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Steve Stricker

United States · born , Edgerton, Wisconsin

3.5Ryder Cup points from 11 matches

Summary

  • Ryder Cup 3 Cups · 3-7-1 · 3.5 points (31.8%)
  • Singles 1-2-0 · Foursomes 1-2-0 · Four-ball 1-3-1
  • Ryder Cup captain 2021
  • Best major finish runner-up, 1998 PGA Championship
  • Open top 10s 2007 (T8), 2008 (T7), 2016 (4)

Near misses

  1. 1998 PGA Championship Sahalee Country Club · runner-up to Vijay Singh · 273
  2. 2007 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · finished T8 · 281 (-3)
  3. 2008 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T7 · 292 (+12)
  4. 2016 The Open Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished 4 · 279 (-5)

Ryder Cup

3 Cups, 11 matches: 3 won, 7 lost, 1 halved, 3.5 points. Foursomes 1-2-0, four-ball 1-3-1, singles 1-2-0.

  1. 2008 Valhalla Golf Club USA · USA won 16.5–11.5 · 0-2-1, 0.5 points · captain's pick
  2. 2010 Celtic Manor Resort (Twenty Ten Course) USA · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 3-1-0, 3 points · automatic
  3. 2012 Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 USA · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 0-4-0, 0 points · captain's pick
  4. 2021 Captain USA · won 19–9

Rivals

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Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Vijay Singh's rivals →

Moments

  1. 2012 Ryder Cup Martin Kaymer holed a roughly 5–6 ft putt on the 18th green to beat Steve Stricker and make sure Europe kept the Cup.

Results by championship

    Best day

    1998 PGA Championship

    Runner-up to Vijay Singh · 273.

    Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1998.

    Career line, 1998–2016

    PGA Championship
    1998 PGA Championship: runner-up to Vijay Singh
    The Open
    2007 The Open: finished T82008 The Open: finished T72016 The Open: finished 4
    Ryder Cup
    2008 Ryder Cup (USA): 0-2-12010 Ryder Cup (USA): 3-1-02012 Ryder Cup (USA): 0-4-0
    2000200520102015

    7 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Runner-up
    • Top 10
    • Ryder Cup, USA

    Steve Stricker was born on February 23, 1967, in Edgerton, Wisconsin. Stricker's best major finish was second, at the 1998 PGA Championship. Stricker played in 3 Ryder Cups for USA (2008, 2010, 2012), winning 3, losing 7 and halving 1 of 11 matches for 3.5 points, and captained the side in 2021.

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    The record

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1998 PGA Championship Sahalee Country Club · runner-up to Vijay Singh · 273
    2. 2007 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · finished T8 · 281 (-3)
    3. 2008 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T7 · 292 (+12)
    4. 2016 The Open Royal Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished 4 · 279 (-5)

    Ryder Cup

    Stricker played 3 Ryder Cups for USA: 11 matches, 3 won, 7 lost, 1 halved, 3.5 points (31.8% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-2-0, four-ball 1-3-1, singles 1-2-0 (won-lost-halved). Vice-captain: 2014; 2016; 2018; 2023.

    1. 2008 Valhalla Golf Club USA · USA won 16.5–11.5 · 0-2-1, 0.5 points · captain's pick
    2. 2010 Celtic Manor Resort (Twenty Ten Course) USA · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 3-1-0, 3 points · automatic
    3. 2012 Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 USA · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 0-4-0, 0 points · captain's pick
    4. 2021 Captain USA · won 19–9

    Partners, with matches played together: Tiger Woods (6), Ben Curtis (2).

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
    2. WP: Steve Stricker
    3. rydercup.com — link no longer works (checked October 17, 2026): https://rydercup.com/news-media/usa/ryder-cup-team-usa-past-captains
    4. Golf Compendium
    5. Golf Compendium
    6. Wikidata: Q1246925
    7. R&A 2007
    8. R&A 2008
    9. R&A 2016
    10. GC: 2008 ryder cup
    11. Wikipedia: 2008 Ryder Cup
    12. Today's Golfer 2008
    13. GC: 2010 ryder cup
    14. Wikipedia: 2010 Ryder Cup
    15. Fox Sports
    16. Wikipedia: 2012 Ryder Cup
    17. GolfCompendium: 2012 ryder cup