GOLF • 1986-89

Steve Stricker was a two-time All-American in 1988 and 1989 and three-time Big Ten Championship medalist in 1986, 1988 and 1989. His outstanding professional career includes 18 PGA TOUR Champions victories, 15 second-place finishes and 50 top five finishes. On the PGA Tour, Stricker posted 12 wins plus two more in international tournaments, while also posting five top-10 finishes at Majors. Stricker’s most successful season on tour came in 2009, when he had three tournament victories and finished second on the money list. He has ranked as high as No. 2 in the Official World Golf Rankings. Stricker spent 57 consecutive weeks in the world Top-10 from Aug. 26, 2007 to Sept. 21, 2008, and was there for a further 157 consecutive weeks from May 31, 2009 to May 26, 2012. He has a total of 253 weeks in the top-10. Stricker was twice named the PGA Tour Comeback Player of the Year (2006 and 2007), won the Payne Stewart Award in 2012 and Byron Nelson Award in 2013. He was a five-time member of the U.S. Presidents Cup team (1996, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013), serving as Presidents Cup team captain in 2017. Stricker was also a three-time member of the U.S. Ryder Cup team (2008, 2010, 2012), and captained the 2021 U.S. Ryder Cup Team to victory at Whistling Straits. He also played on the U.S. Dunhill Cup team in 1996.