Steven Alker was born on 28 July, 1971 in Hamilton, New Zealand. GOLF DIGEST MAY EARN A PORTION OF SALES FROM PRODUCTS THAT ARE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR SITE AS PART OF OUR AFFILIATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH RETAILERS. I always know I've been good, but to play with these guys, it's just a matter of feeling comfortable, Alker said. 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. BOCA RATONAll Steven Alker needed was to see was that Big Stop Sign.. We have a second career. Sam has a great personality, Alker said. 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. More photos from the event here. Its a second car and were so grateful for that. A second-place finish at Phoenix Country Club the following week capped a whirlwind stretch and put $1,146,207 into his bank account. GOLF DIGEST MAY EARN A PORTION OF SALES FROM PRODUCTS THAT ARE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR SITE AS PART OF OUR AFFILIATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH RETAILERS. He fired four rounds in the 60s, including a closing 63. Im shooting low rounds and keeping rounds going, said Alker, who posted scores of 67-65-66. [8] He also won the Arnold Palmer Award for the season-long money title and the Byron Nelson Award for the lowest scoring average for the 2022 season. How did a mild-mannered native of Hamilton, New Zealand, go from Korn Ferry Tour also-ran to Champions Tour frontrunner? I've been having chances and 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. I mean, its crazy, like were talking a year later and its just gone by so quickly. He had played in 10 events, posted nine top-10s and pocketed $1,146,207. She lets me drive it, but its her car, Alker said. THE WOODLANDS Before lightning caused more than a two-hour suspension of play at the Insperity Invitational on Sunday, Steven Alker, Steve Stricker and Brandt Jobe were all battling for the lead. Then came his 50th birthday on July 28 and another whole new world (tour?) 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. My kids are 18 (daughter) and 16 (son). Hes very fundamentally sound in every part of his game. He overtook Petrovic with a 12-foot birdie Steven Alker tees off on the seventh hole during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. His game was pretty tidy from the get-go, too. I rolled off a nice run after that. He did win four times, but missed the cut in nearly half those starts. 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. All rights reserved. Weve been through a lot. Hes very loyal and just stuck with me and dug the hard yards and to come out with a win it was pretty special.. Alker shot a final round 63 to win the championship by three strokes. Stricker, the 2021 Bridgestone Senior Players Championship champion, carded a 68 Saturday. Let's go.. New Zealands Steven Alker, a long-time journeyman golfer, enjoyed a remarkable career renaissance on the PGA Tour Champions in 2022. And this now is my favorite golf course in the world.. Monday qualified in Seattle last year, now Charles Schwab Cup leader, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. I just tried to convey that this is who you are now. I never would think about it, Alker said. 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. Sundays victory marked his eighth top-10 finish in nine starts. It actually got a bit better today. 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 Classic. Sam Workman, 54, has been in the golf business his entire life. It hasnt sunk in. He won the season-long 2022 Charles Schwab Cup on the PGA Tour Champions. He overtook Petrovic with a 12-foot birdie putt on No. He is a member of famous with the age 51 years old group. You're KFT player? Theres always a purpose, always have a goal in mind every day. Thats a huge trait for caddies. , money, salary, income, and assets. Ive always hated the fact that Ping players seem to have full Ping bags. I started hitting some nice shots and driving it better, Alker said. 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. By the end of that run Alker had accrued enough money not only to skip Monday qualifying but to make the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs. On Aug. 15, 2021, Alker was arriving in the Seattle area in order to attempt to Monday qualify for the Boeing Classic. He has run a municipal course in his native Texas. In fact, his best Korn Ferry Tour finish of the combined 2020-21 season had come two weeks after his birthday, when he posted a T5 at the Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank. Alker followed with a runner-up finish in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Your email address will not be published. Equipment is accurate as of the AT&T Championship (Champions) (10/28/13) Driver: Titleist 910D2 (9.5) Shaft: Mitsubishi Bassara W 50 3-wood: Hideki Matsuyama whats in the bag accurate as of the 2023 WM Phoenix Open. Copyright 2020 GolfWRX Holdings, LLC. That he does, now that he has assured himself of no more Monday qualifiers for at least a couple of years. Sometimes you just got to do that. Let me say just as consistent and as quick as weve done it. He came alive on the back nine, going 6 under over a six-hole stretch that contributed to his four-shot victory over Stricker and Jobe. 46 this week in Tucson. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. Some distances came back. Youve just gotta own it. It sunk in. The players who tend to do nicely out here are the ones who are still trying to be competitive from 45 years of age to 50 years of age. Brandt Jobe 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. Column: Isnt it time we heard from Georgia coach Kirby Smart? I guess (Saturday) was the best day I played but still did a lot of good things today.. By the time the players were on the back nine, the focus clearly was on Alker. Discover Steven Alker's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. 9. PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, and the Swinging Golfer design are registered trademarks. If you would have seen me where I was a month ago to where I am today, thats what makes me happy. 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.. Before the tournament, Stricker said his strength and stamina would be tested. 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. 18 as Furyk desperately attempted to make up that stroke. We were just chatting and he says, Man, youve been playing great. You cant give the game up for five years or eight years or 10 years and hope to come out here and find it again, you know, unless you were a world-class player. Ive been paired with him a couple times this past season on the KFT. He is an unbelievable putter and bombs it for his age. Not really surprised t Bernhard Langer finished T11 to maintain his lead in the playoff standings. Im sort of in tournament mode. That ended with a third-place finish and a spot in the next event. In 2016, Alker played in the Open after tying for second in the Final Qualifying event held at the Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club. Padraig Harrington says that "54-hole golf is not 72-hole golf. Seven years or 2,907 days. In 2000, he won the Canadian Tour Order of Merit, before moving to the United States to compete on the Nationwide Tour in 2002. And then a T7 and you get the gist. It went to Alkers wife. His 18-under 198 total is the lowest PGA Tour Champions tournament score at The Woodlands Country Club Tournament Course. Alker had just rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on No. These small things that we just havent had and kind of needed to do we have security going forward.. So he went to the Boeing feeling pretty good about his game, but not really knowing what to expect. He had another one on 13 but then birdied the 14th. Maybe its a Kiwi thing. Steven Alker's net worth Alkers third-place finish is worth $210,000, bringing his 2022 total $3,544,425 and career total to $4,710,632. PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (01), 1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia. When he left the course on Sunday, his 9-under par score wasnt in the top-10. Required fields are marked *. David Toms 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. I would have loved to have won this event and then really made it probably a two-man race with Bernhard and I, Furyk said. The 2021 PGA Champions Tour money list is headed by 64-year-old German Bernhard Langer who has amassed almost $4m. Alker credited the Korn Ferry Tour for getting him ready for PGA TOUR Champions. 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. 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. Like a power leak at times. 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. Just kept surviving. Alker now is $3,467,568 richer and a four-time winner on PGA TOUR Champions. I felt my game got a little better every day. PGA Tour Champions Steven Alker wins TimberTech Championship, continues outlandish start to senior career November 07, 2021 Steven Alker's final-round Alker had to top-10 at the Boeing last year or he would have been right back to Monday qualifying. Hes pretty easygoing. All rights reserved. We never changed a thing, said Sam Workman, Alkers caddy for the last three years. It's just that you get that win, and just glad I hung on today.. Monday 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. Kind of learned where Im at, which was good. Some of it is still sinking in. Langer can get career win No. Jimenez had seven birdies in a 66 for low round of the day. A birdie on the 16th was his 21st of the week. THE MATERIAL ON THIS SITE MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED, TRANSMITTED, CACHED OR OTHERWISE USED, EXCEPT WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. 2023 DISCOVERY GOLF, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Steven Alker wins TimberTech Championship,continues outlandish start to senior career, Bernhard Langers lead in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup points race. Grizzlies 113, Rockets 99: 2nd-half flurry extends Houston's skid, Texas A&M's SEC title hopes quashed by Alabama's win over Auburn, DeMeco Ryans well aware Texans have priorities besides QB. Just perseverance, a euphoric Alker said. He returned to the Nationwide Tour (now Web.com Tour) in 2009. BOCA RATON Four months ago, few golf fans had heard of Steven Alker. He tied for fourth with Ernie Els, who shot 71. Alker has made more money in the past 12 months than he had in his entire professional golf career. Next week well sit down and think about what weve done and the win and it will sink in a bit more then.. View popular celebrities life details, birth signs and real ages. The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. opened up. This is a carousel. For winning the tournament, Harrington earned the first-place prize of $440,000, bringing his season total to $3,293,255. I think right now, I've matured and it's a second wind. Brandt Jobe tees off on the seventh hole during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. That ended with a T7 at the Boeing Classic, which meant he automatically qualified for the next tournament. Its just been building, Alker said. And he was saying grab it by the (horns) and go for it. Paul Goydos wants to know, too, asking where hes been the past 50 years. Masters: Wanna play Augusta National? Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Bernhard Langer is one win away from history. But by then, he had enough points to advance to the Charles Schwab Cup, which started the next week. He went on to record six consecutive top-10s. 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