Sherri Steinhauer | |||
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![]() Steinhauer at the 2007 LPGA Championship | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Sherri Steinhauer | ||
Born | (1962-12-27)December 27, 1962 (age 62) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||
Career | |||
College | University of Texas | ||
Turned professional | 1985 | ||
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 1986) Legends Tour (joined 2009) | ||
Former tour(s) | Futures Tour (joined 1985) | ||
Professional wins | 10 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
LPGA Tour | 8 | ||
Ladies European Tour | 3 | ||
Other | 2 | ||
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2) | |||
Chevron Championship | T6: 1992 | ||
Women's PGA C'ship | T4: 1997 | ||
U.S. Women's Open | T13: 1993 | ||
du Maurier Classic | Won:1992 | ||
Women's British Open | Won:2006 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Sherri Steinhauer (born December 27, 1962) is an American professionalgolfer who plays on theLegends Tour. She retired from theLPGA Tour in 2012 after a 26-year career. She was born inMadison, Wisconsin and attendedThe University of Texas at Austin. Her rookie season on the LPGA Tour was 1986. She has won eight tournaments on the Tour, including twomajor championships, the1992 du Maurier Classic[1][2] and 2006Women's British Open (she also has two, 1998 and 1999, titles recognized by theLadies European Tour as majors but not by the LPGA Tour).[3]
Steinhauer finished as high as seventh on the money list twice. The first time came in 1994 where Steinhauer won theSprint Championship[4][5][6] in addition to having seven other top 10 finishes. Steinhauer also qualified for theSolheim Cup for the first time in 1994. She would also make the team in 1998, 2000, and 2007.
With wins at theJapan Airlines Big Apple Classic and theWeetabix Women's British Open, Steinhauer finished seventh on the money list again in 1999. She also took part that year in a six player sudden playoff at theJamie Farr Kroger Classic in whichSe Ri Pak defeated Steinhauer,Karrie Webb,Carin Koch,Mardi Lunn, andKelli Kuehne.[7] It was the largest playoff in LPGA Tour history.[8]
Steinhauer was a student of golf instructorManuel de la Torre.[9]
On March 31, 2009, Steinhauer announced that she would not compete in 2009 while recovering from surgery in mid-February on one hip and preparing for similar surgery on the other hip to be performed in May.[10] She returned to the Tour in 2010.[11]
Steinhauer announced her retirement from the regular tour after missing the cut at the 2011Canadian Women's Open.[12] She returned in 2012 at theKia Classic and also played that year in theKraft Nabisco Championship.[13] She was eligible to participate in the 2018 U.S. Senior Women's Open on account of her major wins.
Steinhauer was one of two assistant captains for the United States 2011 Solheim Cup team.[14]
Legend |
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LPGA Tour major championships (2) |
Other LPGA Tour (6) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Aug 16,1992 | du Maurier Classic | −11 (67-73-67-70=277) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
2 | May 1,1994 | Sprint Championship | −15 (68-68-67-70=273) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
3 | Aug 16,1998 | Weetabix Women's British Open^ | +4 (81-72-70-69=292) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
4 | Jul 18,1999 | Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic | −11 (68-66-72=273) | Playoff | ![]() |
5 | Aug 12,1999 | Weetabix Women's British Open^ | −9 (70-72-68-73=283) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
6 | Mar 23,2004 | Sybase Classic | −12 (67-70-66-69=272) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
7 | Aug 6,2006 | Weetabix Women's British Open^ | −7 (73-70-66-72=281) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
8 | Sep 2,2007 | LPGA State Farm Classic | −17 (67-66-71-67=271) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
^ Co-sanctioned with Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1999 | Jamie Farr Kroger Classic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Pak won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 1999 | Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic | ![]() | Won with birdie on fifth extra hole |
Year | Championship | Winning Score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
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1992 | du Maurier Classic | -11 (67-73-67-70=277) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
2006 | Weetabix Women's British Open | -7 (73-70-66-72=281) | 3 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
Tournament | 1983 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | CUT | T36 | ||||
LPGA Championship | CUT | T50 | CUT | T51 | ||
U.S. Women's Open | T40LA | CUT | CUT | |||
du Maurier Classic | CUT | T31 | T13 | CUT |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | T17 | T6 | T31 | T32 | T16 | CUT | T48 | T9 | T10 | T17 | |
LPGA Championship | T36 | T11 | T44 | CUT | T7 | CUT | T18 | T4 | T37 | T19 | T40 |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | T36 | T13 | T22 | CUT | T36 | CUT | CUT | T25 | CUT |
du Maurier Classic | T19 | T44 | 1 | T10 | T11 | WD | T24 | T9 | T34 | CUT |
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | CUT | T36 | CUT | T48 | T23 | T35 | T20 | CUT | |
LPGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | T23 | CUT | T16 | T56 | T46 | |
U.S. Women's Open | T50 | T51 | CUT | T32 | CUT | T24 | T25 | T38 | |
Women's British Open ^ | CUT | CUT | CUT | T42 | T39 | 1 | T23 | T64 |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | T67 | CUT | CUT |
LPGA Championship | T54 | T75 | |
U.S. Women's Open | T52 | 70 | |
Women's British Open | T50 | CUT |
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Professional