Steven Craig Alker (born 28 July 1971) is a professional golfer from New Zealand. It actually got a bit better today. Ill ask his caddie to get a pics for you. Give me a week or two Your email address will not be published. He overtook Petrovic with a 12-foot birdie putton No. WebAt 51 years old, Steven Alker height is 1.8 m and Weight 65 kg. Alex Cejka went 6 under for his final round to finish 11 under for the tournament, finishing fourth. Life has changed a lot in the last year, said Alker, who grew up playing tennis and cricket along with golf. No more going week-to-week wondering if he would be forced to play in a Monday qualifier. With a Harrington win, any finish inside the top five would have been good enough for Alker. He knows the game, has done a lot of teaching, been a PGA pro, worked for golf schools. Steven Alkers income source is mostly from being a successful . He did, and about three weeks after hitting half a hundred he was teeing it up for the first time in the 50 and older circuit. Alker followed with a runner-up finish in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Steven Alker's up-and-down winning birdie at TimberTech Championship. I rolled off a nice run after that. He won the season-long 2022 Charles Schwab Cup on the PGA Tour Champions. Its happened so fast. I just tried to convey that this is who you are now. Its just been building, Alker said. I'll have to win in Phoenix.. Hes pretty easygoing. Sam has a great personality, Alker said. Support, and the game coming around, people helping me just to get me in shape, caddie, everybody. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He overtook Petrovic with a 12-foot birdie Alker has made more money in the past 12 months than he had in his entire professional golf career. Im scoring so well. Heres what you need to know. Padraig Harrington says that "54-hole golf is not 72-hole golf. 46 this week in Tucson. This now is one of my favorite places in America, he said of Boca Raton. By the time they got to Phoenix, Alker had a commanding lead in the points race. His game was pretty tidy from the get-go, too. 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. Sometimes you just got to do that. Unfortunately he passed away about four years ago so he didnt get to see this. You could see it every week at the end of the Korn Ferry year he was getting a little more excited and looking forward to the move and he just looks comfortable.. Photo: Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic, https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2022/11/13/steven-alker-pga-tour-champions-2022-charles-schwab-cup/, Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands, Central America, Top 50 Classic Courses in Great Britain & Ireland, Top 50 Modern Courses in Great Britain & Ireland, PGA Tour approves radical schedule changes, reducing fields in elevated events and ending cuts, Drivers used by PGA Tour pros ranked in the top 10 in Strokes Gained: Off the Tee. Its been a great run. Fast forward 360 days and life is vastly different for Alker. Choi (67) and Kirk Triplett (70) tied for sixth place. WITB Time Machine: Chris DiMarco WITB 2013. That he does, now that he has assured himself of no more Monday qualifiers for at least a couple of years. The unexpected, inexplicable rise of Steven Alker from PGA Tour Champions outsider to a force in senior golf was completed Sunday in Boca Raton, Fla., when the 50-year-old New Zealand native won the TimberTech Championship by two strokes over reigning U.S. Senior Open champion Jim Furyk and fast-closing Miguel Angel Jimenez. Still got work to do. Furyk said. And it really had to be or maybe this miracle run never materializes. How did a mild-mannered native of Hamilton, New Zealand, go from Korn Ferry Tour also-ran to Champions Tour frontrunner? Alker uses the word neat a lot. Theres always a purpose, always have a goal in mind every day. Next week well sit down and think about what weve done and the win and it will sink in a bit more then.. Winning the TimberTech changes everything for Alkers second act in his professional career. Just a lot of hard yards. He lost 30 pounds over the past six months. GOLF DIGEST MAY EARN A PORTION OF SALES FROM PRODUCTS THAT ARE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR SITE AS PART OF OUR AFFILIATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH RETAILERS. But when you have that accent, pretty much everything sounds, well, neat. Let's go for it. 1, sitting atop the Charles Schwab Cup standings with three victories in 13 events in what is his first full season. Steven Alker tees off on the fifth hole during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Required fields are marked *. He continued his run with a birdie on the 16th hole before bogeying the final hole. K.J. Alker and Workman said it was Australian caddie and mutual friend Tony Lingard who put them together at the start of the 2019 Korn Ferry Tour season. While Alker is a