Steve Stricker – British Open 2010
In the Official World Golf rankings, Steve Stricker is the 4th ranked Golfer. To this point in his career, as the British Open approaches, he has not won a Major Championship tournament.
In every major tournament that he has played, he has seen some sort of success, mustering at least a top 10 finish in each one at some point during his career. To this point in his career, the British Open in specific has produced 2 top 10 finishes.
Stricker has been on the tour, there have been many years that he has simply not played in the British Open. As he lost his PGA Tour card, from 2004-2006 he did not play. Even before losing his PGA Tour card, he had never seen much success at the British Open.
He finished 22nd in the field in 1996, which would end up being his best performance at the British Open until 2007. He missed two cuts and only finished about the top 50 in the field one time, between 1996 and 2007. The British Open simply was not treating him well.
His success improved dramatically at the British Open, after regaining his card. For 3 years consecutively now, he has played in the Open and has finished in the top 10 twice. Last year was disappointing for him with just a 52nd place finish, but that was still one of the better finishes of his career at the tournament. at the British Open, time will tell what 2010 will bring from Stricker.
