 cuts. Played only four times after Aug. 1, due to birth of first child, and finished in top 10 each time. All in all, had career-best 10 top-10 finishes and 12 top-25s...Tied for third-round lead with Vijay Singh at PGA Championship and closing 70 left him two strokes shy of Singh...Followed second-place finish at PGA Championship with another runner-up at Greater Milwaukee Open...Won Wisconsin State Open by 11 strokes. 1996: Impressive season included seven top-10s, all either firsts, seconds or thirds...Earned $1,383,739 to finish fourth on money list...First PGA TOUR victory came at Kemper Open, where he moved to within one stroke of Jay Williamson's lead with third-round 65 and closed with 68 for three-stroke victory...Won again at Motorola Western Open, with an eight-stroke victory...Also T2 at NEC World Series of Golf, third at United Airlines Hawaiian Open, Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic and THE TOUR Championship; and T3 in front of home state fans at Greater Milwaukee Open...Was 2-3 in Presidents Cup...Was 5-0 on victorious Dunhill Cup team. 1994: T2 in second event as a TOUR member, Northern Telecom Open...T3 at Canon Greater Hartford Open. Finished 50th on the money list that year, fourth among rookies. Amateur: All-American selection at University of Illinois in 1988-89.
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| Personal | | Wife Nicki, who had been his caddie throughout his professional career, gave up the bag in 1998 to deliver daughter Bobbi Maria. Returned to caddie in 1999 at Milwaukee...Father-in-law Dennis Tiziani is the retired golf coach at University of Wisconsin who played off and on on the PGA TOUR
in the 1970s...Brother-in-law Mario Tiziani played on TOUR in 2005...After missing earning TOUR card in 2005 by two strokes at PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament, rediscovered his game hitting balls out of a trailer in the December snow on the practice range at Cherokee CC in Madison, WI...Inducted into the Wisconsin State Golf Association Hall of Fame in December 2007. |
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