fit, lean 50 year old, many of his opponents on the tour are former superstars who are climbing into their 60s. PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, and the Swinging Golfer design are registered trademarks. Alker played the par 5s in 9 under over the three rounds. Looks to be a Ventus Blue or Black. Steven Alkers longtime caddie Sam Workman has passed away after a battle with cancer, Alker announced Tuesday. Stricker, the 2021 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship champion, carded a 68 Saturday. Embrace it and enjoy it.. I think right now, I've matured and it's a second wind. Alker ran the table in August 2021 at the Boeing Classic. Alker had just rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on No. He did the best job of getting the ball from point A to point B. Alker, who was co-leader after the first and second rounds, birdied holes 11, 12, 13 and then made a game-changing eagle 3 on 15. Its a Mini Cooper. Alker is rubbing shoulders with some huge names again. Eventually you do that enough, you win a tournament.. Monday qualified in Seattle last year, now Charles Schwab Cup leader, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. This time last year, few on PGA TOUR Champions could have picked Steven Alker out of a lineup. Copyright 2023 PGA TOUR, Inc. All rights reserved. By the time the players were on the back nine, the focus clearly was on Alker. The victory also moves him atop the Charles Schwab Cup standings. He mentioned the other part, too his father. With the win, Alker had earned $896,207 in nine senior In 2016, Alker played in the Open after tying for second in the Final Qualifying event held at the Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club. Just trying to stay in the moment see that big stop sign and get all the thoughts out of my head, he said after shooting a 68 to cap a 17-under 199 for his first Tour Champions title. He doesn't really seem to have any weaknesses. Alkers completed 72 holes in 16-under par 268. For winning the tournament, Harrington earned the first-place prize of $440,000, bringing his season total to $3,293,255. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. 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Some of it is still sinking in. A golf lifer, if there was a tourhe found it. With their quotes out of the NFL combine, DeMeco Ryans and Nick Caserio are acknowledging real change is planned in 2023. Any person that's an un-name player coming out, getting a name for himself the way he's been doing, it is phenomenal.. Steven Alker, left, celebrates his victory with caddy Sam Workman during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. I thought, well, if I can come out and do many some Mondays, Tuesdays, do some events and try to qualify and get some events under my belt, that would be great, he said. When I told my dad I was going out on the road full time to caddie he gave me 100% acceptance, Workman said. He has caddied in an estimated 400-plus events, he said in 2021, for pros including Tag Ridings, Jon Curran, AJ McInerney and Brad Elder. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Just perseverance, a euphoric Alker said. With a check for $305,000, the Kiwi has earned $896,207 more than he made in his PGA Tour careerin just nine tournaments since he qualified for the Boeing Classic outside Seattle in late August for his PGA Tour Champions debut. We have a second career. Just kept surviving. More: Alker outduels Furyk to win TimberTech Championship. Im shooting low rounds and keeping rounds going, said Alker, who posted scores of 67-65-66. We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 28 July. When he left the course on Sunday, his 9-under par score wasnt in the top-10. Steven Craig Alker (born 28 July 1971) is a professional golfer from New Zealand who plays on the PGA Tour Champions, where he has won five events. By the time he reached the Brandt Jobe tees off on the fifth hole during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. I just see the guy being in contention quite a bit. [5][6], In May 2022, Alker won his first senior major championship at the 2022 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship at The Golf Club at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. And while Alker will always remember that long putt, Furyk will look back on No. I love Jerry to death, Alker said. Alker turned professional in 1995 and has competed on several tours around the world. Some distances came back. He has run a municipal course in his native Texas. In 28 other events, he had no top-10s. The season finale is in Phoenix, Ariz., at Phoenix Country Club, and Langer will be trying to win the Charles Schwab Cup for a sixth time. Kelly spent some time in Arizona, where his wife was undergoing cancer treatment. Ive just been really focusing on playing my game work on the areas that arent so good and just try to improve., That area this week: I think I putted better