Steve Stricker News

This should sound familiar: A PGA Tour player deeply devoted to his family stops playing until the Bob Hope Classic because he wants to spend time at home. For Steve Stricker, his decision means leaving a lot on the table. It has been an amazing year for Stricker, who failed to get through the final stage of Q-school and could only get in three tournaments the first 15 weeks of ...

Steve Stricker went from desperation to disappointment, a wild swing in emotions that ultimately indicates a successful season. Consider his toughest adjustment. ``It was weird to change your focus from trying to get into tournaments to trying to get on the Ryder Cup team,'' he said. Having failed to make it through Q-school, the only status Stricker had at the start of the year was as a past champion. That ...

By David Ginsburg MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) _ Early in the third round of the U.S. Open, Steve Stricker did a marvelous job in his role as leader of the tournament. He parred his first four holes and birdied No. 5 to move to 2 under par. ``You know, I got off to a really good start,'' he said. ``I was driving the fairway and hitting them on the green.'' ``The ...

By David Ginsburg MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) _ Steve Stricker headed up the fairway on his final hole of the day, angered over the possibility of letting a solid round slip away. As the first player off the tee on the back nine Friday, Stricker moved to 2 under par to climb atop the leaderboard with three holes to play. Successive bogeys on Nos. 7 and 8 dropped him off the ...