My kids are 18 (daughter) and 16 (son). Lot of things, Alker said, attempting to explain his meteoric rise. Steven Alker's final-round 68 was enough to win by two and claim his first career PGA Tour Champions title. 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. Life has changed a lot in the last year, said Alker, who grew up playing tennis and cricket along with golf. But whos counting? Copyright 2020 GolfWRX Holdings, LLC. Alker had to top-10 at the Boeing last year or he would have been right back to Monday qualifying. It went to Alkers wife. It will probably sink in a bit more tomorrow, but yeah, this is neat, its so cool.. 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. 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. And now my son has his license and my daughter has her provisional license, so were probably gonna be a three-car family soon.. 16 when he missed an 8-foot birdie putt that would have pulled him back into a tie with Alker and put the pressure on the rookie for the final two holes. A second-place finish at Phoenix Country Club the following week capped a whirlwind stretch and put $1,146,207 into his bank account. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate. He has been a member of the PGA Tour of Australasia since 1995. Miguel Angel Jimenez smiles after making eagle on the first hole during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. He also finished runner-up at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai and the ClubCorp Classic; losing in a playoff on both occasions. 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. Best irons for 2023 for every handicap and playing style, LPGA: HSBC Women's Champions celebrates 15 years of star-studded champions, Jessica Korda turns 30 and Brooke Henderson reunites with lost luggage, Three sleeper picks to win the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational, including Tommy Fleetwood at 80/1, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. MORE: Phil Mickelson commits to playing in PGA Tour Champions season finale. Steven Craig Alker (born 28 July 1971) is a professional golfer from New Zealand. PGA Tour Champions Steven Alker wins TimberTech Championship, continues outlandish start to senior career November 07, 2021 Steven Alker's final-round 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. He mentioned the other part, too his father. Langer can get career win No. 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.. Sam has a great personality, Alker said. I hadnt won for seven years. And while Alker will always remember that long putt, Furyk will look back on No. 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. 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. Alker had just rolled in a 25-foot birdie putt on No. Because Ive come a long way in just a month.. At the 2014 Cleveland Open on the Web.com Tour, Alker beat South Africa's Dawie van der Walt on the 11th playoff hole, a tour record for longest playoff. By the time he reached the Still got work to do. Furyk said. An American professional golfer, Steve Stricker has been a part of the top ten in the Official World Golf Ranking for over 250 weeks. 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 Seven years or 2,907 days. He fired four rounds in the 60s, including a closing 63. [1] He finished 20th in the Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for the 201415 season. Its a second car and were so grateful for that. I never would think about it, Alker said. 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. Langer leads Furyk by 337,727 points entering next weeks Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Phoenix. Im just enjoyed playing out here. 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. Magical is the only way to describe his ascension that reached a pinnacle with this victory and the $630,000 first-prize money. Golf's always about giving yourself chances and eventually it will happen.. 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. Kelly spent some time in Arizona, where his wife was undergoing cancer treatment. I still had three holes to go. Im scoring so well. But he made four consecutive pars before a birdie at the 18thgave the Spaniard a share of second place. There were lot of circles on the scorecard for Alker, who completely took charge of the championship. 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. When he left the course on Sunday, his 9-under par score wasnt in the top-10. Required fields are marked *. We had a game plan and we stuck to it.. Alker literally was playing week to week, needingto finish in the top 10 to qualify for the next event. Meanwhile, Alker got his much-waited victory. Finally, he converted for his first win since he registered the last of his four Korn Ferry titles at the 2014 Cleveland Open. But he never really had any measure of success on the PGA TOUR. 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. He works tremendously hard but he works very smart. Then I got my roll going.. In 2016, Alker played in the Open after tying for second in the Final Qualifying event held at the Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club. He was still on the Korn Ferry Tour when he was 49 years of age. Hes certainly not a household name not even among professional golfers. No forgiveness needed I don't suspect a lot of people do. I appreciate the tip for the Forum post. Alker is from New Zealand - grinded the KF To Like a power leak at times. Needless to say, he has surpassed his own expectations. He is from . 