than I have the previous month or two.. He never relinquished the lead although Furyk caught him for three holes until that clutch putt on No. 2023 www.palmbeachpost.com. Stricker, who was playing competitive golf for the first time since October after recovering from a mystery illness, was co-leader after the first two rounds and shot under par all three rounds. I mean, its crazy, like were talking a year later and its just gone by so quickly. I guess (Saturday) was the best day I played but still did a lot of good things today.. It hasnt sunk in. He finished 20th in the Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for the 201415 season. Steven Alker acknowledges the gallery after his victory in the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. The par 5s coming in, I hit some beautiful shots there and probably won the tournament for me, Alker said. He went on to record six consecutive top-10s. It hasnt sunk in. That's very obvious.". View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. He returned to the Nationwide Tour (now Web.com Tour) in 2009. It's fantastic, great to see. Fans walk past a sign warning of lightning after play was suspended during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. WITB Time Machine: Chris DiMarco WITB 2013. And now my son has his license and my daughter has her provisional license, so were probably gonna be a three-car family soon.. Yeah, keep making pars and birdies, or its back to the Korn Ferry Tour. Here are your options. Alker shot a final-round 68 to finish solo third, which was a whopping eight shots back of tournament winner Padraig Harrington, but still good enough to clinch the series title for the first time. Sam Workman, 54, has been in the golf business his entire life. Then, in a blink, everything changed. I watched Steven play on the European Tour, Korn Ferry Tour, and all of the sudden out here, wow, the runner-up Ames said. One framed flag doesnt a wall make. On the day he turned 50 last summer, Steven Alker was barely clinging to the label of journeyman golfer. Not before Alker signs it, of course. Bernhard Langer is one win away from history. Alker turned 50 on July 28 and two weeks later qualified for the Boeing Classic. They shared a four-shot lead over their closest competitor, Ken Duke. Finally, he converted for his first win since he registered the last of his four Korn Ferry titles at the 2014 Cleveland Open. Sundays victory marked his eighth top-10 finish in nine starts. Copyright 2020 GolfWRX Holdings, LLC. It was just kind of the next step.. Weve been through a lot. Solomon: DeMeco Ryans the right coach at the right time, 3 pressing questions facing new Astros GM Dana Brown, Jabari Smith Jr. growing up in NBA with an assist from his father, Poor parent behavior is driving high school sports refs away. My kids are 18 (daughter) and 16 (son). Alker had announced last week that Workman Theyve got a few more options there. Alker now is $3,467,568 richer and a four-time winner on PGA TOUR Champions. Nursing a one-stroke lead heading to the par-5 home hole at The Old Course at Broken Sound, Alker finished off a four-under 68 in style with one last birdie to rally past second-round co-leaders Furyk and Tim Petrovic. 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. Its bitter there, but kind of told him on the 18th green I was really happy for him. But with the run Alker is on, Workman might need a bigger wall. Kevin Sutherland plays a shot from a bunker on the first hole during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. Alker, 50, came from four shots down at the start of the final round, shot an eight-under 63 at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Mich., and won the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship by three, his third win in his last five starts and his fourth in 19 starts as a senior. Prior to making eagle on the par-5 15th hole, he birdied the par-5 13th. Driver: Ping G25 (8.5 degrees @10.5) Shaft: Project X 6.5 (45.25 inches, tipped 1 inch) 3-wood: Ping Anser (14.5 PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (01), 1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia. There were lot of circles on the scorecard for Alker, who completely took charge of the championship. 