Curtis Strange

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Curtis Northrup Strange (born January 30, 1955) is an American golfer.

Strange was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He is a graduate of Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Strange attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team with Jay Haas and Bob Byman that Golf World has labeled "the greatest of all time".^[1]

Strange is considered one of the leading golfers of the 1980s as 16 of his 17 PGA Tour victories took place in that decade. He topped the PGA Tour money list in 1985 and 1987 and in 1988, when he became the first man to win a million dollars in official money on the Tour in a season. His two majors were the 1988 and 1989 U.S. Opens and at this point it seemed that Strange was on the verge of building a truly great career, but as things turned out he never won on the PGA Tour again. He played on five Ryder Cup teams (1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, and 1995) and captained the team in 2002.

After reaching the age of 50 in January 2005, Strange began play on the Champions Tour. His best finishes thus far are a 3rd place finish in the 2005 Constellation Energy Classic and a T-5 in the 2005 FedEx Kinko's Classic.

1 PGA Tour wins (17)
2 Other professional wins (8)
3 Results in major championships
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] PGA Tour wins (17)

1979 (1) Pensacola Open
1980 (2) Michelob-Houston Open, Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic
1983 (1) Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open
1984 (1) Lajet Golf Classic
1985 (3) Honda Classic, Panasonic Las Vegas Invitational, Canadian Open
1986 (1) Houston Open
1987 (3) Canadian Open, Federal Express St. Jude Classic, NEC World Series of Golf
1988 (4) Independent Insurance Agent Open, Memorial Tournament, U.S. Open, Nabisco Championship
1989 (1) U.S. Open

Major championships are shown in bold.

[edit] Other professional wins (8)

1986 ABC Cup (Japan Golf Tour)
1988 Sanctuary Cove Classic (Australia)
1989 Palm Meadows Cup (Australia), RMCC Invitational (with Mark O'Meara), PGA Grand Slam of Golf (United States - unofficial event), Skins Game
1990 Skins Game
1993 Greg Norman's Holden Classic (Australia)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	CUT	T15 LA	CUT	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	T58	CUT

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	CUT	T19	T7	CUT	T46	T2	T21	T12	T21	T18
U.S. Open	T16	T17	T39	T26	3	T31	CUT	T4	1	1
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	T15	T29	DNP	DNP	T14	DNP	T13	T61
PGA Championship	T5	T27	T14	86	CUT	CUT	CUT	9	T31	T2

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	T7	T42	T31	WD	T27	9	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T21	CUT	T23	T25	4	T36	T27	CUT	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	T38	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	T72	T44	T19	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	WD	CUT	CUT	T19	T17	T26	CUT	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2000	2001	2002
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T58	CUT	CUT

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.