Steve Lowery

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Steve Lowery
Personal information
Full nameStephen Brent Lowery
Born (1960-10-12) October 12, 1960 (age 64)
Birmingham, Alabama
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight225 lb (102 kg; 16.1 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College University of Alabama
Turned professional1983
Current tour(s) Champions Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Ben Hogan Tour
U.S. Golf Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking 32 (October 6, 2002) [1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
Korn Ferry Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T40: 2001, 2002
PGA Championship 3rd: 2001
U.S. Open T16: 1994
The Open Championship T36: 2004

Stephen Brent Lowery (born October 12, 1960) is an American professional golfer.

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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

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Aug 21, 1994 Sprint International 35 pts (7-14-5-9=35)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Rick Fehr
2Nov 5, 2000 Southern Farm Bureau Classic −22 (64-67-65-70=266)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Skip Kendall
3Feb 10, 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am −10 (69-71-70-68=278)Playoff Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh

PGA Tour playoff record (3–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1994 Sprint International Flag of the United States.svg Rick Fehr Won with par on first extra hole
2 2000 Southern Farm Bureau Classic Flag of the United States.svg Skip Kendall Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Flag of Fiji.svg Vijay Singh Won with birdie on first extra hole

Ben Hogan Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1Aug 23, 1992 Ben Hogan Tulsa Open −3 (70-70-73=213)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Coston

Ben Hogan Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1992 Ben Hogan Tulsa Open Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Coston Won with birdie on second extra hole

U.S. Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1Apr 30, 1989Wedgewood Tournament−17 (66-67-65-65=263)1 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Philip Jonas, Flag of the United States.svg Brian Kamm

Source: [3]

Space Coast Tour wins (2)

Results in major championships

Tournament19881989
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
Masters Tournament CUTT41
U.S. Open T33T16T56T60CUT
The Open Championship T79
PGA Championship CUTT8CUTT58T44
Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008
Masters Tournament T40T40CUTCUT
U.S. Open T24CUTT42CUTCUT
The Open Championship T36
PGA Championship T513T10CUTCUTT60CUTCUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000063
U.S. Open 000002116
The Open Championship 00000022
PGA Championship 001133137
Totals0011353218

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament1994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009
The Players Championship T6DQT46T65CUTCUTT66CUTT22WDCUTT12T56T28CUTCUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
DQ = disqualified
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20012002200320042005200620072008
Match Play R64R32R32
Championship NT1T15
Invitational 8T20

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 40 2002 Ending 6 Oct 2002" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Craziest final round ever? 2002 International | Rich Beem and Steve Lowery". YouTube . August 4, 2020.
  3. ↑ Fay, Bill (May 1, 1989). "Lowery shoots 65, earns 1-shot victory in USGT tourney" . The Tampa Tribune. p. 8-C. Retrieved January 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Scoreboard | Golf | Space Coast Tour" . The Orlando Sentinel. January 21, 1987. p. D-8. Retrieved January 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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