15. He has finished in the top 10 in 16 of his 19 starts, nine of them top-three finishes. Let's go for it. 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. He won the season-long 2022 Charles Schwab Cup on the PGA Tour Champions. Masters: Wanna play Augusta National? What would 2022 bring? I was playing well and trending and thats kind of what happens with my game, Alker said. They shared a four-shot lead over their closest competitor, Ken Duke. The golfers who put on the biggest charge Sunday were too far behind entering the round to factor in the championship. Its also his 10th consecutive below-par round after shooting his second-lowest 36-hole score. But before he did, I told him Id eventually get a flag at some point, and we got it done last week.. He birdied the 15th and 16th holes to go two ahead, a lead that increased to three when Ames bogeyed the 17th. Sometimes you just got to do that. Steven Alker's up-and-down winning birdie at TimberTech Championship. Its just been building, Alker said. I would have been a little surprised if youd told me it would turn out like this, yeah, Alker said. The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. Id been building to it with all of these top-10s and trying to get in that position to win. And then a T7 and you get the gist. GOLF DIGEST MAY EARN A PORTION OF SALES FROM PRODUCTS THAT ARE PURCHASED THROUGH OUR SITE AS PART OF OUR AFFILIATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH RETAILERS. Its just all coming together. Yes, he thought of doing something in addition to golf to help his family financially. WebFollow your favorite pro golfer, Steven Alker. I can't put my finger on one thing exactly. WITB Time Machine: Chris DiMarco WITB 2013. Its rattlesnake season in Texas. K.J. https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/11/08/opinion-steven-alker-pga-tour-champions-timbertech/, Mexico, Caribbean, Atlantic islands, Central America, Top 50 Classic Courses in Great Britain & Ireland, Top 50 Modern Courses in Great Britain & Ireland, Alker outduels Furyk to win TimberTech Championship, 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. The past had been a perennial grind for Alker. Rounds of 67-73-67 in his first Champions event netted him a tie for seventh in the 2021 Boeing Classic, and that would be it for his Monday qualifying days as that top-10 finish earned him a spot in the field the next week at the Ally Challenge, where he finished solo third. 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Alker was up by only a single shot when the trio, playing in the final grouping, walked off the 10th fairway. The struggle led to this. He showed this weekend that his game is sharp, even though at times he experienced fatigue. Your email address will not be published. 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. Alker has made more money in the past 12 months than he had in his entire professional golf career. 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. He got in thanks a strong Monday qualifier score, a rout he had to take because he had no status on the tour. This moment is the culmination of a rapid-fire success rate for Alker since joining the senior circuit. I always know I've been good, but to play with these guys, it's just a matter of feeling comfortable, Alker said. 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. What a state takeover of HISD could mean for parents, students, Houston ISD to face TEA state takeover, Turner says, In Fertitta's members-only club, where photos, media are banned, Study: Low-calorie sweetener linked to heart attack, stroke risk, 750-home agrihood with farm, car-free zones breaks ground, HCC chancellor to leave role at end of contract, Popular breakfast taco spot in Houston announces a comeback, Opinion: 'Dilbert' readers can discern the wheat from the chaff, Loss to TCU sinks Texas' hopes of playing for Big 12 championship. I think I'm comfortable right now playing with these guys, but giving yourself chances, I think that's the biggest thing. WITB Time Machine: Chris DiMarco WITB 2013. 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.. But Im just most proud of shooting low scores. That he does, now that he has assured himself of no more Monday qualifiers for at least a couple of years. Learn how your comment data is processed. Thank goodness we kind of did have a little break, because I kind of struggled, missed a few fairways early on. With a Harrington win, any finish inside the top five would have been good enough for Alker. This time last year, few on PGA TOUR Champions could have picked Steven Alker out of a lineup. In fact, Workman said he still had the flag from the 18th hole at the TimberTech Championship in Boca Raton, Florida, on him as he and Alker wrapped up practice on Tuesday in Phoenix in preparation for the final event of the 2020-21 PGA TOUR Champions elongated super season, the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. 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. It's just that you get that win, and just glad I hung on today.. Its all a bit of whirlwind. The 2021 PGA Champions Tour money list is headed by 64-year-old German Bernhard Langer who has amassed almost $4m. It's fantastic, great to see. 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. According to Harrington, Alker grinding on the Korn Ferry Tour into his late 40s is what most likely set the table for his amazing run now. His wife is Tanya Alker (m. 2003) Steven Alker Net Worth His net worth has been growing 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. 