Steve Stricker - 2008 PGA Championship Player

Steve Stricker hits a shot during a practice round prior to the start of the 89th PGA Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club on August 7, 2007 in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Holding the fourth spot on the Official World Golf Rankings , Steve Stricker has 7 victories in the bag, 4 of which are PGA Tour victories.  His most successful season on tour 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 Championship, where he defeated Pierre Fulke 2 and 1 to earn the $1,000,000 prize. His most recent victory came at The Barclays tournament on 26 August 2007 ending an 11 year span for a win on American soil.

In 1998, Steve Stricker played himself into contention in the final round of the PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club in Redmond, Washington. Thanks to a back-nine surge, PGA Tour veteran Vijay Singh  claimed a two-stroke victory over Stricker. His runner-up finish remains Stricker's best result in a major championship.

Stricker has six times finished inside the Top 20 at the U.S. Open, 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 Cup and after his victory at The Barclays tournament, Stricker reached a high of fourth in the Official World Golf Rankings. Stricker finished runner-up in the 2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs to Tiger Woods.

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