15 on the Old Course at Broken Sound Sunday to take a one shot lead over Jim Furyk in the TimberTech Championship. Steven made that big putt at 15 and I couldnt top him on 16 and he then played really solid, Furyk said. I think I'm comfortable right now playing with these guys, but giving yourself chances, I think that's the biggest thing. He said that partially explained his emotional state in the video below. PGA Tour Champions Steven Alker wins TimberTech Championship, continues outlandish start to senior career November 07, 2021 Steven Alker's final-round That ended with a T7 at the Boeing Classic, which meant he automatically qualified for the next tournament. The victory came at the second playoff event, the TimberTech Championship. It will probably sink in a bit more tomorrow, but yeah, this is neat, its so cool.. Jeff Maggert plays a shot from a bunker on the first hole during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. Steven Alker, who had to qualify for his first PGA Tour Champions event three months ago, fired a 68 for a 2-shot win in the TimberTech Championship Sunday in Its been great.. Alker played in the final grouping Sunday and entered the third and final round tied with Furyk one shot behind Tim Petrovic. Brandt Jobe reads his yardage book on the fourth green during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. FYIThose are i20s in the bag shown, not S56s. He played on the European Tour in 1998 and 1999, also competing on Europe's developmental Challenge Tour in 1999. He has been a member of the PGA Tour of Australasia since 1995. Masters: Wanna play Augusta National? Now I can play some courses Ive seen and kind of set a schedule. I knew when he got out here he would do well, but I would never have expected this well. Youve just gotta own it. It sunk in. Furyk, seeking to cut significantly into Bernhard Langers lead in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup points race, sputtered on the putting greens and closed with a 71. Alker, who played only three seasons on the PGA Tour and never finished better than 17th, posted 17-under 199. The seemingly ageless Bernhard Langer, 64, who briefly shared the lead with both Alker and Ames on the back nine, made three consecutive bogeys, then a double bogey on 18 to shoot 71 and fall to third place. Alker literally was playing week to week, needingto finish in the top 10 to qualify for the next event. Yes, he thought of doing something in addition to golf to help his family financially. I love my 5-wood. Alker, the New Zealand native who moved to Arizona in 2002, has seen a lot of stop signs in his career. He hasnt played in a PGA Tour event since 2017 and he spent the majority of his pro career slogging through Korn Ferry Tour events. (Photo: Rob Schumacher/The Arizona Republic-USA TODAY NETWORK), The fact is he was always a nice player, Harrington said Wednesday before the championship got started. Caddie A second-place finish at Phoenix Country Club the following week capped a whirlwind stretch and put $1,146,207 into his bank account. The first ever tournament I attended in person was the '96 Queensland Open here in Aus, and I believe it was Alker's first win. He and Michael Camp Padraig Harrington says that "54-hole golf is not 72-hole golf. Steven Alker holds the champions' trophy after winning the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. The magical mystery tour continued for Steven Alker on Sunday, when the man who came from nowhere added a major championship to his inexplicably remarkable PGA Tour Champions run. An American professional golfer, Steve Stricker has been a part of the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking for over 250 weeks. In fact, he posted six straight top-10s and earned a spot in the 2021 Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs. USE OF AND/OR REGISTRATION ON ANY PORTION OF THIS SITE CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF OURVISITOR AGREEMENT(UPDATED 1/6/23),PRIVACY AND COOKIES NOTICE(UPDATED 1/4/23) ANDCALIFORNIA PRIVACY NOTICE. Alker shot a final round 63 to win the championship by three strokes. He is a member of famous with the age 51 years old group. Youve got to keep being competitive and he did that. My short game and puttings come around. Alker didnt come into it feeling assured of anything other than the fact he wouldnt have to Monday qualify. Its just, you know, Ive played everywhere, Ive played everywhere and I think that kind of helped today in a way just playing the PGA Tour and Australasia and Asia and Korn Ferry, he said. I guess it's just been building, said Alker, who made his senior debut after Monday qualifying at the Boeing Classic in mid-August and ran off six straight top-10 finishes to repeatedly earn a start in the succeeding event. 15. Steven Alker was born on 28 July, 1971 in Hamilton, New Zealand. I would have loved to have won this event and then really made it probably a two-man race with Bernhard and I. Alker took the lead when he made a 25-foot putt at the 15thhole and added another birdie at the 18thhole to beat Furyk and Miguel Angel Jimenez by two shots. Not bad for someone who had to wait until he turned 50 to get a tee time on the second-chance tour. is 1.8m and Weight 65kg. Steven Alker plays his tee shot on the second hole during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. So Alker did something he is very familiar with;he attempted to qualify for the tour. The mystery is how this journeyman, a native New Zealander who had never found a home in professional golf, turned 50, played his way onto the senior tour and immediately became a dominant player. Its a home game this week (Alker has