Cliff Schrock
GOLF WRITER // GENERAL EDITORIAL SPECIALIST
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This Day in Golf History

A page that will list golf history, and the people and events that comprise it in the form of This Day in Golf or This Week in Golf.

This Day in Golf History: February 23

The 2021 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, Steve Stricker, was born on this date in 1967. Stricker was born in Edgerton, Wisconsin and has won 12 PGA Tour events. His best finish in a major was runner-up in the 1998 PGA. He now plays often on the Champions Tour. Stricker attended the University of Illinois and has gone down in history as one of golf’s all-time best putters. He won the 2019 U.S. Senior Open , as well as The Tradition three times, 2023 Senior PGA, and the Senior Players twice.

Cliff Schrock