Steve Lowery
American professional golfer
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Stephen Brent Lowery (born October 12, 1960) is an American professional golfer.
| Steve Lowery | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Stephen Brent Lowery |
| Born | October 12, 1960 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 225 lb (102 kg; 16.1 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | University of Alabama |
| Turned professional | 1983 |
| Current tour | Champions Tour |
| Former tours | PGA Tour Ben Hogan Tour U.S. Golf Tour |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Highest ranking | 32 (October 6, 2002)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 3 |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Other | 3 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T40: 2001, 2002 |
| PGA Championship | 3rd: 2001 |
| U.S. Open | T16: 1994 |
| The Open Championship | T36: 2004 |
Early life
Lowery was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Lowery won the Birmingham Golf Association Junior and State Junior in the late 1970s.
Amateur career
Lowery attended the University of Alabama. He played for coach Conrad Rehling from 1979-1983 on the Alabama Crimson Tide golf team.
Professional career
Lowery earned PGA Tour membership through 1987 PGA Tour Qualifying School. His best season on the PGA Tour was in 1994, when he finished 12th on the money list and won his first tournament.
He played one of the most memorable stretches in PGA Tour history at The International in 2002. The event was played under the Stableford Points format. On the 14th hole, Lowery went up and down from the water on a "splash" shot, leading to a birdie earning two points. On the following hole, he holed out a wedge from the fairway for an eagle earning five points. Two holes later, on the par-5 17th, Lowery holed out a shot from over 200 yards for a rare double eagle (or albatross) to earn eight more points and suddenly pull within one point. His double eagle was one of the most dramatic in PGA Tour history since Gene Sarazen's at the 1935 Masters Tournament. Lowery ultimately lost by the same margin after missing a birdie putt on the last hole.[2]
Lowery missed most of 2007 with a wrist injury. The PGA Tour granted him a partial exemption for the 2008 season. He needed to win more than $250,000 during his first eight starts in 2008 in order to re-gain his full exemption on the PGA Tour, but that became a moot point when he won the 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. The victory gave him a full two-year exemption.
Amateur wins
this list may be incomplete
- 1982 Southern Amateur
Professional wins (7)
PGA Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 21, 1994 | Sprint International | 35 pts (7-14-5-9=35) | Playoff |  Rick Fehr |
| 2 | Nov 5, 2000 | Southern Farm Bureau Classic | −22 (64-67-65-70=266) | Playoff | Skip Kendall |
| 3 | Feb 10, 2008 | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | −10 (69-71-70-68=278) | Playoff |  Vijay Singh |
PGA Tour playoff record (3–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1994 | Sprint International | Rick Fehr |
Won with par on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2000 | Southern Farm Bureau Classic | Skip Kendall |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 3 | 2008 | AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am | Vijay Singh |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Ben Hogan Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 23, 1992 | Ben Hogan Tulsa Open | −3 (70-70-73=213) | Playoff | Jeff Coston |
Ben Hogan Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1992 | Ben Hogan Tulsa Open | Jeff Coston |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
U.S. Golf Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 30, 1989 | Wedgewood Tournament | −17 (66-67-65-65=263) | 1 stroke |  Philip Jonas, Brian Kamm |
Source:[3]
Space Coast Tour wins (2)
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT | |
| The Open Championship | ||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | T41 | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | T33 | T16 | T56 | T60 | CUT | |||||
| The Open Championship | T79 | |||||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT | T8 | CUT | T58 | T44 |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T40 | T40 | CUT | CUT | |||||
| U.S. Open | T24 | CUT | T42 | CUT | CUT | ||||
| The Open Championship | T36 | ||||||||
| PGA Championship | T51 | 3 | T10 | CUT | CUT | T60 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 18 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (twice)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)
Results in The Players Championship
| Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | T6 | DQ | T46 | T65 | CUT | CUT | T66 | CUT | T22 | WD | CUT | T12 | T56 | T28 | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
DQ = disqualified
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match Play | R64 | R32 | R32 | |||||
| Championship | NT1 | T15 | ||||||
| Invitational | 8 | T20 |
1Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament