CURTIS STRANGE

'Curtis Strange'

'Personal Information'
'Birth'	Norfolk, Virginia, USA
'Height'	5 ft 11 in (1.91 m)
'Weight'	180 lb (91 kg)
'Nationality'
'College'	Wake Forest University
Career
'Turned Pro'	1976
'Current tour'	Champions Tour
'Professional wins'	25 (PGA Tour: 17, other: 8)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 2
Masters	T2: 1985
U.S. Open	'Won' 1988, 1989
British Open	T13: 1988
PGA Championship	T2: 1989
Awards
PGA Player of the Year	1998
World Golf Hall of Fame	2007

'Curtis Northrup Strange' (born January 30, 1955) is an American golfer.

Contents

College

PGA Career

Aftermath

PGA Tour wins (17)

Other wins (8)

Amateur wins (4)

Major Championships

Wins (2)

Results timeline

See also

References

External links

College

Strange was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He is a graduate of Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Strange attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team with Jay Haas and Bob Byman that '''Golf World''' has labeled "the greatest of all time".^[1]

PGA Career

Strange is considered one of the leading golfers of the 1980s as 16 of his 17 PGA Tour victories took place in that decade. He topped the PGA Tour money list in 1985 and 1987 and in 1988, when he became the first man to win a million dollars in official money on the Tour in a season. His two majors were the 1988 and 1989 U.S. Opens.

Aftermath

At this point it seemed that Strange was on the verge of building a truly great career, but oddly he never won on the PGA Tour again after his 2nd U.S. Open victory. He played on five Ryder Cup teams (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, and 1995) and captained the team in 2002. After reaching the age of 50 in January 2005, Strange began play on the Champions Tour. His best finishes thus far are a 3rd place finish in the 2005 Constellation Energy Classic and a T-5 in the 2005 FedEx Kinko's Classic. On April 18, 2007, Strange was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame, and will be inducted on November 12, 2007 at the World Golf Village in St. Augustine, FL.

PGA Tour wins (17)

★ 1979 (1) Pensacola Open

★ 1980 (2) Michelob-Houston Open, Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic

★ 1983 (1) Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open

★ 1984 (1) LaJet Golf Classic

★ 1985 (3) Honda Classic, Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational, Canadian Open

★ 1986 (1) Houston Open

★ 1987 (3) Canadian Open, Federal Express St. Jude Classic, NEC World Series of Golf

★ 1988 (4) Independent Insurance Agent Open, Memorial Tournament, 'U.S. Open', Nabisco Championship

★ 1989 (1) 'U.S. Open'
Major championships are shown in 'bold'.

Other wins (8)

★ 1986 ABC Cup (Japan Golf Tour)

★ 1988 Sanctuary Cove Classic (Australia)

★ 1989 Palm Meadows Cup (Australia), RMCC Invitational (with Mark O'Meara), PGA Grand Slam of Golf (United States - unofficial event), Skins Game

★ 1990 Skins Game

★ 1993 Greg Norman's Holden Classic (Australia)

Amateur wins (4)

★ 1974 Western Amateur, North and South Amateur, NCAA Division I Championship

★ 1975 North and South Amateur

Major Championships

Wins (2)

'Year	'Championship	'Winning Score	'Margin	'Runners Up
1988	U.S. Open	-6 (70-67-69-72-71=278)	Playoff1	Nick Faldo
1989	U.S. Open (2)	-2 (71-64-73-70=278)	1 stroke	Chip Beck, Mark McCumber, Ian Woosnam

¹Defeated Nick Faldo 71 to 75 in a 18 hole playoff.

Results timeline

Tournament	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	CUT	T15 LA	CUT	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T58	CUT

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	CUT	T19	T7	CUT	T46	T2	T21	T12	T21	T18
U.S. Open	T16	T17	T39	T26	3	T31	CUT	T4	'1'	'1'
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	T15	T29	DNP	DNP	T14	DNP	T13	T61
PGA Championship	T5	T27	T14	86	CUT	CUT	CUT	9	T31	T2

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	T7	T42	T31	WD	T27	9	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T21	CUT	T23	T25	4	T36	T27	CUT	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	T38	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	T72	T44	T19	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	WD	CUT	CUT	T19	T17	T26	CUT	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T58	CUT	CUT

LA = Low Amateur

DNP = did not play

WD = withdrew

CUT = missed the half way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

See also

★ Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

References

1. 'Golfdigest.com', ''My Shot - Interview with Curtis Strange''

External links

★ Profile on the PGA Tour's official site