Steve Stricker ,No. 3 golfer(3)

Let us continue to see Steve Stricker ‘s career, his
success in golf world.Stricker won his fifth tournament on tour at the
In the Mercedes Benz Championship, the openingCrowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial at the end of May
event of the 2008 season, Stricker lost out in awith a playoff win over Tim Clark and Steve Marino.
play-off to Daniel Chopra. This result took Stricker toThis was helped by a crucial 60 foot chip-in on the
3rd in the world rankings. He has spent over 50 weekspenultimate 71st hole of the championship.
in the top-10 of the rankings since 2007.Stricker won again in 2009 at the John Deere Classic
In the 2009 Bob Hope Classic, Stricker shot third andin Silvis, Illinois. Stricker's third win of 2009 came in
fourth round scores of 61 and 62, at the PGA WestSeptember at the Deutsche Bank Championship, the
Palmer and Nicklaus courses, to set the 36-holesecond of four playoff events. He began the final
scoring record on the PGA Tour at 123, beating around tied with Retief Goosen and Sean O'Hair, and
record that Pat Perez had held for only two days.birdied the final hole to win the event by one stroke
(This record would fall in October when Troyover Jason Dufner and Scott Verplank. It was
Matteson shot 61-61=122 at the Open.) His four roundStricker's second FedEx Cup playoff win, a win that
total of 33 under par in the five round event also setalso vaulted him ahead of Tiger Woods to the top of
the PGA Tour record for lowest score relative to parthe FedEx Cup standings and vaulted him to second in
for 72 holes, exceeding Ernie Els' total of 31 under parthe Official World Golf Rankings. Stricker has been
in the 2003 Mercedes-Benz Championship at Kapalua.called "Mr. September" due to his success in the
The third-round 61 is Stricker's best score on Tour. HeFedEx Cup playoffs, where he has never finished
shot a 77 in the final round and ended up finishing in abelow the top-25 in any of his ten career starts.
tie for third.