made his permanent home in Phoenix for the past 12 years), lot of friends and family will be here. Miguel Angel Jimenez tees his ball on the second hole during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. The top three finishers Alker, Stricker and Jobe came into the final 18 holes atop the leader board at 12 under. The Boeing Classic begins on Friday; Alker, who has made his permanent home in Arizona since 2010, isnt even flying to the Seattle area until Wednesday. This run that were on is phenomenal. After qualifying for the three-event playoff in just seven starts, Alker needed a strong showing at the opener, the Dominion Energy Charity Classic two weeks ago, and his T-4 enabled him to advance to the TimberTech Championship. He just stays so even and calm out on the course. Moreover, in his last five starts, he has finished first, tied for second, first, tied for third and first. Miguel Angel Jimenez hits his tee shot on the seventh hole during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, and the Swinging Golfer design are registered trademarks. He had played in 10 events, posted nine top-10s and pocketed $1,146,207. It went to Alkers wife. He had no status on PGA TOUR Champions, though he had remained active on the Korn Ferry Tour right up through his 50th birthday. Who Is Steven Alker's Wife? He Monday-qualified for his first event on the 50-and-older circuit in late August and rattled off six consecutive top-10 finishes to keep earning a spot in the next tournament. Let me say just as consistent and as quick as weve done it. In 2000, he won the Canadian Tour Order of Merit, before moving to the United States to compete on the Nationwide Tour in 2002. Like a power leak at times. Im just enjoyed playing out here. On Sunday, he clinched his first PGA Tour Champions series title at Phoenix Country Club, punctuating his win with a big smile and a fist pump on the 18th green. Alkers third-place finish is worth $210,000, bringing his 2022 total $3,544,425 and career total to $4,710,632. Their first event was The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic at Sandals Emerald Bay and Alker finished T4, his best Korn Ferry Tour result since 2014. Ernie Els shot 71 and tied for fourth with Petrovic at 12-under 204. A birdie on the 16th was his 21st of the week. He showed this weekend that his game is sharp, even though at times he experienced fatigue. You feel it trending and then the first win. Alker played in the final grouping Sunday and entered the third and final round tied with Furyk one shot behind Tim Petrovic. Ames, who shared the 36-hole lead and was the 54-hole leader, shot 70 in the final round and finished second. Monday Discover Steven Alker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. He has spent time as a teaching pro. This amount was more than he made in his PGA Tour career. The struggle led to this. The past had been a perennial grind for Alker. BOCA RATONAll Steven Alker needed was to see was that Big Stop Sign.. Yainer Diaz becomes first Astros hitter to violate new MLB rules. In 2021, 18 days after he turned 50 which made him eligible for the PGA Tour Champions, Alker flew to Seattle looking for an outside shot at getting into the Boeing Steven Alker's net worth Alker will also collect $1 million in bonus money for winning the Schwab Cup series title, money that will be paid out as a lump sum deposit into a Schwab brokerage account. Ive played everywhere. Because Ive come a long way in just a month.. In November 2022, Alker finished third at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship which secured him first place in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup and the $1,000,000 first prize. On Aug. 15, 2021, Alker was arriving in the Seattle area in order to attempt to Monday qualify for the Boeing Classic. I had reeled off a nice stretch. The calendar change to 2022 didnt slow him down. PHOENIX To think it all started at a Monday qualifier 15 months ago. He enters the 36-man Charles Schwab Cup Championship in 22nd place after starting on the outside at 46th in the points race. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. You have a bunch of top-10s and you get in the thick of it and just try to get a W. Not that the top-10s aren't any good, it's just that you get that win, and just glad I got one today.. Cameron Beckman, Shane Bertsch and Woody Austin are tied for 10th at 4 under. Steven Alker, 50, won for the third time on PGA Tour Champions, adding to his 2021 Timber Tech Championship and 2022 Rapiscan Systems Classic victory. Masters: Wanna play Augusta National? The second car? In 2000, he won the Canadian Tour Order of Merit, before moving to the United States to compete on the Nationwide Tour in 2002. A second-place finish at Phoenix Country Club the following week capped a whirlwind stretch and $. He wouldnt have to Monday qualify for the next event nine, the focus was. 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