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. 46 this week in Tucson. Ive played everywhere. From there, he kept getting into more Champions events because he kept stacking up top-10s. I started hitting some nice shots and driving it better, Alker said. He tied for seventh, which earned him a spot in The Ally Challenge the following week for being in the top 10. He finished 20th in the Web.com Tour Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for the 201415 season. Alker uses the word neat a lot. He did win four times, but missed the cut in nearly half those starts. Ill ask his caddie to get a pics for you. Give me a week or two Those are the ones. PHOENIX To think it all started at a Monday qualifier 15 months ago. Highlights Steven Alker makes birdie on No. 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. He has run a municipal course in his native Texas. It actually got a bit better today. Ernie Els shot 71 and tied for fourth with Petrovic at 12-under 204. I can redo my 12-year-old kitchen, too. All rights reserved. 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. After opening with a solid 67, a second-round 73 left him well outside the top 10. Ive always hated the fact that Ping players seem to have full Ping bags. Alker shot a 4-under 68 to finish at 17-under 199 and end a seven-year winless drought. It was a whole kind of different perspective. It was huge, Alker said. Its been great.. 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Alker, who had zero status on the PGA Tour Champions when the New Zealander turned 50 in July, won the TimberTech Championship on Sunday by outdueling Im really enjoying that part of it.. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. is 1.8m and Weight 65kg. New Level PF-2 irons. Heres what you need to know. He now has full exempt status for the Tour Champions 2022 season. But that will change. PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (01). Steven Alker holds the trophy after winning the 2022 Charles Schwab Cup. Alker, who played only three seasons on the PGA Tour and never finished better than 17th, posted 17-under 199. All rights reserved. Its all been life-changing in terms of security, a place to play and financially, that comes with it. Let's keep playing. He just relishes being in the hunt. Theyre in the field for the finale courtesy of the victory, which propelled Alker into the top 36 in the Schwab Cup standings. Alker is turning into a rising star on PGA Tour Champions. Hes just I think the preparation of playing with those young kids on the Korn Ferry Tour and competing with them just kept him going. Then came his 50th birthday on July 28 and another whole new world (tour?) Embrace it and enjoy it.. The eagle doubled Alkers lead to four shots and put him in comfortable position going down the stretch. 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. 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Moreover, in his last five starts, he has finished first, tied for second, first, tied for third and first. These small things that we just havent had and kind of needed to do we have security going forward.. Theres times out there where I just feel like I dont have it, Stricker said. With the win, Alker had earned $896,207 in nine senior Then, in a blink, everything changed. I'll have to win in Phoenix.. I had reeled off a nice stretch. It hasnt sunk in. He enters the 36-man Charles Schwab Cup Championship in 22nd place after starting on the outside at 46th in the points race. Steven Alker's net worth 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. Its really cool. But Alker regrouped, and another 67 pushed him into a tie for seventh and an automatic spot in the Ally Challenge. Weve been through a lot. 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. Hes pretty easygoing. Some of it is still sinking in. Just kept surviving. On the day he turned 50 last summer, Steven Alker was barely clinging to the label of journeyman golfer. 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. Playing with Padraig today, it was kind of difficult because Do I chase him, do I protect? I just tried to play my game as good as I could, but he played amazing and just glad to be champion.. opened up. The top three finishers Alker, Stricker and Jobe came into the final 18 holes atop the leader board at 12 under. 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. A birdie on the 16th was his 21st of the week. A career journeyman until joining the PGA Tour Champions, Steven Alker won the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship, his fourth victory in 19 senior starts We were just chatting and he says, Man, youve been playing great. With a final-round 69, Langer was T-11 and remained in front in the points standings heading into next weeks Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the last start on the extended senior schedule spread over two years because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the man from Down Under who lives in the Grand Canyon State has a new favorite place. One framed flag doesnt a wall make. Miguel Angel Jimenez reacts after making eagle on the first hole during the final round of the Insperity Invitational golf tournament, Sunday, May 1, 2022, in The Woodlands, TX. He now has full exempt status for the Tour Champions 2022 season. Padraig Harrington says that "54-hole golf is not 72-hole golf. But when you have that accent, pretty much everything sounds, well, neat. 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