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The good performances were set not to last, as Stricker saw his form drop resulting in him losing his card for the PGA Tour in He bounced back in when he achieved seven finishes in the top 10 on the Tour after competing thanks to several sponsor exemptions. The following season, Stricker continued to play well and achieved victory at The Barclays tournament. As a result of his good performances Stricker was chosen to play on the Presidents Cup team that year.

After achieving these victories, Stricker rose to 2nd in the World Rankings, his best ever ranking position. Although Stricker was deposed from his number two positon, he regained it after victory at the Northern Trust Open in At the time this meant that he was ranked higher than any other American golfer.

This victory was followed by another, at the John Deere Classic, where he beat Kyle Stanley into second place. Although he has achieved many wins on the PGA Tour, Stricker has not achieved victory at a major, although he put in a good performance at the start of the PGA Championships before fading to eventually finish in twelfth place overall. A second-round 63 put him in contention, but he shot a final-round 70 and settled for his fifth top-three finish in his seventh start on PGA TOUR Champions.

The duo led after 18 holes and shared the hole lead before winning by two strokes over Graeme McDowell and Shane Lowry. Marked the second time Stricker won the event, having previously won with Jerry Kelly in It was his 10th consecutive appearance. Presidents Cup: Pulled all the right strings in his debut as the United States Captain at the Presidents Cup, leading his team to a dominating victory over the International squad at Liberty National.

Made just one bogey over his final 52 holes and a second-round 9-under-par 63 helped his cause. John Deere Classic: After making the hole cut on the number of 2-under , posted scores of 6-under 65 and 7-under 64 in rounds three and four, respectively, to finish T5 at the John Deere Classic with four others, including Zach Johnson.

His T5 showing at TPC Deere Run marked the three-time champion's eighth top finish in 16 tournament starts, tying the John Deere Classic record for most top showings.

His combined score of under in rounds three and four marked his best weekend at the John Deere Classic by three strokes. Open: Qualified for his 20th U. Open after advancing through sectional qualifying.

Made the cut in his 24th consecutive major championship and posted on the weekend to finish T16 at 5-under. Started the final round T32, jumping 25 spots. In seven events this season, has now recorded four tops, with the T7 marking his first foray into the top Masters Tournament: Played in his 16th Masters Tournament, finishing T16 following a final-round 4-under-par Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic: Posted a closing-round 7-under-par 65 - the day's low round - which was instrumental in his T3 finish at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic.

Was the hole leader by three strokes over Lehman after a record second-round score of under-par 63 at Omni Tucson National's Catalina Course. Holding a two-stroke advantage through 15 holes, a pair of critical miscues down the stretch Sunday proved costly. Three-putted for bogey at No. Ended the season No. The Open Championship: Capitalized on his spot in the th Open Championship by finishing alone in fourth, his best finish in a major since the PGA Championship 2nd.

Marked his 13th top in 66 majors. Posted rounds of to finish at 5-under , 15 shots behind winner Henrik Stenson. His second-round 75 included 17 pars and a quadruple bogey-8 on the par-4 15th at Royal Troon. Moved to 84th in the FedExCup standings, his best position since FedEx St. Jude Classic in 10 years, finished runner-up with Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka with rounds of to finish the tournament at under, three shots behind winner Daniel Berger. Valspar Championship: Making his first start at the Valspar Championship since , shared the hole lead on the strength of a second-round 66 before shooting weekend rounds of to finish T7 for his first top of the season and his third straight at the event.

Ryder Cup: U. It marked the first time in 63 major championship starts he has posted all four rounds in the 60s. The performance was also his first top at the Memorial since winning in Presidents Cup: Playing in his fifth Presidents Cup, was in five matches, including a mark in foursomes. Jumped from No. Deutsche Bank Championship: Four rounds in the 60s, including a third-round, 8-under 63, led to a runner-up finish at the Deutsche Bank Championship for his third runner-up showing of the season.

Finished two strokes behind tournament winner Henrik Stenson and was the only player to move inside the top 10 in The Presidents Cup standings to earn a spot on the United States team. Made seven birdies in the final round to post a 5-under 66 and net a T10 with Jim Herman. With his under total for the week, reached under par at TPC Deere Run since his first win there in Open: Finished T8 in his 18th U.

His title hopes took a setback with a triple bogey-8 on the par-5 second hole—his highest single-hole score in a U. The year-old was hoping to supplant Hale Irwin as the oldest U. Open winner. Irwin was 45 years, 15 old and playing on a special exemption when he won his third U. Open title in also won in and Has posted nine of his 12 career victories and eight of his 13 runner-up finishes since turning 40, in Was paired with Phil Mickelson all four rounds, carding the same scores the first three days , but pulling ahead with a 68 compared to Mickelson's 71 Sunday.

Ended the week by increasing his streak of holes without a three-putt at TPC Blue Monster at Doral to , dating to the second round in No. On Wednesday, spent nearly an hour giving putting tips to Woods. He led in Strokes Gained-Putting for the week, with Woods finishing second. Hyundai Tournament of Champions: Playing in the Hyundai Tournament of Champions for the seventh time and for the fourth consecutive season, finished the weather-shortened hole event in second, four strokes behind Dustin Johnson.

The event "started" twice during the regularly scheduled first round Friday and later Sunday, but both times PGA TOUR rules staff halted play due to unplayable windy conditions and subsequently voided all scores that had taken place. The tournament officially began with 36 holes on a Monday that was originally schedule to have been the final day of play.

The runner-up finish was his second at Kapalua and the 12th of his career. In his last five trips to Kapalua, he has finished second , T10 , T4 and won During his pre-tournament press conference, he announced his intentions to cut back on his schedule, mentioning that he intends to play approximately 10 PGA TOUR tournaments. Lost singles match to Martin Kaymer of Germany.

It was his first top in a major championship since the Masters T6. World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational: Birdied his final three holes en route to a 6-under 64 to finish T2 and just one stroke behind Keegan Bradley at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational—the 11th runner-up finish of his career. It was his fourth-consecutive top at the Bridgestone Invitational. Was seeking to become just the seventh player with multiple World Golf Championships victories.

In his 11th start in the event, Stricker began the final round three strokes off Troy Matteson's under lead. Bogeys on three of his last five holes dashed any remaining hopes of securing a fourth consecutive title. Hyundai Tournament of Champions: Following an offseason clouded by the possibility of a neck injury, he carded a final-round, 4-under 69 to capture his 12th PGA TOUR victory in the first event of the season with a three-stroke victory over Martin Laird at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

His Saturday 63 was the lowest second-round score in tournament history, falling just one shy of the low 18 at The Plantation Course. His win gave him at least one victory in each of the last four years Continued his perfect streak 7 of 7 of never having lost when entering the final round of a hole event alone with a lead.

The only time he failed to carry the outright lead to victory was at the hole Humana Challenge T3 in In his post-win press conference, he told a story from six years ago of his now year-old daughter winning a junior tournament. Presidents Cup: Playing in his fourth Presidents Cup team for the United States, compiled a record, including a singles victory over Y. It marked the 25th time that score has been recorded in a major championship.

John Deere Classic: 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.

He also he became just the 17th different player to win a TOUR event in three consecutive years. During the second round, he aced No. 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 yard second hole with a 53 degree sand wedge from yards. He followed that three holes later with an eagle-3 on the yard fifth hole.

Joins Rocco Mediate Frys. Johnson U. Becomes the 13th player since 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 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 at the event. The last player to record four rounds in the 60s at the Memorial was Bart Bryant on his way to victory in Has now held the outright lead five times on TOUR after holes and has converted each into victory.

Since , is the first winner of the Memorial to play the back nine over-par for the week 4-over. He was under on the front. The highest back nine by a winner was even-par by Hale Irwin in and Greg Norman in hole event. Took advantage of Nos. 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. Shell Houston Open: Claimed third top finish of the season, at the Shell Houston Open, finishing T4 with rounds of on the weekend.

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 finishes in each of the Hawaii events. Hyundai Tournament of Champions: 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. Ryder Cup: In his second Ryder Cup appearance , won 2 and 1 over Lee Westwood in the singles matches on the final day. Would record 31 birdies on the week en route to a two-stroke win over Goydos for ninth career TOUR win.

Won for the fourth time in his last 15 starts, moving up to No. It was his eighth career victory. Led by five when the third round was called Saturday because of darkness and held a six-stroke, 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 , all rounds in and first three in before his final-round 70 in Presidents Cup: Member of the U.

Presidents Cup team for the third time. Had a record in U. Deutsche Bank Championship: Finished with two consecutive birdies for a 4-under 67 and a one-shot victory at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

After Jason Dufner and Scott Verplank both birdied the par-5 18th hole, Stricker made a 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 point lead over Tiger Woods in the FedExCup race with two tournaments remaining and assured him of being no worse than the No.

Also moved to second in the Official World Golf Ranking. Entering the final hole tied for the lead at 9-under, watched as Slocum holed a foot par putt. He failed to force a playoff, missing a foot par putt. Only player to post all four rounds under par. Top tournaments won by Steve Stricker. Senior Players Ch'ship. Stricker, Steve. Firestone CC. Category Majors. Winner holder Stricker, Steve. Venue Firestone CC. Tiburon Gold.

Category America. Venue Tiburon Gold. Warren GC, Notre Dame. Sanford International. Venue Minnehaha CC. Title sponsor Sanford Health. Rapiscan Classic. Fallen Oak. Venue Fallen Oak. Cologuard Classic. Tucson Natl Catalina.

Venue Tucson Natl Catalina. Category Awards. Tournament of Champions. Kapalua Plantation. Venue Kapalua Plantation. Memorial Tournament. Muirfield Village. Venue Muirfield Village. John Deere Classic. TPC Deere Run. Genesis Invitational.