"PGA Champion" Steve Stricker Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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Steven Charles Stricker
(born February 23, 1967) is an American
professional golfer
who plays on the
PGA Tour
and the
PGA Tour Champions
. He has twelve victories on the PGA Tour, including the
WGC-Match Play
title in
2001
and two
FedEx Cup
playoff events. His most successful season on tour came at age 42 in
2009
, with three victories and a runner-up finish on the money list. Stricker spent over 250 weeks in the
top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking
, reaching a career-high world ranking of No. 2 in September 2009. Stricker will serve as U.S.
Ryder Cup
captain for the
2020 matches
, set for
Whistling Straits
in his home state of Wisconsin. Born in
Edgerton, Wisconsin
, Stricker grew up playing golf at both Lake Ripley Country Club in nearby
Cambridge
and at the Edgerton Towne Country Club in Edgerton. A 1990 graduate of the
University of Illinois
, Stricker earned All-American honors as a member of the
Illini
golf team in 1988 and 1989. Stricker turned professional in 1990 and began his career on the
Canadian Professional Golf Tour
,
[3]
where he won two tournaments. He joined the PGA Tour in
1994
, and his first success at the top level 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.
In 1998, Stricker played himself into contention in the final round of the
PGA Championship
at
Sahalee Country Club
near
Seattle
. Thanks to a back-nine surge, PGA Tour veteran
Vijay Singh
bested Stricker down the stretch and claimed a two-stroke victory. This runner-up finish remains Stricker's best result in a
major championship
to date. Stricker has finished inside the top-20 six times at the
U.S. Open
, with his best finish a fifth-place in
1999
at
Pinehurst No. 2
. He won his third and most prestigious PGA Tour title at the
WGC Match Play
Championship in
2001
, where he defeated
Pierre Fulke
2 and 1
in
Australia
, to earn the ,000,000 prize. This remains as the only time that the WGC Match Play Championship was played outside of the United States.
Stricker lost his tour card in 2004. At age 39 in
2006
, relying on sponsor exemptions, he managed seven top-ten finishes and was voted the tour's Comeback Player of the Year. In
2007
he won his fourth PGA Tour title at
The Barclays
on August 26, ending an 11-year victory drought on American soil, although he had previously triumphed down in Australia in 2001. This run of success earned him a spot on the
Presidents Cup
team in
2007
.
After his victory at The Barclays, which was the first of the four FedEx Cup playoff events, Stricker reached No. 4 in the
Official World Golf Ranking
, his highest career ranking at that point. Stricker finished runner-up in the
2007 FedEx Cup Playoffs
behind
Tiger Woods
, and was again selected as Comeback Player of the Year. He was also inducted into the Wisconsin State Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2007.