| Steven Alker | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Steven Craig Alker | ||
| Born | (1971-07-28) 28 July 1971 (age 52) Hamilton, New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  New Zealand | ||
| Residence | Hamilton, New Zealand; Fountain Hills, Arizona, U.S. | ||
| Spouse |
Tanya (m. 2003) | ||
| Children | 2 | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 1995 | ||
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions | ||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour Korn Ferry Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 15 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 3 | ||
| Korn Ferry Tour | 4 | ||
| PGA Tour Champions | 4 | ||
| European Senior Tour | 1 | ||
| Other | 5 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | T45: 2013 | ||
| The Open Championship | T19: 2012 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Steven Craig Alker (born 28 July 1971) is a professional golfer from New Zealand.
Alker was born in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Alker turned professional in 1995 and has competed on several tours around the world. He has been a member of the PGA Tour of Australasia since 1995. He played on the European Tour in 1998 and 1999, also competing on Europe's developmental Challenge Tour in 1999. In 2000, he won the Canadian Tour Order of Merit, before moving to the United States to compete on the Nationwide Tour in 2002. He was successful enough to graduate to the full PGA Tour in 2003, but was unable to retain his card and returned to the development tour from 2004 to 2006. In 2007 and 2008, he went back to Europe to play on the European and Challenge tours. He returned to the Nationwide Tour (now Web.com Tour) in 2009.
At the 2014 Cleveland Open on the Web.com Tour, Alker beat Dawie van der Walt on the 11th playoff hole, a tour record for longest playoff.[1] He finished 20th in the Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.
In 2016, Alker played in The Open Championship after tying for second place in the Final Qualifying event held at the Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club.[2][3]
In November 2021, Alker won the TimberTech Championship on the PGA Tour ChampionsinBoca Raton, Florida. With the win, Alker had earned $896,207 in nine senior tournaments after turning 50 years of age in July 2021. This amount was more than he made in his PGA Tour career.[4] Alker continued this form into the 2022 season, recording wins at the Rapiscan Systems Classic and the Insperity Invitational. He also finished runner-up at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai and the ClubCorp Classic; losing in a playoff on both occasions.[5][6]
In May 2022, Alker won his first senior major championship at the 2022 KitchenAid Senior PGA ChampionshipatThe Golf Club at Harbor ShoresinBenton Harbor, Michigan. Alker shot a final round 63 to win the championship by three strokes. This was his third win in five starts and fourth in 19 as a senior.[7]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Oct 1996 | Foodlink Queensland Open | −13 (67-69-67-72=275) | 1 stroke |  Greg Chalmers
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| 2 | 9 Feb 1997 | Ford South Australian Open | −15 (71-67-70-65=273) | 1 stroke | Wayne Grady
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| 3 | 8 Mar 2009 | HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship1 | −15 (69-70-67-67=273) | 2 strokes | Josh Geary, David Smail
|
1Co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1997 | Canon Challenge | Peter Senior
|
Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Apr 2002 | Louisiana Open | −24 (65-66-69-64=264) | Playoff |  Mike Heinen
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| 2 | 8 Mar 2009 | HSBC New Zealand PGA Championship1 | −15 (69-70-67-67=273) | 2 strokes | Josh Geary, David Smail
|
| 3 | 14 Jul 2013 | Utah Championship | −22 (71-64-61-66=262) | Playoff | Ashley Hall
|
| 4 | 8 Jun 2014 | Cleveland Open | −14 (70-70-65-65=270) | Playoff |  Dawie van der Walt
|
1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia
Web.com Tour playoff record (3–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2002 | Louisiana Open | Mike Heinen
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Won with par on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2013 | Utah Championship | Ashley Hall
|
Won with par on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2014 | Cleveland Open | Dawie van der Walt
|
Won with birdie on eleventh extra hole |
| 4 | 2014 | Albertsons Boise Open | Steve Wheatcroft
|
Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 Aug 2000 | McDonald's PEI Challenge | −10 (71-70-66-71=278) | 3 strokes | Ken Duke, Brian Unk
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| 2 | 17 Sep 2000 | Bayer Championship | −22 (65-69-62-66=262) | 5 strokes | Arron Oberholser
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| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Oct 2001 | Toyota Southern Classic | −12 (66-70-66-66=268) | Playoff | Gavin Coles
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| Legend |
| Senior major championships (1) |
| Other PGA Tour Champions (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 Nov 2021 | TimberTech Championship | −17 (68-63-68=199) | 2 strokes | Jim Furyk,  Miguel Ángel Jiménez
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| 2 | 3 Apr 2022 | Rapiscan Systems Classic | −18 (71-62-65=198) | 6 strokes |  Alex Čejka,  Pádraig Harrington
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| 3 | 1 May 2022 | Insperity Invitational | −18 (67-65-66=198) | 4 strokes | Brandt Jobe, Steve Stricker
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| 4 | 29 May 2022 | KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship | −16 (64-72-69-63=268) | 3 strokes |  Stephen Ames
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PGA Tour Champions playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai | Miguel Ángel Jiménez
|
Lost to par on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2022 | ClubCorp Classic | Scott Parel, Gene Sauers
|
Parel won with par on first extra hole |
| Tournament | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||
| U.S. Open | ||
| The Open Championship | CUT | |
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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| Masters Tournament | ||||||||||
| U.S. Open | ||||||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | |||||||||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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| Masters Tournament | |||||||
| U.S. Open | T45 | CUT | |||||
| The Open Championship | T19 | CUT | |||||
| PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
| Tournament | 2022 |
|---|---|
| The Tradition | T3 |
| Senior PGA Championship | 1 |
| U.S. Senior Open | T11 |
| Senior Players Championship | |
| Senior British Open Championship | T3 |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
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† indicates the event was won in a playoff |
